A COMFORTABLE "CORPSE."
On January 9 panic was' caused along the road between Jefferson and Chapel, in the State of Ohio, by" the -spectacle of what ■ apparently was .a ' corpse sitting upright in the middle of a hearse and serenely : puffing a cigar. The "remains" which had indulged in this unseemly performance were those of Will HodgeHodge had attended the fuueral of .his aunt, and on the long trip home after the interment Bodge started .riding beside the driver of the hearse. The intense .cold soon chilled him to the bone, and he obtained permission from the . driver to get inside the glass-sided. . case. Here he soon got warm, and, to add to the comfort of his journey, he lighted a cigar. Rural folfc along the way were terrified.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 50, 27 February 1915, Page 15
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129A COMFORTABLE "CORPSE." Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 50, 27 February 1915, Page 15
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