The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-20
SUNDAYS ABROAD.


can remain In the comfortable quiet o
their own homes, reading good book
r and papers, who, ut meal time cai
gather with dear ones around table
. spread with wholesome and delicious
food upon which the blessing of Coo
has been asked, and who, at night, tan
bow before the family altar, may think
that we poor wanderers ought to do the
same, and not join the worldly pleasure
seekers of this country, which Is vir-
tually without u Sabbath. How hap
py we would be to find here the advan-
tages which we would have at home.
In few cities we have found Protest
ant service, either the church of Eng
land or the Scotch Presbyterian, and
in Berlin an American church; but in
smaller towns, even where the service
is Protestant, 1t is conducted in for
eign tongue, and so of little avail to us.
Were we to shut ourselves
up in our room all day, we should
know nothing of how the Sabbath is
employed i'm the different countries
that we visit, t,and thus lose much inter-
esting and valuable information, and
you, dear readers, would not have the
pleasure of hearing about our Sundays
abroad"
Therefore, while we refrain from
travelling OH the Sabbath, we do as far
as seems to us proper, take the oppor-
tunity of observing the different Gus
toms and manners OF the people about
us, and thus far the effect has been to
increase our respect for the Sabbath
and our appreciation of the impOr-
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tionally as well as individually. Sorry
indeed would we be to see the European
Sabbath become an institution of our
For those who desire pleasure, merely
whom love of gain prompts to labor,
merely a day of toll.
A FUNERAL.
A few days since the daughter of our
landlady died, and thus we had the Op-
pOrtunity of witnessing some of the
Catholic customs on such occasions.
AS soon as the breath had left the
body, the family knelt and united in
repeating prayer for the deceased. A
notice was Immediately published and
circulated among the friends of the
family, giving information ofthe death.
1t was printed OH paper ten by
twelve inches square, bordered with
black, and may be thus translated:
"Dorothea Iwierzina gives, in her
name and in the names of her chill
dren. Carl, Franz and Caroline, infor-
nation of the sad departure of their
dearly beloved daughter and sister,
wILHELMINE zwIERzINA,
who, Friday April 4th, at one p, NJ,
after long and very painful illness,
and after receiving the sacrament of
the dying, in the seventeenth year of
her life, fell asleep in Jesus.
The earthly tenement of the departed
will, on Sunday, April 9th, at five p.
NJ, be carried from the house of mourn
ing, No. l6, London Case, to the
church of the holy Trinity, there
blessed and afterward conveyed to the
cemetery at Wahring, for its final re
pose.
Three masses will be said Monday,
April 7th, at nine A. NJ, in the above
named church, for the repose of the
soul of the departed, to which all
friends and acquaintances in the Lord
are invited.
The deceased was dressed in white,
and held rosary in her clasped hands.
A wreath of white roses encircled the
inside of the coffin, and crown of
white flowers was placed upon her
head, ,Aropnd and about her were laid
MANY little pictures of religious sig
MITIGATION, which had belonged to her
in life. Over Che whole was spread
piece of white tarltan. On q table, by
the side of the coffin, stood q burning
lamp and q pHp Of holY water, into
which each one, as they came to take
their final leave, dipped sprig of ever
green and sprinkled three times the
dead maiden. No ceremony was per-
formed ut the house. The six poll
bearers, In uniform of black, decorat-
ed with silver, came and carried the
coffin to the hearse, and from the
hearse into the church, where 1t was
placed before the high altar Two
priests then appeared, carrying lighted
candles, and chanted Latin service,
swung oenser three times, and poured
three tiny shovels of earth upon the
coffin, saying: "Dust thou art, to dust
shalt thou return.n
A song of mourning was then sung,
after which the coffin was conveyed to
the cemetery, followed by the carriages
containing the mourners, At the
grave the pail be.lreiifs said few
words of form, each friend threw a
| handful of earth into the grave upon
the coffin, and the ceremony was over.
| On the way home the drivers of the
two carriages containing the family
and immediate friends, had q friendly
rivalry as to speed, not exactly a race,
but perhaps as near to it as the law
would allow, and after arriving at
home, few guests remained, and, as
is usual, coffee and cigars helped make
the evening social.
AS we passed through the busy
streets, the gay shop windows all open,
/ could but think that one would only
know II WAS Sunday because the
streets were more crowded than on
week days, and nearly every man in
the throng took of his hat In recogni-
ton of the passing of funeral train.
Even the rough stable boy, engaged In
washing q carriage, took time to fasten
the sponge with the three fingers of
his right hand, and with the thumb
and fore finger, gave lift TO his cap,
while his fape hpre q broad grin, as he
joked with a friend.
had noticed the custom before, but
nhu schIctiy given " thouShpt WV
now, as this was, to certain extent,
"our funeral" kept a jealous watch
over all passers-by, to see that we were
duly honored, and could partially APP
preciate the feelings of those whom l
had often seen pass by in mournful
garb without ever thinking that they
would care whether / paid honor to
their dead or not,
The general name for cemetery In
use here is '!Friedhof," peace yard
or court, q beautiful and appropriate
name, but, like nesrly everything,
much more expressive in the original
than in the translation.
Here, at the gate of this court OF
: peace. stood four cripples, earning
their living by appeals to the sympa
thy of sorrowing hearts, andrewardine
the gifts they receive with prayer fol
l the giver.
a They do not beg in words, but wht
can resist the appeal of those withered
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