While a funeral service over tlie coffin of a peasant was being held in. a church at Sorde, France, recently, a woman rushed into the church in a state of great excitement screaming at the top of her voice, "You've forgotten the corpse." The coffin wa* lifted, and found to be much lighter than it should have been. The priest directed the lid to be removed, and it was then seen that the body had been omitted. The coffin was carried back to the death chamber-'-the corpse was lifted from the bed and placed in il, under the supervision of the priest to prevent more mistakes, and a return was made to the chivrah, and th« service concluded,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 3 (Supplement)
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