Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-06

BozEMAN, MONTANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1879.

tomb. and Death is actually invited to in
spect the goods.
Some skim-milk individual prays the
army OF undertakes to try his embalminl
| fluid-that without It no man can be sue.
cesstnl eR,balmer, or even successfully EN-.
banned. THIS is the catcl-line that does
the work, and the undertakcrs at once seize
the bait. s.'
Another goes on to state that his body
preserving element des away with ice
boxes. this. buckets. and m sucf, offensive
parapIle,r,alia. As harrows up the soul
about tlie final rest. This inventor claims
TO DO away with all these anxilaries OF
death. and make that condition great
pleasure "tnat every community will pat
ronize." Could ANY one resist dying after
reading such guarantee!
Collins are set forth Is embracing some
new feature that the living. and particulars
ly the mdeitakers. should look weN to.
Some collins are more desirable than otii-
ers. it seems by these advertisements
whether to the silent sleeper does not ap.
pear; but if one wishes to secure the best
method Of grave ecOnDmy and comfort,
they will interview these cotiins at an early
day.
The cream of the whole serious business
is an advertisement that offers to supply
''mOurners on shortest notice and highest
respectability. This is really a greater
inducement to die than the ''new collins
offered at half their original COST
TO ''supply mOurners" fills great want
the public have log suffered from. People
who are liable to die unknown, unhonOr-
ed and unwept," can have mourners! This
is the age when supply meets demand face
to face. and elects the tenant perclnptorily.
Not only mourncrs are promised. but
"niourners OF respectability.' If this
promise. vouchsafed through the Under
taker. is not enough to make one lay down
and die. then that individual has no right
to live. These promises, including ice
tubs. Grape for the door. and an elegant
pall-cloth. speaks well for the discretion
ary management of the advertiser. who
says he will stand by one to the last sad
rites" and ride home with the afflicted
mOuTners besides.
The Undertaker also contains little
practical live matter us follows. that only
the living need to apply to themselves:
where child has succumbed to the at
tack Of some infectious disease. like scarlet
fever. diphtheria. etc. how often will par
ents, regardless Of the contagious character
Of the disease. insist upon kissing the pallid
lips OF the corpse. and, moreover. invite
other children to follow the same danger
Gus practice.
This is to the point, especially in epi.
iemic weather. Taken altogether. these
literary tOmbs, the Cask~f ".,a onoer7dker.
nr errnllent reading for the wild. rattle
headed rnnflis. who have become surfeited
On prairie adventures. c1iuIUi, .euahils .,n,l
marine exploits. There is nothing in the
columns Of these two papers that would
cvci the college student-ns!!.-
ing that fosters the ambition toward
scapegrace life. or pollutes the morals of
the tenderest nursery bud. Everything is
chaste and in perfect accordance with FASH
onable taste. the colors being mostly black
Or white. The decorations and trimmings
arc in perfect harmony with quiet. unOs-
existence. being plumes either
white or black. and simple folds or rlfiies
are about the only indulgenees in dress.
The Casket. as well AS the Undertaken.
poems Of quiet. restfal character.
reviews. elegant parades, and keeps before
the mind the grave uncertainties OF life.
sure and inevitable dissolution. and how to
pass the last oraleals on earth in manner
becoming the invention. economy and Gle
gance of the period.
why Women Marry.