The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-06-01
THE FAIR FIELD.

;+oo m ;font is still to be seen the ruins of the Soap
fat Factory where the princ in the following song
melted away Mrs Brown still lives in Broad street, Boston,
to mourn the unmey end of her who loved wisely but
rather too much When Billy Arlington last in Boston he
this song and the house shed tears" The
must have been evedrop This "may be may
we tell the tale it told to nothing exenuating
augbt setting down malice We should have objection
to hear the Boy" Arlington recite how the of
love does smooth though in this OFarrels
"cous after his jump into the vat have been smooth
enough-slck grease.
The distinction made by Mrs. Brown between trade" and
cuisines" is quite in Ireland In fact trade is dis
grace THERE the greatest family boast in that highly IA
vored land that of its members dsgraced the
name by doing anything for living People who have the
blood of kings" in their veins have holy horror of labor
and consequence you show your head among
of decency that tower erect in solitary grandeur
the real round towers of other days, but not through
shinng grandmother had the misfortune sell eggs
in her day. We naturally awuly arstocratic people
can't help tit in the blood like cork legs. We think
this explanation necessary order justify Mrs. Brown in
her distinction between and soap You
trade and soap business Shakespeare from whom all the
Spears have descended says that by any other
would smell sweet" Notwhstanding-soap representing
business smells than representing trade. SO
much for the nice distinction of in Ireland and for
important communication to the world argechance has
done the studied calculations of poso
ply the earliest period of history the present day.
the question How shall dispose of the dead to the advan
tage of the living ?" has bothered generation and
mains unsolved satisfactorily to time One nation
said them but that would be rather expensive and wood
dollars per cord would be useless expense too that
giving nothing in return but handful of ashes If in their
ashes lived their wonted es this plan might work. but they
don't.
Another race has sa launch them on waters to save
to
of the earth that might draw their uciness from their decay
ing friends Those who have strained the Chicago mud
through their teeth inhaled the odoerous perfume from the
classic pools of Bridgeport might have objection to this
mode of burial but others less blessed than would not
swallow this sort of thing would be tedious the
fifteen hundred styles for dressing the dead preparatory to their
presentation at the court of the silent For full history of
the disposal of the dead the transactions of the "D
Worms" Our style of planting" good enough, when
deep enough then the danger is that the roots may strike
don When planted too shallow the zephyrs become
and severely laden bringing fresdes cholera and other
luxuries that we have not been used to.
Now believe there was something than chance in
OFarres run" into soap. And draw the attention of
the Sanitary Commissions this important matter Why
not boil the Dead and make soap of them? Certain deli
cate and sentimental young ladies may object and turn their
pretty this but they rest assured 1t will be their
turn sometime. There nothing improper, immoral in
having friends boiled down while sweet own res
highly scented and into dainty mould with their names
fancuy branded each bar-instead of being boiled
they from all the fires of gentle
man in black who shall be nameless Where assortment
was boiled together it could be labelled Family SOAP This
would be appropriate for lovers who beautiful in life in
death would not be divided 1t would be douby adVanta
geous to economical people if this plan adopted twoud
save funeral carriage hire and the purchase of buyng grounds
in the first place. while there would be danger of masma
&C., rising from the choke the vng-for
perhaps Then we could have friends ION the shelf"
far less expense than going to funerals and make ourselves
beautiful by using them for cosmetics To sum up the whole
in grand convincing sweep You save time and money
and labor Our friends after handing their checks would not
be dead weight hands they are at present We
could soap which in itself be sanitary bless