, 1877-08-11
CREMATION IN UTAH.

Executing tho Peculiar VIM Of DR.. c. F.
Wfnstow, Of sntt Lake City.
SALT LAwn Clrr. July 31.-Tl,c bo,ly Of Dr..
c. +. WfnsluS was crrnintcd here to-dny. The
process occupied about three hours. TI,u heart
hal been taken out and sent to hts birthplace.
Nantucket Tic ashcs arc to bc sent to the
grafu Ut his vile. near Bostun. Tho text OF
tl,c Drsts'r's will Ia "a follows:
4" request. order, antf command TINT II In tho
cosirsc of efuht and forty lu.,rs 1t be known
positively AMI clearly proven that mn dead,
NY hcIrt s,ay hc rc.nuyetl from my body by
diatcly IN strong glass vessol having ground
gllss stuppcr accurately nEtct to llic sa,ry,
and that t'lis vussc! bc Immediately
hlae., t,. tor ,,., tle nnrnose, OF cnbalming MY
heart with u saturated solution, IN hut
wateF, Of rnnFiate Of ammonia, sal am
n1anfa. nnsi thu corrosive sublinlate Of mcr.
curry, md "it's the htghckt proof alcohol lila
mixture to cvnhist Of equal partsnf alcohol and
corrosive s1l,Etnaate, each Of those salts being
added to lhc b,ilinG water until IL will lisotyc
~ more Isu alcohol may 10 u4t.ir to thu so,s-
ton whiie 1t l. |: yet hot, and the vessel filled
scaled and the stonpcr securely COVERED viii,
wet parchment anj tle,l. i order this ycssci,
WITH 1ts contents thus prepared md when cold,
TO TO be put Into thick oak plank bog, made ii
to 10 saturated with coal tar; thia wts!, in
closctl In q p'ain plnc case and huried In tho
grave aud over the remains at ny dear an, ven
cratctf mother IN tho south OF Newton bury
1ng grnund, 'n the Island of Nantucket, whcrc
whom am indebted for my enlarged y1eys OF
nature. lies BY l,ar stdc, and tho same t,u,,nd
'nark' the rcst'nE place OF both, aud a single
stonv records tls BIRTH anl dcat! OF zach. Thus
nlay tha sacrcd spot Gc known where Wish NV
hcnrt to rest forever after my heart lns been
removed atMl cnbaltnctl rs nboyc directed.
~ urdef that my body DO burned IN tho most
convenient manner TINT my executors, Of tho
friends Or persons With whom niny dwell
nt The time Of nv death, lnay tc able to
Adopt. should be satisfied II iho n1etllMl Of
cremation % pTacttccd by tho anclcn: Romans
was nd"ntcd, but Il this IA tot convenient ur
prnettrao'c my otkly may he burned Il, re-
tort, ns Il now prnrticcsl IN sucl, rascs tn Ger
nfany' Alter ttta proccssi is completed, drs!rc
ni''i "ler that all ttat may remain Of my l,oncs
atiu nscs may h9 9ashcrcd up, placed ia strong
and that th's bo treated tn the sans manner
"a that which af!all contain my heart. 1t IA
my desire and command that this bc
taken TO tho cemetery OF Mount Auburn,
ncar Cambridge, Mass, nnd piaccd In
tue same eTavo and upon thp collin wlllcl,
dear. ind ScHcraled wife. In regard to tho
ahoSc Eoaucsts and commands, hero further
moro cxprcsh tho desire and rcHucst That no
moro public cxpnnso or ceremony be permitted
In tho exeeut'o'' thereof than may be absolutely
ncccsaary to carry out my wishes, and par
t!cularly request that no Religious cercnaonics,
30 called: by any priest, minister, or 1nyman ot
any creed or scctarian denomination, 10 oliow.
I'd Or performed ia connection with lny death
Or the disposition Of my remains. Th1n shall
tllc dust return to tho earth ns It Was, and tho
spirit shall return TO tho God who gave It. No
mans tntcreesstnns toward Deity can modify
shants."