The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1836-01-23
NEW SERIES NO ~.


see their very faces glaring upon me
horror, horror, horror =
The physician soothed him as he would
have soothed a child, 1t will relieve
your mind, said he to the sick man.
Oh God i wish | could get relief ;
see doctor, ,see them all there pointing
their skinny fingers. There's Mrs. -,
whom sold for twenty dollars. She
asks me for the money here she stands /;
my God, my God | have not got the
money l did not get but one half, the
other sexton got part go to him. Oh,
horror, horror, horror p
MY dear SIR, said the physician mild
ly, you are raving-you are talking oil
shadows
f" Heavens, Doctor, do you call those
persons shadows See one Of them
coming into the room. Shut that window
and bar the shutters / see old Mrs. =,
just trying to get in. There's her wind
ing sheet She says sold her for fifty
dollars. Oh, no, no, mol only got
thirty
The physician then to humor his poor
distracted patient went to the window and
closed the shutter.
Look there doctor-there's a young
woman that / took away after being
couple Of days in the grave. She cries
out against me she cries and tears her
hair-Oh, oh, oh p
The physician found that all his efforts
were fruitless after calling in the vile
and family ofthe dying man, they partly
succeeded in quieting the tumult which
agitated his bosom. He would however
listen to no effectual consolation until
they would promise to call in highly
clergyman whom he named,
to minister some pous comfort to his last
hours, which were now rapidly drawing
to close.
Accordingly message was immedi-
atcly despatched, the venerable clergy
man came, and the sick man on perccv-
ing him, desired ali to withdraw, except
the man Of God. When left entirely to-
gether, after some struggles, the sick man
unioIded to the astonished clergyman, one
of the most extraordinary practices which
COuiu 10 uIcduSu VI w Shissttou Soh-
munity.
1t appeared that the dying man, who
was sexton for several years, had befD
in the habit, secretly and at night tf abb
the corpses of such persons as
were buried in the grave yard he had
charge Of, and 'of selling them for sub
jects of dissection to tho phy sicians around
town, and even sending them into the
In conjunction, it Is supposed,
with a person now alive, who was then
also a sexton, it is believed that a most
extensive business Of this kind was car
ried on for several years, and that it was
found so lucrative, that both individuals,
originally quite poor when they became
sections, became rich and respectable in a
very few years. BY the rules and regu-
ations applicable to church yards and
sections, those officers had full and free
access at all hours, to all the public and
private vaults under their charge. The
remains Of the dead deposited in the pri-
gate vaults were generally untouched
,ut those buried in the church yard, or
hose deposited in the public vaults were
considered the property Of the sections, and
hey disposed Of their horrible merchnn-
lize according to the highest bidder, u
nong the medical faculty.
The remembrance of being thus enga-
red in such business, caused the az oni-
.ed tcriors of the dying man, and made
lin restless, until a clergyman was called
o minister to mind diseased on his death
,ed. And in order to show that we do
lot state these fearful details without
Iome good foundation, we now openly
,all upon Bishop Oncerdonk Of this city,
o say il he ever heard ofsuch case as
We have detailed, or any one similar to it,
,r whether he was the clergyman who at
ended the last moments OF the repentant
nan. His associete is still alive, and do
ng good business in tins city, but not
Is sexton. = N. Y. Herald.
ELoQUENcE EXTRAORDINARY. A com
mi,tee man, on the construction Of a cer-
ain turnpike, once addressed The meeting
IN the following language
"Who among you gentlemen, cnn
mark the march OF Internal Improvement
without cherishiag feelings Of pride for
The present glory of our country The
stupendous work now under construction,
when completed, will be an additional
s,nr IN the corone, Of our nations great
ness millions will admire the patriotism
and enterprise Of the citizens Of II
county the hog trade Of Kentucky will
be secured, which will be Of immense be-
nefi, to this now hourishIng village, which
can already picture as one ofihc proud
es, cities Of The world therefore, gen.
tlemen, motion that we appropriate an ad-
d,,ional whecl-barrow and two shovels Tor