The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-17
In Memory Of Fatal supper.

THERE lives on Arch street. in this
city, n landlady who mourns the death
of her husband in a manner so peculiar
as to attract the attention of all who
know her. Her husband was member
of an influential religious denomination,
and had considerable local celebrity
in the church in question. He was ac-
customed 10 receive visits from many
of the clergy, as well as an occasional
call from a Bishop. Several years ago
a supper was given in the boarding
house over which his wife presided in
his honor. There sat down at the table
a score or more of prominent minis
ters and laymeD of the creed to which
he was attached. A profusion of dain-
ties was served to the guests and all
partook heartily. The genial husband,
them all in the consumption of the
menu, and he INDUCED extensively in
jelly, cake. ice-cream, strawberries,
pineapple, apples and nuts. He also
participated in glass of sherry wine.
During the night he died in spasms.
Now comes the odd feature of the
story. His wife lamented his death pa
thetically and had funeral services OF
the most extensive kind. On his coffin
were placed, among other flowers, some
lilies and a cluster of immortelles.
These tokens of regard were not buried
with the body. however, but were pre-
served by the widow. Soon after the
burial she related to friend that her
love for the defunct was so great that
she intended having memorial of him
made, and she thought nothing could
be more appropriate than a quantity OF
the different articles of food equal to
the amount by means of which the good
man expired. She went, therefore, to a
| well-known confectioner and had him
glace cup of jelly, piece of sponge
cake, plate of ice-cream, with half a
dozen Strawberries in it, a pineapple,
several apples. glass f sherry wine
and some nuts. 1t appears that the cup
Of jelly eaten by the deceased at the
supper was filed to the brim and por-
ton of the contents spilled over on the
table. In the glace model the cup is
filed to the very top and several glazed
pieces lie around the bottom of the cup.
All these models, very nearly the same
quantity as the late lamented partook
of, were placed under q glass case, and
in addition two rosettes, worn by the
husband and wife on the festive occa.
sion, were glazed and put among the
fruit beneath the glass
The entire case stands in the corner
of the large parlor of the boarding.
house on a table. On shelf above tht
glazed fruit is the wreath of lille:
which rested on the breast of the de
ceased at the obsequies. That also
rests under a glass case. In a room
across the hall are the immortelles
which also decorated the coffin. Ths
widow landlady loves to. recount, witt
tears in her eyes, the story Of that las
supper and its consequences. Eacl
new boarder, sooner or later. hears the
strange story, possibly with grea
amusement. The lady is very kind
hearted and benevolent despite he
eccentricity. The glace work is yer.
8 well done, indeed, causing the fruit t
have an exceedingly natural look. Wer
the name of the lady and the humble
of the house TO be disclosed it would b
recognized at once by many persons al
over the country, as the house is note
as an excellent one, and the same land
lady keeps large and dmuch-frequente
house in the summer at Asbury Park
--I7siiddeiphiG Times.