Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
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defended by distinguished personages The
leading papers of the city are divided on the
project Which party will ultimately be sue
cessful remains to be seen. Among the nu-
merous articles written on this subject we give
the following. from the pen of Harriet Martin
eau. If such arguments as she adduces are
not sufficiently convincing, we think those op-
posed to the project, will be unable to make
out stronger case than the one here pre-
sented:- - Fremont Freeman.
How TO make Home Unhealthy.
BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
Brick walls do not secrete air. It comes in
through your doors and windows, from the
streets. and alleys in your neighborhood; it
comes in without scraping its feet, and goes
down your throat unwashed, with small re-
spect for your gentility. You must look
abroad, therefore, for some elements of an un-
wholesome home; and when. sitting at home,
! (you do SOY it is good thing if you can see
burial ground-one Of Goods gardens, which
our city cherishes.
| Now, do not look up with dolorous face,
saying, "Alas! these gardens are to be taken
/ ITOm US! Lei aSIbdtOIS hIlbS duQ COnulIS-
sioners report, let government nod its good
will, and although all the world may think
that our London burial grounds are about to
be incontinently jacketed in asphalt and that
we ourselves, when dead, are to be steamed
off to Erith,-we are content: at present this
is only gossip On one of the lowest terraces
of hell, says Dante, he found a Cordelier who
had been dragged thitherby logical deamon,
| IN Of fbo avvoofu1otio0r Of 81 Fran
cis The sin of that monk was sentence of
advice, for which absolution had been received
before he had given it "Promise much, and
perform ittle.', In the hair of any minister's
head, and of every commissioners head, we
know not what "black churibim" may have en-
twined their claws. There is hope while there
is life for the old cause. But if those who
have authority to do so have really determin-
ed to abolish intramural burial, let US call up
on them somenly to consider their verdict
Let them ponder what follows.
/ Two or three years ago, book promulging
notions upon spiritual life, was published in
London, by the chancellor of certain place
across the channel Itwas aclever book, and
among other matter broached theory. Our
soasls, the Rev. Chancellor informed us, consist
of the essence, ertrdct or gas contained in the
he had made special application to chemist.
who added some important observations of
his own respecting the corpse after death."-
But we must decorate great speculation with
the ornamental words of its propounder.
! "The gases into which the animal body is
resolved by putrifaction are ammonia, carbonic
acid, carbonic oxide, and sulphuretted, phos
phuretted, and carburetted hydrogen. The
first and the two last named gases are most
abundant" We omit here some details as to
the time a body takes in rotting "From
: which it appears, that these noble elements
, and rich essences of humanity are too subtitle
and volatile to continue long with the corpse,
but soon disengage themselves and escape
from it. After which nothing remains but
the foul refuse in the vat; the mere capm
5 mortusms in the crucible; the vile dust and
( ashes of the tomb. Nor does inhumation
however deep in the ground, nor drowning in
the lowest depths and darkest caverns of the
t fathomless abyss, prevent those subtle essen
ees, rare attenuate spirits of gases, from es-
Gaping; or chain down to dust those better,
nobler elements of the human body. No bars
can imprison them, no vessels detain them
from their kindred element, con6ne them from
their native home"
We are all of us familiar with the more no.
ticeable of these Essences by smell, if not by
name Metaphysicians tell US that perceptions
t and ideas aOiH follow in train; perhaps that
e may account for the sudden recolections of an
old-fashioned story-may the moderns pardon
: us, as in the group around social soup tur-
F.: cen we recognize
"The feast of 9eason-and the flow of SOUL"
How gladly shall we fight the fight of life,
hoping that after death, we shall all meet in a
world of fsulphuretted hydrogen and other gas
!, es! And where do the Sanitary Retormers
u suppose that after death, their gases will go
: they whom life, with asphalt and paving stones
: would have restrained the souls of their own
{ fathers from ascending into upper air!
Against us let there be no such reproach
Freely let us breathe into our bosoms some
portion of the spirit of the dead. If we live
near no churchyard let us visit one-mesmer
ically, if you please Now we are on the way
We see narrow streets and many people; mos
of the faces that we meet are pale. Here is
walking funeral: we follow with it to tht
l. churchyard. A corner is turned, and there il
l. another funeral to be perceived at no grea
distance in advance Our walkers trot Th'
= other party finding itself almost overtaken, set
i off with decent run. Our party runs. Thert
D the ground. We become interested. We per
Il ceive that one undertaken wears CATERS, ant
the other straps We trot behind them, bet
q ting with each other, you on Caters, OF
e Straps win; a Deus er naachina saves me
or / should have lost An over goaded o!
"a : rushes bewildered round corner, charge:
O. and overthrows the foremost coffin; it is bro
:, ken, and the body is exposed-its white shrou'
10 u flaps upon the mud This has occurred once
g l know; and how much oftener / know moi
y So Caters pioneers his party to the neares
'e undertakers for repairs, and we follow the trI
W umphant procession to the churchyard. Ih
s minister there meets it, holding his whit
le handkerchief most closely to his nose; tn
y mourners initiate him, sick and sorTowfuL-
as Your toe sticks to bit Of carrion as we pas
near the grave and seek the sexton. He is
pimpled man, who moralizes much; but hl
II e, To Ie a.