The Maddest Man in Town: A story of a wake that 'worked' — the deceased woke right up!

'Are ya religious? If ya are I won’t tell this story. Awright, I guess it won’t hurt ya none to hear it. It’s about old man Donovan. He was as good a Catholic as I ever knew, until he got mad once. Then he was mad for 17 years — the maddest man in town. Ye-up, ding-blasted mad and powerful mizzur’ble. Considering all in all, I reckon his being mad so long set a record of sorts for the whole danged county....' (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/2509a0908b.wpa-writers-project+SB-wakeworks-707.032.html)