The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-01-03
A FUNERAL. PAIR.

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n A short time since while making passin
y call at certain rendezvous IN New Yor
d which is frequented by men of all pursuit
j, and professions who take an interest in tn
s affairs Of the turf the sports Of the field. {
|. who delight in the calm pleasures of th
angler, we observed Two individuals sittin
! upon The counter and knocking their hee
!. together or dangling them in The air. Thei
conversation soon proclaimed them TO b
Observation-Disclosures, and Of calling Iha
rendered their fondness for the turf yer,
natural. One ewas jolly, round.faced, port
", individual, with short thick legs, and arms
. which by noPossibiIiiy couldbe brought il
. contactiwnh his sides; even his heavy bunch
of seals depending from his watch fob by ,
rich gold chain, dangi.d from that pleasant
rotundity withourbcing able to rcpose there.
on. His companion was tall, spare, and
with cadaverous cast of counlenance
while deep Grape upon his ha, gave him a
s"mbrc and gloomy appearance. Like fox
hunters with fast nags, they are Of class
who are always in at the death, and par
ticiPate in the baked meats when provided.
'SimPkins,' said the thin man with sigh,
what can you give man first rate turn
out for
Ponds on circumstances, sir, 'pends on
circumstances, pcrtickery his'n, ha! ha! An
out an out handsome affair would cost four
or FIVE hundred
'Carriagesr sighed The thin man.
Cords on EN- and the best in the city; two
horses TO his'n. with plumes an ornaments,
an handsome coffin with silver pIateP
An involuntary shudder crept over US
rs the fact, that the jolly gentleman was not
dealer in horses, and that the only lverles
he rovidcd were the sable suits OF woe be.
came apparent; he was an undertaken.
An, continued he, with sigh, you should
a seen funeral had few weeks ago; it
was Que of,hc pret,est things you ever laid
eyes ON; real beautiful sight; / got one Of
the sweetest coffins you ever zee, and turn.
ed out new hearse with patent elliptic
springs. ride Just as easy as shay. and she
was The first that ever had a ride into it.
There was forty y-seven carriages, Two a.
breast, and it was really delightful to see 'cm
movIn' alnngin Greenwood. | made good
thing out on it il too, furnished every thing
III must have been fine sight, mournful-
~ CALCULATED the thin man.
III was nothing shorter, sir. All, thcm's
prime people to do business for, sir. This
same ono that buried was married about
three months alore, and had the charge of
that affair, too, aud they never examined a
bill al all
Il like these coffins covered with black
velvet, with silver ornaments said the thin
man. apparently looklns directly into de-
pot filled with that description Of furniture
for the cIlarncl house!
oh. don't know exclaimed Jollitv;
they're tawdry things sir--iawdry, tawdry!
don't like nothing gaudy about funeral;
il looks too theatrical
.S'ill it's pretty persisted the thin man.
'Wmhad Astor!
'Eh! Why, what's his name, keeps up in
Broadway; and made mighty good thing
IN it, too charged an aIllhunderin' price,
They wanted me to have him, but was en-.
gagged. had The Park
'Ah, indeed! What did you make by
hatP
Not the first red, sir-no, the first red;
ust cleared myself. | had to buy lot and
ieep him in ice for seven days; cost me
Iollar day, and he was jus, as sweet and
resh as rose when we put him in
And thus they went on, evidently as rap
ured with their undertaking as ftucking frail
up with shovel was one "fthe
most agreeable and delightful occupations in
'sc world. With the language Of connois.
eurs they dweIt upon the grave beauties Of
heir profession, for TO lhem death has no $
ting and The grave no victory; to them The
nl rigid features Of death are natural and I
endered familiar by long acquaintance; to I
hem the chief end of man is to be- decently l
uricd and attended to the grave by large e
lumber f carriages. The epitaphs Of Gu {
ous conceit which they quoted, and over il
'hich they grew jocose, would fill column,
nd they made themselves as merry over
rem as does the grave.digger in Hamlet b
yer the earthly skull of poor Yorick. Little +,
id the unconscious Simpkms and his thin
reCdthnk they were exciting any attention; y
ut walls have cars. Every body who has
scr resided in New York will recognise the $
cture of the jolly undertaken, man as b
the line of his vocation, and long may it
, before he shall call in requisitinn The SER =
&C Of any Of his compecrs, for it will be r
''st serious undertaking when his dust shall e
returned TO its mother earth. -
N. O. Picayune. :,
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