Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-02-24

Taking the Body 10 the Grave I'm q
ROat-A Floating Casket.

"Odt-A lO6Sa0X C0Skets
Cincinnati Correspondence Philadelphia Times
A sight that will not soon be forgotten by
those who witnessed it took place in the bottoms
on Sunday. 1t was funeral on water. The
street. The child died In the morning early, and
| hardly had it breathed its last before the water
rushed into the house in torrents. The Grape
was hung Oh the door to announce the sad and
| double affection, and preparations were imme-
diatcly made for It's burial. There was no time
| TO notify sOrrowing or sympathetic friends of
the afflicted father and mother. At O'Clock q
neat white casket was borne to the residence in a
| saif, aud the tender remains were placed in it.
There were few friends who had heard of the
demise OF the child, who came in skffs to pay
the last sad tribute due the dead. At o'clock
the remains were placed in a skill that was pro-
| PEELED with mufiled oars by John Sturns and
Ben Bogncr The funeral train was composed
! OF several skifts, and as it moved its way over
| the turbulent waters many were the sympa-
! thetic tears that dropped from the people who
witnessed the sad and solemn scene.
There was nOfuneral sermon at the house. owing
| to the fact that no preacher could be found The
| funeral train went down Elm to Brighton. down
| Brighton TO Madison, up Madison to Hubbard,
thence TO the Newport and CovingtOn bridge
where learse was waiting to convey the remains
10 their nna resting place The griefstricken par
/
and indeed deep was their grief as they were
following to the grave their last child this max
ing the third that they have lost since the be-
ginning of the new year. The remains were
taken across the Newport and COvingtOn bridge
and thence to Linden Grove cemetery I'm Gov
in2tOn where they We're deposited along the
sides OF the two other departed Ones Short
! farewell services were held at the grave. Then
the sad parents had to return but not to a CON-
Portable home, but to one filled with water and
ia1 70 hf,,lI, 70
their household effects.
Another distressing scene occurred in Eglan-
tine street on Sunday. The remains of Mrs
McCarty. who died the evening previous, were
lying in state at her late home. The water rose
suddenly and before assistance arrived the
caSnet. containing the remains. was floating
about the room in the water The remains
were removed to the house of a friend In higher
quarters and were buried from that place.
The s.NIam,, Sociabic.
FROM Peck's sun.
Lend me your revolver said young man
with his nose skinned, his eye blackened and his
white necktie around under his ear and one
tail of his dress coat torn off, as he came into
West Side saloon with his OvereOat on his arm
and his overshOes in his hand, and his clothes
all covered with snow
What's the matter with you 90 said the bar
tender. looking ugly at him: do YOU suppose I
am going to lend you revolver to Kill some
body, and then be arrested for being an Access
sorry. Not much But what's the matter !?
You look as though yOu came out of a window
was anything the matter with the door ~
Inc young man took a wet towel and sOpped
the blood OF his nose, then went to a mirror
and fixed his nec'ltie and turned his back and
looked in the glass to see if the absent coat-tai
showed much. then went and leaned on the bar
and looked at the bartender for moment and
said
You look like man that can be trusted.
and whose advice would be safe to follow in an
emergency, and Twill tell you about this murder
that contemplate, and may be you can give
me some points. as you have no doubt muir
dered many people. The trouble is right here
our lodge is to give mum social this evening.
You know what mum social is. Young people
go to a house and sit around all the evening and
keep their mouths shut. and never say q word
till signal is given. then they ali make up for
lost time and talk for all that is out. Qs nv
nose bleeding yet? Thanks) They wanted
me to go, and just came from
next door, You see. l went to the
wrong house and rung the bell A man in his
shirt-seeyes came to the door and said good
evening" but | wasn't going to be caught
speaking because you have to pay forfeit if
you speak. So Just walked right in and pulled
OIL my OYercoat and hung it up, and hung my
hat on the hat-rack. The man looked little
bit annoyed, but he asked me if the weather
was not softening up a little. l smiled, but
didn't say any thing, and walked into the sit
tlng-room. thought was the first one there,
and felt very awkward. The man watched
me pretty close, and finally he said I had
the advantage OF him. and / smiled again,
but didn't say any thing. Now that
think of it, noticed that he unbuttOned his
shirt sleeves and began to roll them up l did
not think OF it at the time, but his arms were as
big as my legs. He asked me to what circum-
stance he was indebted for the honor of this
visit. and l thought he was trying to get me off
my guard so would speak. when they would
have the laugh on me; SO | smiled one Of my
best twO-fOr-a-quarter smiles, and looked at
him as much as to say. You can't play any of
your games On the undersigned l think he
was the crOssest man that ever saw. and l
wondered what made the committee have the
| mum sOciabe at his house. I thought it was
| time some of the rest of the crowd were coming
and got up and went to the window to look
| out, when the lhan came up beside me and
Kissed in my ear, What is your little game.
any way Well, wasn't going to speak, and
give myself away. so looked at him sort OF i'm
pudent, as much as to say, o, 60 and chase
yourself around your feet and thenI thought
/ lightning had struck me. He took me by the
thrOat with one hand. and by the vicinity of
/ the coat tail, with the other hand, and he
! chOked me so my tongue run out; and his wife
/ screamed and said Don't kin him. and the
man hustled me out into the hail. and opened
| the front door. and he picked me up bodily and
/ threw me out into snOw-bank five feet deep
| struggled a little going out of the door, and
run my nose against the decreasing, and l
guess he forgot to let go Of my coat-tail when
| went out. / struck head first in the snow and
before could dig my head out the door closed,
and could not explain my conduct to the
man. was SO mad could not have ex-
planned anyway. Just as got out of the snow
bank and shook myselfth door opened and the
man threw out my overcOat and hat and over
shoes, and he told his wife to hurry up with the
shotgun, and he would take me on the fly as
went over the fence. Well, didn't wait for no
shotgun, but grabbed my coat and things aud
came down the street on gallOp. / met lot
of the young people going up. and as I turned
the corner l saw them going into the next
house to the one that visited, and that was the
first l knew OF my mistake. Now. what
want is for you to tell me whether better
shoot that man or kill him with club l was
raised in the south, and my warm southern
blood will not stand any such treatment" The
bartender laughed and told the young fellow
he had better go apologize to that man. or he
would kick the other coat tail Off the first time
/ he saw him, and the young man said on second
| thought he reckOned he would.
| American Fables.
/ From the Detroit Free Press.
| THE HEN AND THE FARMER.