The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-17
ESTABLISHED AUGUST "a, 1852.

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reason or revelation TO oppose it,"
"This," said he, "the preachers all
admit when | talk with them.
The other day had talk with one Of
our ministers, and | said TO him, you who
oppose cremation draw line Of distinc.
tion between your dead membership that
is most unchristian. The wealthy you
bury up there in the cemetery in costly
casketS, while the poor you bury in the
PottcrS field. Ny plan diSpOses Of the
whole human family alike. It costs just
the same to crem ate everybody, and the
cost is next to nothing, Five dollars
will pay all the necessary expense. What
mockery man has made Of this
matter OF death. 1t was never so
intended. We make pomp Of it and try
to preserve the dead intact, while Ma.
ture has let loose everyspecies Of antago-
niSm to such an idea. The earth and
air are full Of sCavengers created for the
special purpose Of disposing Of all dead
matter in the shortest possible time.
These were organized for the protection
Of man, but he, in his pride, resists the
humiliation that is incident to his NOR.
tality, and puts his dead in costly case
work, spending enough money on collins
and monuments TO pay the National
debt" "Why," said the Doctor, "a quar-.
ter OF a million dollars have been spent
and wasted in twenty yesrs in the Gene
terry Of thisloan. And we go on impov-
ershing many people to keep up an I'm.
natural and foolish CUSTOM"
The foregoing is but n small sample
OF the ready and iorcibIe manner in
which Dr.. Lemoyne converses on all sub
jects, He possesses wonderful accuracy
Of memory for recent as we'll as remote
events, and is fully alive to what is pass.
ing in the world. His general phraseology
is that OF strong and educated thinker,
and yet it Ia all very plain and easily un.
dorstoot. lie has no extravaganza what.
ever in his style, and is pleasing talker.
And, verify, he needs all Of this social
capacity to overcome the rcpugnancies
with which he contrIvcs otherwise TO
invest himself. The frat prescription
that a stranger would naturally give to
this insalubrious old philosopher would
be that Of Master Dick to David Copper
field, to "wash himself" II Elisha
could come round again he would at least
double the prescription given TO Ma.
aman the Syrian.
One might travel East or West long
distance and not see as remarkable a char.
acter as this eccentric lldi'senter from
all the Establishments and most OF the
prOprielies Of life. Heis very rich and is
noted for his acquisitiveness, has been a
high priced ursurer for many years, and
yet he gave $4,000 to the College when
it was rcorganized, $4,000 to the town
library, and $4,000 TO colored school
in the South. lie has four farms near
Washington and pleuty Of bank stock
and county bonds lie does all his own
financering, even to his book keeping,
is man Of wonderful method, and directs
with minuteness the carrying out OF all
his projects. He knows no rest, and with
his cane in one hand and his hoe in the
other works in his large garden several
hours every day. lie sleeps about three
hours, seldom goes to bed until one in the
morning, is up at the dawn and out in
his grounds. lie used to read far into
the night, but latlerly bis eye sight hav.
ing become impaired he thinks more and
reads LEES. lie believes in sun baths but
abjures water baths. This is one OF his
hobbies, and accordingly he will sit at
midday in the boiling sun, in order to
absorb the life giving electricity with
which old SoIs rays are charged. lie
takes them straight and not through blue.
glass. lie has made all his arrange
ments for being cremated after death.
If anything could make him unhappy it
wouldbe the possibility Of being put in
fifty dollar coffin, buried in asixty dollar
lot in the cemetery, and commemorated
on five hundred dollar shaft Of marble.
lie wants no ceremony over his remains,
and has prohibited, he sNys, anything
more than modest prayer at his crema.
tory over any remains offered for incin-
Grafton. His idea is that vast amount
Of hyProcrisy tipi4 vent in funeral cere.
moniea, and he says that Pome preachers
have told him that such performances
rested heavily on them at times. The fires
OF hls furnace are intended to burn up
everything Of the kind.
; This curious old man sleeps apart from
, his household, in back room Of his
, drug store, and on an old lealhern setlee,
hard and slippery, and never takes of
. his clothes except az he semi occasional.
: y changes them.
} ENGLASD on THE WAR PATH.-The
vote Of the Gladstone resolutions in the
/ British Parliament Monday night showed
, soHcluSively what England thinks Of the
situation and means to do. Mr.. Glad
stone had withdrawn every point which
tended to divide the Liberal party. lie
opened the debate with profound speech
lie had the morality, the humanity, the
| enlarged statesmanship Of the time on
. his side, ard the Turkish maSAcres in
, Bulgaria to give bloody emphasis to his
) eloquenlly enforced demands. Yet when
= the division was called for, his resoIu'
. tions were rejected by vote OF 35i TO
223; and Immediately the House unani.