The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-12-08

cd nose, ana the general exterior Oh
q contented mind. aud as be offered
us q good cigar, liz another, and
said
"How about this local cremation
scheme 2"
"Well, how yourself S'
"The fact is." said the stranger,
reaectively. II bad q pretty tough
experience with one of these cadaver
roasting concerns once, and ]
thought maybe you might like to
make an item Of the facts so as 10
warn the people here in time"
Fire away"
"well, you see, IL was in New Or
leans. My wife died there, and as
a cremation company was having
good deal Of boom there just then
she made me promise to have her
spirit sent mp through their aue, as
as il we're. Said she thought it
would be nice and melancholy for me
to carry her ashes around with me
wherever l went--in a vase, you un-
derstaud."
"Apd you compied 7"
"Why, yes. 1t was her last wish,
you know, and beside l thought IL
might be useful in kinder preparing
her for the here-but never mind
that now. sent the remains round
to the company's office in a push
cart, got receipt, saw Maria touch
cd of, 80 to speak, aud two days af-
ter that they returned mo q beauti-
: ful majolica jar full Of ashes, scented
; with forget .me.not, and the stopper
tied in with pink ribbon"
"That was pretty
"Yes was very much pleased al
fret, but | had to keep the bottle
; out Of sight after a while, though
because people were all the time
opening the jar, under the impres
sion that it contained preserved gin
ger or chow chow, or something
That must have been unpleasant.
"Uupleasant-well, should smil,
Il mean should weep. Why, &C
tually, one day while was living il
New York, / came hcme and found
new servant girl polishing knive
with the remains--ju4t think Of it,"
Terrible, cir, terrible |"
"But, what was going to say wa
this. About a year after my viii
was kindlei-I mean crematea-
=, was in New Orleans again, and
happened to meet the superintendent
Of the refractory ore-I should 50
the corpse.burning furnace--at
!. banquet, ani he got 40 full that
had to sec him home. On the wa
wo stopped in place or two for
steadier r-you know how it is-an'
the result was that he got very com
muuicative about his company
fact, gave the whole business away"
y. ibid eh T.
NJ "Yes, sir F; he squarely owned u
n that they didn't burn the bodies a
h all. He said they just dropped 'ec
+, through hole in the bottom Of th
furnace, took 'em out the back va
4 at night, aud sold 'em to the wedica
, Students"
A "Gracious and the ashes 7"
% "Mule ashes. sir nothing bu
mule ashes They would just Gu
4 up some old mule carcass, the su
! perintsndent said, pitch in enoug
to make bad smell, and then be
d the ashes to the grief-staicken rela
tiyes at S25 q bottle. Terrible cheek.
now, wasn't iti"
p sand all this time you had"
% "Had been carrying that old j.
,d of mule ashes all over the country
|. just imagine how mean / felt
le "You threw it away then 7"
.! well, no, said the widower, a
70 he winkei tear out Of his left eye
,e "the more studied over the matte
Or the more concluded the mule ashe
Or weren't so much out Of the way afts
l. all. You see, poor Maria was an av
ct full stubborn womau--t-r-e-m-e-r
1T do us stubborn-and--yes, | kir
Of der thought mule ashes would d
IN mighty near as we'll, oil things oor
I'd sidered."
IN And hsaving the resigned sigh
B. one who had succeeded 10 bracir
A. up under great sorrow, the anti-cr'
re matiouist smiled softly, lit anoth'
cigar and walked out.-Scn Fra'
sico Post.
At "Tommy,' said q mother to b