Connecticut western news., 1879-10-22
Dr. LemOyne Cremated.
THE GREAT APOSTLE OF REGENERATION RE. DUCED TO ASHES JN HIS OWN UNsCIEN- TIFIC REPORTERS INDIGNANT SON WILL TEAR THE oREMAToRY DOWN.


 TEAR THE oREMAToRY DOWN.
 A Washington, Pa., letter, dated Oct. 18th, says: At nine o'clock this morn ing the relatives of the late Dr. F. J. Lemoyne and quite number of citizens assembled at his late residence to be present at the religious ceremonies. Rev. Drs. Brownson and Hayes were present by invitation. The services con- sisted of the reading of some selections from the Scriptures and the offering of a prayer by the Rev. Dr. Hayes. At their conclusion the remains were re- moved to the hearse which was in readi- ness. Dr. Frank Lemoyne, Julius Le- moyne, Rachel Harding, Charles Har- ding, William Willis and MT. Proudfit acted as pail bearers. The family and their friends then entered the carriages and were driven to the crematory. After the body had been placed on the cata- falque, Dr. Hayes, standing on the steps of the building, said "We have now brought our deceased friend to the place of his choice, and here ws leave him." After announcing that the relatives re- quested all persons to return to the town, the Doctor uttered the benediction and the door was closed, shutting out all but the relatives and those employed to do the work. Four policemen were on duty to exclude from the enclosure all persons not relatives, but they had an easy time, as there was no excitement here, and at no time were there more than hundred persons on the ground. Nearly every person left when Dr. Hayes's announcement was made.
 The body was removed from the coffin by the pail bearers, son and other rela- tives of the deceased and placed upon the iron crib. At half-past ten o'clock the door of the retort was taken down, the body thrust quickly i'll and the mouth again closed. A moment after the body was placed in the retort vol ume of dark brown smoke foated from the chimney of so disgusting an odor as to immediately disperse the little knot of villagers who loitered round the build ing in expectation of being permitted to witness the burning. An attendant, after much solicitation, stated that, shortly after the body was placed in the retort, he placed his eye to the peep hole, bat could only see delicate blue haze, while now and then light green flame danced from the head along the breast. A second look shortly after. wards showed that the flesh of the right arm was slowly falling to the bottom of the retort, and thai his grizzly beard was the last portion of hair to be con- sumed. The stench was plainly percep- tible outside the building, and at first it was of the odor of burning corj'. As the burning progressed the smoke changed from dark to white, and the odor grew more and more offensive, the retort only being at a cherry red. while to do it's work properly it should be at white heat of about twelve hun dred degrees Fahrenheit.
 The fires were kept up until half-past four o'clock, when the skull had fallen through the crib. The incineration was pronounced complete and the furnace was sealed up. It will not be opened until Saturday morning.
 At the post-mortem examination Of the doctor all his organs were found in healthy condition except the kidneys, which had been diseased for several years. The very singular discovery was made that his brain weighed only forty three ounces, six and half ounces less than that of an average woman.
 An urn has been provided in which to place the ashes.
 The doctor left will, providing that all bequests were to be void unless those receiving them agreed to be ere, mated after death. All have agreed, save son and daughter, and as the cre- matory is built on the property owned by this son it is said that he has declar' ed his intention to immed diately tear the crematory down.