The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-10-25
LemOyne Cremated.

WASHINGTON, Pa, Oct. Is, 1S70.--A
nine o'clock this morning 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 GER
emonies. Rev. Drs. Brownson and Hayes
were on hand by invitation. The services
consisted of the reading of some selections
from the Scriptures and the offering of a
prayer by the Rev. DR.. Hayes. AT then
conclusion the remains were removed to the
hearse, which was in readiness. DIR. Frank
Lemoyne, julius Lemoyne, Rachel Harding,
Charles Harding, William Wills and Mr..
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 catafalque
Dr. Hayes standing on the steps of the
building, said:-"We have now brought
our friend to the place of his choice, and
here we leave him. After announcing
that the relatives requested all persons to
return to the town, the Doctor uttered the
benediction and the door was closed, shuts
ting out all bat the relatives and those en-
ployed to do the wogF H1Nl agDaamGu
we're on duty to excluc -,
all persons not relatives, tle, ii
easy time as there was no .-aitem> D,
and at no time we're there more than n
1rei paI3ons on the ground. Nearly every
left when DR.. Hayes announce
/, was made.
THE REMAINS BEING CONSUMED.
III bol7 removo3 fHna th5 1a'jr 10y
the !. 9nlc IT, ed, ,..e
deceased AN. :. i.uLu the iron crib. At
half-past ten o clock the door of the retort
was taken down, the body thrust quickly in
and the mouth again closed. A moment
after the body was placed in the retort a
volume Of dark brown smoke floated from
the chimney OF SO Disgusting an odor as to
Immediately dispense the little knot of viii
layers who loitered round the building 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 but could only see
delicate blue haze, while now and then
light green flame danced from the head
down along the breast. A second lock short
ly afterwards showed that the flesh of the
right arm was slowly falling to the bottom
of the retort, and that his grizzly beard
WIS Ll6 laSt pUfJlOu Oh Dtif 10 De COnSuIn-
ed. The stencil WAS plainly perceptlble
outside the building, and at first it was of
the odor of burning corn. AS the burning
progressed the smoke ehaagsttl- rom dark
to white, ~annd-'t6e odor grew more and
more offensive, the retort only being at
cherry red, while to do its work properly it
should be at a white heat of abount twelve
hundred degrees Fahrenheit.
THE CREMATION COMPLETE.
The fires were kept up until half-past
through the crib. The incineration was
complete and the furnace was
sealed up. 1t will not be opened until
morning.
At the post mortem examination of the
Doctor all his organs were found in
Iealthy condition except the kidneys, which
lad beel4 diseased for several years. The
cry singular discovery was made that his
rain weighed only forty three ounces, six
nd half ounces less than that of an aver
ge woman.
An urn has been provided in which to
lace the ashes.
The Doctor left will, providing that all
equests were to be void unless those re>
Giving them agreed to be cremated after
cath. All have agreed, save son and
aughter. and as the crematory is built on {
lie property owned by this son it is said ,
lat he has declared his intention to imme-
atel y tear the crematory down. N. Y.
erald.