Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-01-30

HE but vet could not beln SAVING ltWouIu
reflect an honor on the family for hls moth
e. To burn. The man was scarcely cold be-
fore he and his wife were carried upon mems
shoulders. she sitting 10y him; and having
provided herself with some cowrics, she DIS
irbu,cd them among the ropulace, togcth-
or with rice fried IN butter and sugar, very
plcntifully as she passed from her house TO
the place Of burning, where, when she arrlv-
ed, they had not begun TO make the plle {;
she was therefore put down, together with
her dead husband, gave several orders TO
the people in making her pile and was so
far from being in the least aira that she
reioiced much. went up to her, and ask
ed her if it was with her own free VIII and
consent: she told me II was, and that she
was much obliged TO me 81 giving her leave
to burn in that place, and desired would
not oppose IT, as she would certainly make
away with herself, If she were now prevent
ed. She sat talking with her friends and
neighbots I'LL the pile was ready, which was
above an hour, and then went little dis
lance Off whittier the deceased was also
carried, and both being washed with water
from the Ganges, had clean clothes put up
on them. The son of the deceased then
put paper crown or cap upon his iather :
head of the same kind as Is usual Tor them
10 wear at their marriages aud bfamln
woman brought four lamps burning, put one
of them into the woman's hand, and placed
the other three round her upon the ground.
All the time she held the lamp in her hand,
the bramin woman was repeating some
PRAYERS TO her, which, when finished, she
4. n. al Isr ~ nfI al
then cave the son of the deceased, who was
standing close by, ring made OF grass,
(Which she put upon one oi his fingers, and
an carthern plate full of boiled rice and
plantains mixed up together, which lac I'M
mediately offered TO his deceased father,
putting it three times to his mouth, and
then in the same manner to his mother, who
did not taste it. The deceased was support
ed all this time, and sat upright close by his
wife. who never spoke after this, but made
three salams to her husband by putting her
hands upon the soles of his feet, and then
upon her own head. The deceased was then
carried away, and laid upou the pile, land his
wife Immediately followed with pot un-
dei her arm, containing twenty cowrlcs,
tweuty-one pieces Of saffron, twenty-onc be
tel-nu,s. and the leaf ready made up Tor
chewing: one little piece of iron, and ono
niece of sandal wood. When she got to the
pile, she looked little upon her husband,
who was lying upon it, and then walked
seven times round it; when she stopped at
his feet, and made tic same obclsancc To
him as before. She then mounted the pile
without help, and laid herself down her
husbands side, putting the pot which she
carried close to her head then clasped hci
! husband in her arms, ara the son who was
standing ready with a whisp OF straw hight
ed in his hand put the blaze of 1t three times
/ to the mouth both of his father and mother
and then set the pile on fire all round, while
1 the populacc threw reeds and Light wooc
upon them, and they were both burnt t'
/ ashes in less than an hour. | believe she
soon died, for she never moved, though there
was no weight upon her but what she nigh
easily ovcrset, if such had been her InclI
nation. 1t was entirely voluntary act,an'
she was as much in her senses as she eve
was in her life. forgot to mention tina
her forehead was Tricky painted with rec
paint, which she scraped of with her nails
and distributed among her friends and sh'
also gave them chcwcd betel out of he
mouth, for which iayors every one seemed
very soicitous."