The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-03

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CREMATINGrA SCHOOL GIRL.
!, 'Yoang" GirIs Isodyi, Givsn to th'
FLAMES at, the Washington tPa.

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"A !Young Girls Body, Given to tho
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y The, New Z ork' Sun has a, letter from
Washington. Pa, giving details OF the
cremation 'ef the body of Miss Dolly.
,H;arttn3an. 81 Pittsburg, !. q, beautiful
youngs school, giri, who died of hasty
consumption, and who was cremated in
sccordance, with her expressed wish:
Tie body Of h Miss. Hartman was so
arranged 2asi to. simulate lHe with start
ling fidelity. She lay on her side on Q
Sofa, with, her head resting on a pillow.
A.. gaylyrcolored afghan was thrown
lover the lower part of the body, and the
Eafngers Of the left hand, rested on, it's
ledge. as though it had been, drawn up
Fby the sleeper In the hand were two
loose nsebudsF a" light Blue worsted
shawl was placed With studied careless
ness behind the body, and formed a
background for the silent figure in it's
pure; White dress Of white. ,heecy ma
terial. .io The hair was unfastened, ) and
81 stray blockH kHiay half aefoss the lips.
The textures ), were. calm - and only
slightly diseoleradi The, big blue eyes
were covered by the pallid lids She
looked wonderfully pretty there II her
last rest in, hef. father1s home, and the
very naturalness of her appearance was
most pathetic? 4The customary service
for the dead was read by the Rev. Mr..
|.Vetterling, who made afew remarks on
the lfs andaesthf 81 of hsr FEY, who slepsbe'
'oid MrnHarrfhmrsainr T rfhrsirs and his sons, With two
or. three friends,' accompanied the re-
mains ttoa 1i'W ashington, g. The body,
which was IN, ap elegant mahogany
casketg tgwas placed in a hearseald driven
to the little building on the hill which
twas first made famous by the ceremoni-
ous, cremation of Baron De Palm. iTEe
familyfoliow ed in carriages, ard soon
| the little patty gath cred in the small
Ireoep ption room adjoining the furnace.
dt,was very cold outside, and the wind
whistled drearily around the building
ana blew the loose, show against the
window .pares.p John Dye (thers is
P fitness M names sometimes that canhot
F BE- eexpAmsd), the queer, sour looking
man who built the iorrmatoryo and has
had charge of 1t whenever 1t was. il,
Jrrss,.. had The. furnace filled with, coke,
and the retortwas brilliantly white with
heat Dye said .it was just right. " It
was not 'hoFsnougfi,,"> he coQlly added,
as though speaking of roasting chest
nuts, "when De Palm was burned, and
was, too.hoty when Mrs. Pittman came
Here, but Iis all right now, 'ii!5 '%t )" =
rtc The coffin was. opened, and the body
laid dupon.n the iron framework Of the
2eatatalqns. Twas then; wrapped ID a
linen ;aheet dripping with alum water.
The figure of the young'lady was sadly
wasted by disease, and It, looked very
slender indeed, in its moist drapery.
The Rev > Mr.. Vetterling took a small
sfovelful of ashes from the fireplace and
read d, few words about, the severance
of the spiritual and earthly body. Then
he sprinkledc the ashes on the body.
The iron frame; was then lifted, Ey the
attendants and showed into the long and
narrow vault of the retert. 20 The door
was pushed into q rim, Of the moist
cement and screwed up;tightly, and the
began at II :44. For about
q second there was an almost imper-
ceptible odor as Of burnt cloth. After
ward no smell whatever could be dc
tecte6. Iu1'71 rii.'NI ol - Ir..-'r.i. lo =
Looking through the small hole in the
door of the retort, 1 SAW the outline of
the sheet shrink slightly AND grow
smaller. This lasted few seconds
only, and then, as the alum soaked
sheet was baked hard, it became stiff
and immovable. l looked in six times
within the next two hours, but could
see no change in the appearance of the
form. 1t took about two hours and IT.
teen minutes to reduce the body. The
ashes did not weigh more then four or
five and half pounds.
The ashes of the dead girl were sent
to the family in small tin box: The
entire cost of the cremation was not
over S35. Mr.. Hartman was very much
pleased with the result. and says his
own body shall be similarly disposed of.
Mr.. Harding. son-in-law of DR.. lie
Moype and one of the trustees Of the
crematory, says he has over one hun.
dred applications from persons now
living for the use of the crematory. and
he added that q large number Of the ap-
plicants were residents of New York
and vicinity.