The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-15

'i'"li' Clill olucI' LII puCClnS tOSeth~
cr the coffin Mr.. Howe could pay
no regard to conventional modes Of
construction. He WAS compelled, by
reason of the enormous bulk Of the
dcreaseIs limbs, merely to make it
in the form Of an oblong box. Elm
two inches thick was tho wood of
which he made it. The inside he
lined with thick shoot lead and the
outside he covered with black cloth.
st Oft by brass mountings The
inscription on the lid was of the
simplest character, only giving tho
name and age and date Of doath.
LOWERING THE REMAINS FROM A WINDOW.
When completed, tho coffin meas
urcd feet long, 3 feet inches
wlcc and feet 10 inches deep, and,
bat for tho black cloth, it might
have been taken for anything but
what it was. The ordinary entrances
to the Duke of Wellington Inn were
not wide enough to admit of it's pas
sage through them, and it was not
until the window Of tho room in
which the body lay had been re-
moved and a portion of the brick
work knocked away that it could be
got into the house. Hundreds of
persons on Monday night SAW the
cuI1in hoisted to the apartment by
means OF block and tackle, and
many speculated us to how, with tho
ad,tcd weight of the deceased (728
pounds) it would be lowered again
to the street. The body had de-
composed SO rapidly that the work.
men engaged were greatly discom-
posed by the stencil, and whom it
WAS screwed down" tho features
were an undistinguishable mass.
On the following morning great
crowds squeezed their way into the
High Bridge to witness the descent
OF the coffin. The operation had for
them m absorbing interest. From
the uppermost prt of the breach
in tao brickwork five balks of timber,
placed one on top Of another, pros
jectcd, and around this was fixed q
very strong chain with tackling
attached. From the level of the
floor If the room projected other
stout pieces of timber, along which
the coffin was slid, being partially
suspended tho while by The chain.
1t WAS al anxious moment when the
timber slightly bent under the pon~
derous weight, and not a few turned
away their e,ds, fearful Of mis-
nap. The measures which had been
devised, however, proved quite equal
to tho strain put upon thom, and the
coffin. which the undertaken states
weighed, with the body, not less
tan ton, was slfely deposited
on tho vehicle in waiting. Mr..
Howe had, without success,
searched the town round for suitn-
be conveyance, there being no
hcarse capncous enough for the
purpose, and had at length to con-
sent himself with an ordinary lorry.
inns was draped with black cloth, in
order to make it look as decent as
possible. 1t was found mono too
large, and anything of weaker con"
struction would have been insuffi-
cient. About two hours were occu-
picd--from ten o'clock to twelve
o'clock-,in lowering the coffin to
the lorry, and during the whole Of
that time tho thoroughflre was
packed by mon, women and children.
THE FUNERAL PROCESSION.
At two o'clock it became apparent
that tho funeral procession was
about to move, and by that time the
concourse Of spectators had swollen
to an immense extent. Grey street,
from tho High Bridge upward, was
packed with people evory window
was occupied and the ratings both
at the foot and top Of Groy's Monu--
ment wore blackenod with sight
seors. 1t was the same along the
whole route of the procession to the
cemetery - windows, house-tops.
lamp posts and any attainable pro-
lection being occupied. It is calcu>
lated that, from first to last there
would DO from 10000 to 10000
people astir. At about half-past
two the funeral cortcge emerged
from the High Bridgel headed by
the brass band (undcr the direction
of Mr.. Thompson) Of the Shaks-
poare Lodge Of the Royal Antedilu-
Wan Order Of Buffaloes. Following
were upward of one hundred Mons
bers of that Order, of which Camp
bell himself had been brother,