Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-12
A FATAL SUPPER.

n FA1AL
There lives on Arch street, in this
city, says the Philadelphia Times, u
lanllady who mourns the death of her
husband in manner so peculiar as to
attract the attention of all who knew
her. Her husband was u member of
| an influential religious denomination,
and had considerable local celebrity in
the church in question. He was accus-
toned to receive visits from many OF
the clergy, rs well as an occasional call
from u bishop. Several yearsag Il sup
per was given in the clearinghouse
over which his wife presided in his
honor. There sat down at the table
score or more of prominent ministers
and laymen of the creed to which he
was attached. A profusion of dainties
were served to the guests, and all par
took heartily. The genial husband,
| however. seemed TO have surpassed
them all in the consumption of the menu
and he INDUCED extensively in jelly,
cake, ice-cream. strawberries, pineap-
pies. apples and nuts. He also partlcl-
pated in Il glass Of sherry wine. During
the night he died in spasms
Now comes the odd feature of the fea-
ture of the story. His wife lamented
his death pathetically, and had funeral
services of the most extensive kind. On
his coffin were placed. among other flow
ers, some lilies and q cluster of imnor-
telcs These tokens OF regard We're not
, buried with the body, however, but
were preserved by the widow. Soon
, after the burial she related to friend
q that her love for the defunct was SO
: great that she intended having memo
4 rial of him made, and she thought moth.
q ing could be more appropriate than q
f ouantity of the different articles of food
: equal to the amount by means OF which
the good man expired. She went there
~ fore. 10 a well-known confectionery, an(
81 had him glace cup Of jelly, piece o
# sponge cake, plate of ice-cream, witt
= half dozen strawberries in it, u pineap
Il pie, several apples. % glass OF sherr.
wine. and some nuts. 1t appears tina
10 the cup of jelly eaten by the deceased
,r at the supper was filled to the brim, ant
portion of the contents spilled over Oh
I the table. In the gace model the GU
# is filed to the very top, and several gla
y, ced pieces lie around the bottom Of til
70 cup. All these models, very nearly tn
. same quantity as the late lamented pal
took of, were placed under a glass case
and i'm addition two rosettes, worn D
the husband and wife Oh the festive ot
~ casion, were placed and put among tn
,e fruit beneath the glass.
The entire case stands in the corner
Il the large parlor of the clearinghouse
on a table. On shelf above the glace
, truit is the wreath of lilies which reste
ar on the breast of the deceased at the Of
seoIiics. That also rests under gla'
~ ease. I'm n room across the hall are I'll
-
+, immortelles, which also decorated I'll
,lf coffin. The widow landlady loves
eft recount, with tears in her eyes, the ST
ot ~ Of that last supper aud its cons
If uuences. Each new boarder sooner
,rs LATER hears the strange story, possib
re- with great amusement. The lady
no very kind hearted and benevolent, d
nd suite her eccentricity. The glace wol
oo is well done. indeed. causing the frl
~, to have an exceedingly natural 100
N Were the name of the lady and the nui
,, her Of the house 10 he disclosed,
would be recognized ut once by MAJ
the persons all over the country, as t
to house is noted as an excellent one. Al
IN" the same landlady keeps q large al
ne. much frequented house in the SUNNI
at Asbury Park.
MOI The Columbus ga. Enquirer max
yea note of the gratifying fact that the c'
tbs ored men, especially the farmers, are b
cad coming very generally subscribers
the newspapers, and it claims that til
but seem to care less about political ne
,w. than about the latest quotations OF
markets and the general news OF I
rel day.