The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-02-22
CREMATION CONDEMNED.

mr. L. n unyne,s Neixbbors Threaten
his Furnace-fsayning Bu'iesqu-d.
WASHINGTON, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE ex-
citeme nj In this vicinity over the extraor'
binary proceeding attending the cremation
OF Mrs. Pitman is still undated. Among
the good people OF Washington Mr.. Pit
man is regarded as stole OF the most re-
morseless kind, one who is deaf to all hui.
man sympathies and unmoved by human
affection. The details Of the funeral In
Cincinnati are certainly not calculated TO
diminish this feeling. Among the poems
read was one containing the lines:
Let no stern priest with solemn drone
His formal liturgy intone,
" hose creed Is foreign to my OWL.
Let no state words OF church born song
Float out upon the sient air,
To prove by Implication wrong
The soul OF her the lying there!
Why should such words be glibly sung
C'er one upon whose lively tongue
Such empty phrases never hung!
Among the othodox residents Of WASH
ington such language Is regarded as little
better than bla-hemous. Mr.. Pltman's
euogy on his wife. that she could never
have ace mpli,hed what ste had she been
woman who wore corsets or high-heeled
shoes, together with his lght-hearted
commentary on her personal habits, is also
condemned Us an exhibition OF upseemly
levity. The Doctor and his furnace are
hourly growing IN disiavor, and threats Of
blowing up the ale MoyBe bone.roasting
establishment" as it is called, are widely
circulated.
The popular feeling against the crema,
tors eliminated some time since in the
production OF burlesque on the De Palm
obsequiss, entitled 1.-The Roasted Baron,
| or the Washington Cremators." The play
was produce ut Cannonsburg. near hear,
| under the superintendent OF anes Wolf,
the man who fed The fires on the occasion
OF the burning of the baroD's body. Wolf
is an original genius, and his play gave
evidence OF decided dramatic talent. The
first act represented the theosophic eere-
monies in New York, Hierop an, OIcott
in the capacity of Grsnd PAM indrum. The
second set pictui ed midnight in the crema-
tory. Two newspaper correspondents
were Offering the devoted fireman 800 to
shove the corpse in twelve hours before
spectiye papers The offer was spurned
with contempt, after which the fireman,
who is somethingof ventr loquist amused
his auditors by my making the corpse call
for "more lire" and "glass Of v ater."
The third act presented the interior of the
cremato'y on the day OF the burning.
Hierophant Olcott, 10 the mystic garb, was
In the act of claiming through the peep
hole, announcing from time to lime, lone
eye out! one leg gone" DC. Suddenly
the bogus ret0rt cracked, and the "dum-
my" corpse exploded with terrific noise,
FILLING the room with smoke and scatter
ing the assembled Theosophs In all direc-
tons, In tie fourth act pubic meeting
in the town hall at Washington, in which
the presidents OF various colleges, sclen-
tific men, &C., parti III ated, was unmerci
fully ifdiculed. The actors in the play and
the greater portion OF the audience were
from Washington, and the performance
was received with unstinted laughter and
applause. SO great was the success Of the
"Roasted Baron" that it had a run of sew
ersl nights.
The rapidity with which Mira. Pitman
was burned. is attributed to the fact tba,
her body was embalmed with arsenide Of
soda. The period consumed in the inein
erration was twenty minutes less than in
the case OF Baron de Palm, the gain IL
time being ascrited to the superior fresh
ness Of thu body as compared with tn,
tough and dried up carcass Of the baron.
Among the improvements which the Dr
intends introducing In his furnace befer
he makes q final test OF its efficacy, in per
son, Is an Appliance for the gradual reduC
ton Of the heat. The idea is to allow tn
retort to cool without its being cracked
At the spme time sufficiently high temper
AZURE Is to be kept up to reduce the bone
literally to ashes, and not leave them il