Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-17
IN Memory o. a FataI snpper.

THERE lives on Arch street, in this
city, landlady who mourns the death
of her husband in manner so peculiar
as to attract the attention of all who
know her. Her husband was amember
of an influential religious denomination,
and had considerable local celebrity
in the church in question. He was ac-
customed to receive visits from many
of the clergy, as well as an occasional
call from Bishop. Several years ago
supper was given in the boarling-
house over which his wife presided in
his honor. There sat down at the table
score OF more of prominent minis
tiers and laymoD of the creed to which
he was attached A profusion of dam
ties was served TO the guests and all
partook heartily The genial husband.
however, seems TO have surpassed
them all in the consumption OF the
menu, and he induged extensively in
/ Jelly, cake, ice-cream, strawberries,
pineapple, apples and nuts. He also
participated ia 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 therllowors, some
lilies and 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 a memorial OF him
made, and she thought nothing could
be more appropriate than d quantity Of
the different articles of food equal to
the amount by means of which the good
man expired. She went, therefore, 20 q
well-known confectioner aud had him
glace cup of jelly, piece of sponge
cake, a plate OF iee-eIeam, with half a
dozen strawberries in it, pineapple,
several apples, q glajs OF sherry wine
aud some nuts. 1t an1ears that thecup
of jelly eaten by the deceased at the
supper was filed to the brim and a por-
tion of the contents spilled over on the
table. In the glace model the cup is
( filled 10 the very top and several glazed
| pieces lilo around the bottom of the cup.
All these models, very nearly the same
quantity as the late lamented partOok
of, were placed under a glass case, and
I in addition two rosettes, worn by the
husband and wife on the festive occa-
! sion, were glazed and put among the
( fruit beneath theglass
The entire case stands in the corner
of the large parlor OF the boarding
/ house on a table. On 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 o room
across the hall are the immortelles,
which also decorated the coffin. The
widow landlady loves TO recount, with
tears in her eyes, the story of that last
supper and It's consequences. Each
new boarder, sooner or later, hears the
strange story, possibly with great
amusement. The lady is very kind
hearted and benevolent despite heI
eecentricity. The glace work is very
we'll done, indeed, causing the fruit tc
have an exceedingly natural look. We're
the name of the lady and the number
of the house 10 be disclosed it would be
recognized at once by many persons all
over the country, as the house is noted
as an excellent one, and the same land.
lady keeps large and mucli-frequented
house in the summer at Asbury Park.
~ Philadelphia Times.