< I GUESS YOU'VE GOT HIM.' In St. Paul's one day, a London guide was showing an Amerfcangentlemen round the tombs; ' That, sir,' said the man, 'his the tomb of the greatest naval 'ero Europe or the world hever knew — Lord Nelson's. This marble sarcophagus weighs 42 tons. Hinside that is a steel receptacle weighing 12 tons, and hinside that is a leaden casket, 'ermetically sealed, weighing two tons. Hinside that his a mahogany coffin 'olding the hashes hof the great 'era 'Well,' said the Yankee, after thinking awhile, 'I guess you've got him. If he ever gets out of that, telegraph me at my expense.' ' I like the looks.of the highrstanding: collar,' said Choliy. 'The only objection l.ye got against, it. js that ..when ... you chew gurh you have to hold your jaw still and move the whole . top pf your head, you know/ ' Yes, I've noticed them do it— alligator fashion.'
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2955, 26 April 1898, Page 3
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