The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-06-27

log and 20 modest lis9 abd sinDie
hia last moments, Friends wantc
metallic bmisl case nothing III.
would doa,i c0nldr't get H. Thef
sarnt going &, Be- time anybod
oould see that Corpse said nevc
mind shake bin up some Kind Of
box he could stretch out IN comfort
able, bo warni particular bout th
genera! style Of it. Said he wen
more on loom .ban style, any way il
last final containor. Friends want
cd a silver door plato on the coffin
signi(ylng who lie was aid wher' b,
was from. Now you know a follow
couldn't roust out such a gaily thing
as that in little country town like
this. What did corpse say? Corpse
said whitewash bis old canoe and
dob his address and general destina-
=
tion onto it with a backing brush
and q stencil plate. long with a
verse from some likely hymn or 9TH
er, and pint him for the tomb, and
mark him G. o. D.. and just let him
flicker. He warn't distressed any
more than you be-on the contrary
Just as ca'am and col ected as a
llearse horse; said he judged that wher'
he was going 10 a body would find
it considerable better to attract at
tention by picturesque moral oharac-
ter than a natty burial case with a
swell door plate on it. Splendid
man he was, I'd druther do for a
corpse Ike that n any I've tackled in
3evep yeal. There's some satisfac-
Iion in buryin' q man like that. You
feel that what you're doing is appre~
,ia ed. Lord bless you, SOS he got
planted before he spilled, he was
perfectly satisfied said his relations
meant well. perfectly well, but all
them preparations was bound to de.
lay the thing more or less, and he
1idn't wish to be kept lsyin' around.
You never see such clear head as
what he had-and so ca'am and so
,ool. Just a hunk of brains-that
8 what he was.,, Perfectly awful. 1t
vas ripping distance from one end
# that mans head to t'other. Often
md over he'd had brain fever a-raging
q one place, and the rest of the pile
lidn't know anything about it-didn't
fleet it any more than an Injun insur- !
ection in Arizona aifectsthe Atlantic
tates. Well, the relations they
,anted a lurid funeral, but corpse
aid be was down on hummery-did-
t want any prooessioa-fll the
earse full of mourners and get out
.ern line and tow him behind. He
as the most down on style Of any
,maIns I ever struck. A beautiful
creature--it was what
. was, you can depend on that.
e was just set on having things the
ay he wanted them, and he took a
lid comfort in laying his little plans.
e had me measure him and take
hole raft of directions then he. had
Ie minister stand up behind long
,x with u table cloth over it, to rep.
sent the coffin, and read his funeral
rmon, saying 'angcore, angcore ! at
@ good places. and making him
ratch out every bit Of brag about
m, and all the hifalutin and then
made them trot out the choir SOS
could help them pick out the
mes fer tie occasion, .and he got
en- to sing Pop Goes the Weasel.
cause he'd always liked that tune
hen he was wn-hearted, and SOL
m music made him sad and when
ey sung that with. tears in their
es (because they all loved him J,
ID his relations ,grieving around.
just laid there as happy as a bug,
ID trying to beat time and showing
over how much he enjoyed it; !, and
esently he got worked up and ex-
ted ,,aud tried to join in. for, mind
u, be was pretty proud Of his abil-
es in the singing line !; but the
st time be opened his mouth and ,
as just going to spread himself. !
s breath took walk. l never (
e man snuffed out so sudden. All,
was q great loss--it was a power
loss-it was a powerful loss to
is poor little one horse town.
rell, well, well, I amt got time to
J. palavering along here-got to
III on the lid and mosey along with {
m, and If you'll just give me lifs {