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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
November
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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When Col. Ingersoll was in. EnglanS he visited St. Paul's cathedral for the first time. As he was contemplating the tomb of Wellington the guide said: "That, slr, is the tomb of the greatest military 'ero Europe or tbe 'ole world hever knew- -Lord Wellington's. This marble sarchophagus weighs 42 tons. Hinside that is a steel receptacle weighing 13 tons, and hinside that is a leaden casket 'ermetically sealed, weighing over two tons. Hinside that is a ma'ogany coffin, 'olding the ashes of the great 'ero." "Well," said the colonel, after thinking a while, "I guess you'vegot him. If he ever gets out of that, cable me ai ay expense."

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Ann Arbor Register