The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-07

THEKE lives on Arch street In tki
| CITY. n landiady who nouns the dea;i
Of her husband in 3 manner 30 pecuiia,
AZ 20 attract the sits1ioa a eIl sh<
knos ber. nrr knsbsnd v1 s0snbeI
Of IN inauesfisl sefiKfsas d~souinse5onI
and had considerable local celebrity
in the church in snestsoa- He Was &C
cu-tofned TO receive visits from mans
OF The clergy. "a vel - 81 occasions
call from 3 Bishop Sesesal yeasxaer
y supper was given in the boarding.
house over which his wife presided In
his honor. There z,s down ~ The table
q or more Of prominent minis
tiers and lsymsn o. the creed 10 which
ne ras af,ached A Protassoa a dam.
ties was served To the guests and ~
partook heartily. The genial husband.
however. seems TO have supposed
them all N the eossusnptiou q fhe
Mama. and he indhlged extensively in
jelly. cake, ics-cream. stTawberr:es.
pinsa,ple. apples and nats- He also
participated In a glass of sherry vine.
During the night he died 10 spasms-
Now comes the odd fessure Of the
story. His wife lanented his death pa
thetically and had funeral services Of
the most e~xtensise kind. On he cofin
were placed. among other flowers. some
lilies and a cluster Of immo-telies.
These tokens Of regard we're mo- buried
with the body, however. bat were pre-
served BY the widow. Soon after the
burial she related To a friend tina; her
love for the de.nsct was % great thaf
she intended having 4 memorial OF him
made. and she thought nothing coald
be appropriate than n quaint " of
the different articles OF food equal 10
the amount by meal of which the good
man expired She went, therefore, TO .
weli-knowu confectioner ard had him
glaee a cup OF jelly. a piece Of sponge
cake. n plaie Of ice-crcam, with half n
dozen strawberries in it. a pineapple.
several apples, a glass of sherry wine
and some nuts IL appears that the cup
of jelly eaten by the deceased nj the
supper was filed 10 the brim and a por-
ton of the contents spilled over on the
table. In the giace model the cup is
filed to the very top and several glazed
pieces lie around the bottom Of the cap.
All these models. very nearly the same
quantity as the late lamented partook
of, were placed under 3 glass case. and
in addition two rosettes, worn by the
husband aud 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 parior of the boarding
house on = table. On a shelf above the
glazed fruit is the wreath Of lilies
which rested on the breast of the de-
ceased at the obsequies. That also
rests under a glass case. In a OOH
across the hall are the immortel!ss.
which also decorated the coffin. The
widow landlady loves to recount. with
tears in her eyes, the story of that last
supper and its consequences Each
new boarder, sooner or later. hears the
strange story. possibly with great
amusement. The lady is very kind
hearted and benevolent despite her
eccentricity. The glace work is very
well done, indeed. causing the fruit TO
have an exceedingly natural look. Were
the name of the lady and the number
OF the house to be disclosed il would be
recognized at once by many persons all
' e the country, as the house is noted
Us an excellent one, and the same land
lady keeps q large and much-frequeuted
house in the summer NJ Asbury Park.
-IhRadeibhia Times.