The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-18
CREMATION CONDEMNED.
Dr. Lo Moyne's Neighbors Threaten his Fur
nnce-Burning BurIcsqued.

WASHINGTON, Pa, Feb. 17.-The cxcite-
mont in this vicinity over the extraordinary
proceedings attending tho cremation Of Mrs.
Pitman is still unabatcd. Among the good pco-
pie OF Washington Mr.. Ptman is regarded as q
stole OF the most remorseess kind, one who Ia
deaf to oil human sympathlcs and unmoved by
human affection. The details of the funeral in
Cincinnati are certainly not calculated to di-
minish this feeling. Among the poems read
was one containing the lines:
let no stern priest with solemn drone
Ills formal liturgy intone,
Whose creed Is foreign 10 my owni
Let no stale words Of church born song
Float out upon the silent air.
The soul Of her then lying therci
why should such words bc glbiy sung
Ger ono upon whose lively tongue
Such empty phrases never hungf
Among the orthodox residents OF Washington
such language is regarded us little better than
blasphemous. Mr.. Pitman's euogy on his wife,
that she could never have accomplished what
she did had she been n woman who wore
corsets or high-heelcd shoes. together with his
habits IS also condemned as V an 1si exhBtion oi
unseemly levity. The Doctor and his furnace
bownF 2u np II @Syne sn@ sre Of
tablishmcnt." rs II is called. are widely clrcu-
lated
The popular feeling against the cremators
cuminated some time since In the production
Of burlesqe on the De Palm onsc1uies. entitled
" The Roasted Baron or the Washington Gro
mators." Tho play was produced at Cannons-
hurg near here. under tho supcrntendencc Of
James Wolfe, the, man who fed the fires on tho
OCCASION oil the burning OF the Baron's body
Wolfe Is an original genius. and his play gave
evidence Of decided dramatic talent The first
9ct rrpresented The The9sophic ceremonies in
Grand paniandrum. The second act pictured
midnight IN the crematoy. Two. newspaper
fireman 800 TO shove the CORPSE in twelve
hours beforehand. and thus give bent
spurnad 50 lnd RR'vs wRR nSpr aor bcbo & boer & Gr was
man, who Is something Of ventrioqusi
amused his auditors by making the corpse cal
net presented the Interior Of the crematorv on
the day Of the burning. Hicrophant Olco,t. in
mystir garh, was in the act Of giancing through
10 prcphol" and announcing from time to
tlmc. One eye out One leg gone !" a.. sud
denly the bogus rciort cracked and the dunn
my corpse exploded with terrific noise. MI
iug the room with smoke and scattering the as
s'mh el Thc0s phs in all directions. In tho
fourth act public meeting in the town hnll nj
rinus colleges. scientific men. Ar. Iarlici ratn1.
wus unmrr'ifuliy ridiculcl Tho a,tor- in tho
were from washington. and the peri"rmance
was received with unstinied laughter and APP
piAmse. s9,great was the success Of the Roast
ci Baron. that IL hpda run Of several nights.
The ,rapidity with which Mrs. Pitman was
burned IL attributed to the fact that her body
riod consumed in the incncrntion was twenty
minutes iess than In the case Of Baron de Palm.
freshness. Of the body as compared with the
tough and dried up carcass Of tie Baron
Among the improyements which the Doctor
makes na test q its ccacy VS IN person Ss,1. is an an
RRpplianrGSs rSo fGF & the gradual reduction Of the
without its being cracked. At the same time
sufficiently high temperature is 70 bc kept up
70 redufot1e bones literally to ashes, and not
Leave them in the slack-baked condition Of the
Barons.