The sun., 1878-02-16

She was liehincsse TO all around Old Cnronclcr
The preliminary ceremonies took place yes
terday morning at Mr.. Pitman's residence in
Cincinnati. The house. II pleasant little dwell
ing in the Swiss chalet style on tine hillside
above Easton avenue. was thronged from 10
O'Clock in the morning until n late hour with the
first people Of Cincinnati. The caskct Of oiled
chestnut stood on raised dais in the middle of
the room. The body-that Of a small woman.
with refined intellectual features and puily
white hair-was aitircd in white cashmere,
Innings Of blue satin adorned the interior ol
the coffin. Upon the wood ofthc ld was carved
q Latin cross. with the monogram. J. J. be-
low Around the walls OF the room was proiu-
sion OF English md American flags. contributed
by Mr.. William Brogge Of the Atlas steel Works
woman. There was nothing OF religious or
sentimental nature in the ceremonies. Con-
gresham Aaron Perry Of Cincinnati con-
Musical selections from Beethoven and Mozart
followed Mr., Bonn Ptman. the bercgvrd hns-
and character of his wife. and Mrs. Kate Mcs-
ternderf read an original rnrm Mrs. VI. W.
LOnglcy. n prominent champion OF womans
rights. added II few remarks and another poem
and music concluded the ceremony. An in
formal conversation followed. during which the
guests laughed and chaitcd as though at IN
ordinary reception.
In the evening tho coilln was boxed M and
shipped on the $ 20 train on the Little Miami
Railroad for Pittsburgh. The only persons n.,.-
companying u were Mr.. li,man and +. b.
IlymltOn rl the lintlnnntl fuIuUIfFr1uf. q per-
sonal friend OF Mrs Pitnan. AZ Pittsburgh tn"
box containing the caskct was cXposcd on nn
ordinary. baggage truck. and Inspected hy
crowds of curious people. III. burial permit
and the cause OF death" cancer of the stom-
ach "-wns pasted on the hos containing the
casket \ black oilrloth which covered the lat.
with the whole afrair. 1t 9:l7 /. VI. to-,ia, ihr
train BEARING the remains lrlt th. Union depot
Mt Pittsburgh. \ ear load oi reporters wcrr on
board. representing all the leading newspapers
| u New York, Philadelphia. Cincinnati. aud the
West generally.
Mr.. ptman ia , pleasant-looking man ot about
80. with regular features. willskrrs strongly
tinged with gray. and courteous and polished
manners. He makes no secret Of his peculiar
views on the suhir,t 2i death AM thc res urrcc-
| ton. " am glad, he said 10 THE SUN repre-
| sentative. that there has boon NJ religious
nonsense about this thing W. cNrluicl the
| parsons and undortakcrs from the start aud
one Of my assistants of the school in CINCINNATI
prepared the design, on, the coffin lii while
| everybody else was hlubhering around u. |
hardly feel. IN fact. as though my wllc was gone.
| She herself had long intended that her body
| should be- disposed Of in TIM. nanper. and only
two years .Ago wrote TO the Doctor. making IN
| quirics a. To the process.
At the Washington depot a hearsc with gilt
box and all. was showed into II ~ though Il
| were a package 81 mer'hnntisv. and thr pro-
cesSion slowly Wcudrd it, way 81 "tIlloWs
| H.H. half a mile south of the village. On TINS
! d"leotablo spot hall century ago. negro va,
| The crcinatOry Is situnted on IA. crown Of the
hill. and in appearance rcsonlhlrs "a cross he-
| tween brlrk Sinpktnuu~t ana Village u'khl.
Perched on the adjoining fences wcr' crowd
Of gaping ruStlcs. each with cigar in hi-
mouth. and all anxious To- gei into ihc vault.
| lius lie Moync. a son of the Doctor: Netch"l
Harding aud wife the Misses L. Moync and Mr.
and Mrs. Harding DevauX \ negro named III
At 5s ?. VI. the body was taken out # the
caskct and placed in the large gas retort over
| the furnace. which was described al length in
THE SYN's account Of Baron De- Palms crema-
tion. The, door was then closed with .comcnt
afNnr alaRr ma lx atrI IH.rNN
The fire had been started the afternoon
before. and the temporarily" ~ the re-
4 sickcnlng od1r Of burning hair and
fesh filled tho room. and caused The unin-
itiated T. hold their handkor'hiefs 10 thrir
| noses The windows on two sd, Vf the huild-
ing were opened 10 emit the foul smells. and
after t!me the aimospl"re became to"raily
pure. thick black smoke roso out OF the
chmneys. bearing a little Of the olor io thu
spectators on the fences. Inside. the visitors
talked ANA laughed pleasantly. occasionally
taking n look through In" perphulc at the
s9wly wlyieonEsnWiing M sins, eerpre Y'thn ,..
which the body had been wrapped. was slightly
ignited. but il burned slowly. AT IN" same time
the smoke was seen 20 pour from the chimneys.
pearance. 4 wreath of flowers had been placed
about the brow. out, 50, great was the heat that
they wore dissolved before tho head had ialriy
entered the rrtort.
Al IL he heat marked 0oo Fahrenheit. and
the iron frame suppuriing ihc hndy had nat
tened down upon the iloOr nf the chamber.
Al 2:25 Ia" color OF the hcni WAS n pale orange.
and the temperature had increased to . luI-
The corpse gradually lost shape and melted
into an indlstinsushablc mass. fow of the
more prominent homes barely defined Tho
sheet although burned apparently to II crisp.
still remained intact.
At .. the temperature was 2.2oO'. ana the
color OF the substance IN the rctor was bright
1910 the sheet crumblcd and left the bones
standing alone The speetacle ,was terrihlc
one. although beautiful IN It's coloring and in
tenslty OF action. in III" midst Of the bright -
tort lay skeleton oi fire. the bones swathed in
purple and orange famr. which shot upward in
sharp, nrcdlr-lllsc points, aud haihcd in" whole
form IN halo Of ilrry glory. The light was 50
intense that the eye could bear il but for mo-
ment \ Of the party surveyed il in turn in
ending Mr. Pltman. who Expressed much pleas
ure nt the sight
At $3.50 most Of the bones had disappeared.
AMI 1T 3:i5 those of the priyis. which were the
last 10 remain standing. fen. Then nothing re-
mained but white lndi7tingu. shahlo mass,
from which few pale lels OF lame shot tit
fully,
Al 349 just one hour ana nfy-onc minutes
from the time the body was put into the rrtuTi,
ne lnrlntratlon was pronounced complete. and
the party l"ft the building
| During the process the crowd outside amused
themselves b> rra'kihE l"hcs on Dr. H. Moyn",
ana endenyorlpg to gr, gllnpse through me
Iuots near the back door. and one young
darkey mounted the fence and kept M I'm i'm
promptu accompanimcnt ON a Inir Of homes.
supposed to be- thosc Of Baron dc Palm. There
were no religious services or exercises of any
kind. Mr.. Pltmnn returns 10 Cincinnati to-
morrow and his wifes bones will be- IA lowed In
remain in the rctor until next Monday. in
order to thoroughly reduce them to ashes.
There is much hostile lreling in the commu-
alleged irrevrrence toward the dead The fire.
man who oficiacd nt the burning G( DE Palm
says that the bones Of the venerable Baron have
boon scattered all over me village ana that he
even retained porkrtlul "i ih'm himself
and then burned as brushwood on Gallows
Hill. while ~" outer ease ~ stii 10 IT, used as a
feed box in DR.. le Moyncs barn. The society
Of the place is strictly Calvinsilr. and the Doe
tors proceedings are regarded with holy horror