The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-09
Letter from Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2, 1874.
CREMATION


This ancient practice has been recently revived,
and, like every new idea it is rapidly recruiting
many adherents In our own country, societies
are in process of formation, and gas ovens are
constructed to promote the perfect burning o: the
dead Some persons believe that the prayer-book
alludes TO cremation, and thus sanctions it, in the
words of the burial service: "Ashes to ashes,
dust to dust" This certainly has remarkable
appearance in the present excitement
The widest reports are now put in circulation,
and it has been asserted that some persons in this
city have been burned. OF course, this is I'M
true, for the law prohibits such procedure
If cremation should become universal, what an
impressive arrangement could be made of the
urns or jars in which are collected the Generated
remains of The departed For instance, we might
inform our sympathizing friends that the ashes
of Julia Maria, aged l3, are deposited in the third
pickle jar on the right Of the shelf, and dear lit
tie Tommy reposes On the extreme verge Of the
manel We need not now bury our dead out of
our sight, but we can always carry them with
us. If man cannot earn his living in this
world he may be able to urn his dead Crema-
ton is spreading and the undertakes are iudg-
nant and alarmed at the prospect Of losing their
trade. We will soon have an exciting time over
the subject
MARKET SHEDS.
been revived, and now a fierce battle is raging
in our very streets. Philadelphia has many wide
avenues, and it was formerly the custom to block
them up with long rows of sheds which were
used for selling marketing to our good people
On account of the once famous traffic in meat
fruit, vegetables and other productions necessary
for the existence of the inhabitants, which was
extensively carried on in High street.-the name
very naturally soon ran into Market, and so it
has remained until the present day. The project
was started to demoish these sheds, and at once
violent opposition sprang up. Meetings were
held, resolutions were passed, and fiery speeches
were belched forth. All to no purpose, however
and to-day Market street is the finest thorough
fare in this city
Callowhill street is at present the grand central
point of attack, and the same programme is
adopted in its case as in that of Market street.
This is progressive age, and the relics of the
honored past are rapidly disappearing from
among US. In due course Of time not street
will have market shed in it, and houses will in
stantly spring up that will not only fully accom-
modate our people, but also be an ornament to
the neghborhood in which they are erected. =
Philadelphia can truthullJ boast OF having the
most beautiful market houses on the face of the
earth, and soon may we not see again the eye
sores Of sheds in our streets
The old name OF the Quaker City has been laid
aside, and we are becoming more moderuzed in
our ideas There was time when whole blocks
Of houses were built of red brick and the newt
able white shutters so that stranger light truly
say that when he had seen one street, he had seen
all the city. We are now using diferen ~ olored
stones and having darker 'nade upon n shut.
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