Daily Republican., 1881-08-31
FIFTH edition
LATEST DlSPATCH
THE LAST OH PSOR n..
Curious CeSenonaes Over th.,
at . Oeceased C,a,..,.,

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At . Oeess'ed Celestial.
The announcement that the fr,..
Of Sam. Lee, the Chinese lannd.snss
would take place this morning w.a yna !.
means Of drawing to his home ON ny my
street, near King, a large crowd ~ Az w
10 o'clock the two chinamen wha aIo
taken charge Of the funeral "au a..
from Philadelphia, and Shortly @ Nv
the body was removed from The ;cs
and after being dressed in a blact
Of citizens clothing was placed y
black walnut coifin and stood in :,
centre of the room.
As soon as 1t was ascertained ,h,.
corpse could be viewed, q crowd I Wy
menceG to pour into the house and%
was no falling off In the numbers uu,
the funeral started. Even af,a,
coffin lid was screwed down. tba i.,.
to see him WAS 30 great that the 0lI; okI;
ing undertaken removed the ia
kept the coffin open for some mm,'
The body WAS somewhat swollen ~
the disease -dropsy--wlth which hadis
apart from that he had a very nstua
appearance.
During the preparations for the h,l
his two fellow countrymen sat psrt
the time on the porch and part in in
house, smoking their segars in an
concerned manner.
At last everything being in readiD.
the coffin was carried out to the N
walk and deposited on two stools M
one of the Chinese said what WAN
poSs4l TO be a prayer, at the conClud
OF which he threw q handful Of penDI
Oh the coffin lid with such force n
each cent appeared TO leave It's mr
The boys In attendance were ueli.h,
with this part of the ceremony
scrambled for tae coins.
Before plaIius the coffin in
hearse, they put bundle Of so,ue,A
that resemDled punk. iE the vehicle.
ordered the undertaken to throwh
the grave with the body. The m nt
Chinese refused to accompany the
mains to the cemetery, and returned
the house, while the hearse drow
without y single person, except tile
dertaker and driver to see Sans
mains placed in his last resting plxl
1t was stated that the discouresy II
which the remains were treated BY
friends, was owing to the fact that ID
time ago he had his cuecut of, thus
moving his allegiance to his native@l
try. Sam was brought from Chi
when he was quite young, and fo,ui
years was cook on a vessel; sbouth1
years ago he came 10 this city, ands
red in the laundry business; being Vi
ecos omical and industrious it Is
lieved that he had saved consider
money, although the two q
nese assured . reporter this ns
ing that after having made every d
they had failed to find any money
longing to him, AMI were compsIa
beg the necessary amount for the fun
vi from his fellow countrymen inPS
delphia. During his illness none
his friends visited him, aHolsb
| had been sick some time, and u
were repeatedly written andtsl'g'pS
for.
Sam lived alone and employed ''
young girls who during the DAY s @
ed him in his labors. He subslsta
most exclusively on food brought u
China, and sample Of cheese 500
the pressman this morning would W.
Limeberger or Switzer fall IN tne sl'
at least as far. rs smell Is concern
There was also in the closet oaa
of light nberous stuff, which he
for makiug soup with, IT = s'P
ed that this il what Is cslIsa y
nest soup, a very popular
lin his native land. There as
a number of celestial relics lylngaVa
the house consisting OF . Chlnex
bunches OF sticks ABOUT the thlclas
matches wrapped in paper c9vefsu' sa,,
Chinese characters, which ne Ol Du
| when he said his prayers anu .,, ss
keep witches away. Inc laiua% u"s
the coin on the coffin this molh'Is Y,
done for the purpose OF paying 4 nI
trance fec into the regions OF Va 'a' "
"Sam belly hapey now ,hs, hs
muches money; Sam 60 g hss'ss, tss s5,,,
the closing remark OF me ""
Chinee" as the interview enu'ti ,hs 4,
since tue above W rs written, Sa~ ,us
lady has had all the ell effects :, !, u spa ,tsti
cd for rent, although aw ~ - tha
those who profess 70 snv'i NV n th]
rent was paid punctuall! up W."
of the present month