San Juan Record | 1936-02-20 | Page 4 | Here it is "the Whole Thing in a Nutshell"

HERE IT IS THE WHOLE THING IN A NUTSHELL A little girl went with her mother to the cemetery and when they came to the family plot the mother said here is where your grandfather grandmother aunt martha and little sister jennie are all sleeping the little girl was silent for a few moments and then asked mother why dont they all go home to sleep in explanation the mother said thel the body is like the sh ellof a the is like the nut only the shell or body remains in the grave while the spirit or nut goes to heaven A few days after the visit to the cenie tary the little girl was p playing I 1 abing aying with young friends when a funeral passed one of the children chil dien cried out The thebes es ies somebody dead in that hearsel hearse whereupon the wise little girl anxious to display her knowledge exclaimed let me tell you bout that in the hearse is only a shell and ille the nut has gone to heaven