Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15
tltENATION WIT.

The = cream of the foliosiugJn as
our readers will discover, li,> in the new
tangled or newly revived idea Of cremation.
in place OF g Christian burial -
Among the most modern cunyenienees in
the latest dwelling house l. the cremation
cellar. with seif-rotating rua>ter. udor ea-
cape hues, and comfortable seats for the
mOurners.
The worst feature about this cremation
business l. that some winter morning. IN q
tit of philanthropy, your widows second
husband may empty Your ashes On the icy
pavement for the benefit of pedestrian-.-
MiliCGukee Sentinel.
One objection to cremation ~ that many
would be nver-done by the double burning.
-Dctron Free Press.
Quiz believes in cremation, for the bene-
fit of the soap trade. He knows lots of peo-
pie whose ashes would make splendid lye
Ii the eremationsts want to d. the whule
practical thing. let them resolve that after
they bad been cremated their ashes shall bs
sold for tooth powder Louisville Courier
Journal.
The St Louis Globe speculates concern
ing the obituary OF the future. Weappend
one OF two specimens;
Charles Pupker 81. er-matsd July 9, 1872.
For wife Of above third pekle-bottle next
shelf.
Little Tommy. Burnt up Sept. 10, 1862.
-ane Matilda Perkins Oct. J, 1863 Put up By
the Alden Corpse Cremstn, Company. None gen
uine without signature.
A Troy cremationist asks, wouldn't it be
pleasant to receive despatch something
like this some day
DEAR Mo-sER William died at noon to-day
Ashes by mail. Yours in sorrow,
With the adoption Of cremation there
will also have to be II change OF obituary
verse To something like the following
:. The boast Of hersldry.
The pOmp Of power,
AMI all that beauty,
And all that wealth eer knew
Await alike the inevitable hour
The path OF glory lrAis out 10 the Hue.
And this is all that's left of thee,
Thou fsrest OF esTth's daughters,
Only four pounds OF ashes white
out Of one hundred and fourteen AMI three
quarters"
The Chicago Tribune illustrates a. follows
the connection between the urn and tbs bot
tie - Alcoholism an6 cremation are last
becoming cosmopolitan questions. People
are waking up to the conviction that il il
sanitary necessity they should be burned
but then, they favor postponing the proee--
until the mortal coil has been shufiled of
Cremation internally during life. prsctiSed
as it is every day in the liquor saloons oi
Chicago, New York. London and other
places, il by competent authorities declared
to be as unwholesome as post-morteni cra
nation In Siamese furnace is sslutary.
Cremation makes light of grave sub
ject.
Funeral baked meats are coming into FASH
ion again.
Cremationi-ts call burial being g ralcined
to the tomb"
Cremation undertakers will have no din
Guilty in sooting their customers.
The New York Cremation Society having
prepared a draft for its charter n now 1t
work On draft Tor its chimney.
sarah Amand. WAS her name,
She had lived and died without Islander,
uAd she survived tho funeral hams
She would have beep - Sal Amander.
Scene before cremation undertaken
shop.-Small boy say. sir, Is dad done
vet? II he il, please put him in this ere
tin kettle. :"
The St Lawrence Society is the sppro-
pirate name Of band OF cremationist~.
Their motto l., "One good turn deserves
another.
The Oratorio Of the Cremation, now
being rehearsed, has a very brilliant passage
for the fagotti. Mothers in-law are to hs
used for the CRATE effects.