Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-20
rlE ..aURIED ALIVE
\ CURIOUS CCacON AT An TcCI-EaIAsTIoAL
AUCTION

Cur correspondent If Rome sends rs
the following Interesting YaI"G''l Is III
relation 10 current affairs:
The government is taking possession
Of the converts with all possible Coco
rum. Wherever il can be done, tlor
Inhabitants are allowed to retain Ioss'5
sion Il part Of the l0i.G:nss. III other
instances, the Inhabitants u convent
which is intended for the use OF govern
meut are allowed TO tshe up their q"ar-
ters IN the empty cells OF another, one
would think to their exceeding comfort.
Ths usual formaiitiSs took place recently
al the tomb (whut else can ore call ito
Of tins 'Sepolti NIve'-the Buried AIve =
in tie SubuIIba, on OF near the site Of
the house where Caesar Was born. These
poor women, some tweLtyElne II num-
Der. ale always covered wish q doUGle
veil. black. lined vi,h "Aite. When
once this veil has been placed upon their
leads, they never a7al4 nay look upon
tae face Il father G: friend, motaer o.
Sister. Once year. covered With this
terrific pail, they eLtcr room alyi"ei
into two parts Ky an iron eating. With
in its bars hangs anotAei black veil.
OGtsiia OF it their trends gather, and,
pronCuncing their names, inquire after
their health. In turn, they may ask
after the health Of their families; until,
GU some one Of these anniversaries 10
familiar voice is heard and thus they
learn that the "uG.i.l alive" have all
their dead to mourn. These poor cr,a-
lures, informed At the last moment Jy
their confessors Of the necessity of their
appearance before the representatives Of
the law, glided in, one after another,
Ike the shsetel dead in their sLas;ly
garments, took their stations at 4 table
placed at distance from all present,
tarned their backs upon tham, and, L,v-
ing signed the necessary papers, uisap-
peared as they lid entered. They are
not 10 be disturbed at present, and. in
deed, viii probably continue their
Death in life TO the end at the Suburb.
" The sale of ecclesiastical property S
carried on with decidedly favorable re-
suits. A tho first auction tiIirtv-thrce |
buyers he'd gone through with the rocea-
sary formal,ies, and a large crowd as
assembled. An oil custom which Pc (
walls at public auction was daily olsegy- /
II. On frame prepared for the pgr-
pose small candles are placed. They
tIt 80 NSl sll!tsiI lLltEt SuCiA tl lLtill Wi4I
JuIn but four minutes. When a bid is
made one OF these candles IS lit and COW
,red with glass shade, that uo intln-
ional or unintentional puff Of air may
zach il. As the sale proceeds and an.
,tler bid Is made second candle IS
lighted and the shade removed to ii.
Tie crisr, as he covers a candle, announ-
es it thus: 'Prima candele vergine; Sc
onda candele vergine terra candele
engine, and so forth. When q candle
las been lit for bidder and burns cut
rithout higher bid having been made
he sale lis over. One OF the first houses
ut up belonged to the hospital Of St.
iiovanni. The community bid for it,
ut several candles we're lit, and it went
p from nineteen thousand to sixty
lousand four hundred francs, and was
by private individual. The
econd sale was equally spirited with the
rst. Some twelve or fifteen pieces OF
roperty were disposed of at excellent
rices. Another sale is expected to take
lace soon" ~ Y. Post.