The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-04
ABOUT CREMATION.
Its Method Explained and Its Adop
ton Urged---Growing in
Favor.

In yiaw 81 a. i
nraeent +iroa ~ roIa.ion - 80
,no,ior o. EaarinS-
tervio,, yg;,h NJ r. Pt.~I. -
whose vito n ,yili H. ron,anaLonnl -ssI
mated 5 e. - 49, 80 10
leyed the erxt femoIo ~ rona
,brs - - q" ne"
man recei we'd the renor+ar 1yhan HE naiss;an
wns known In tbo friandi;ast 1T ~,
will ~ said he ahe doing 4 reol nrhi;c sor1.a
IL Won aid In ,iddina neon1a,s I'D - -
annrehension With roenoct 10 croration and
uniting in lis ploca sorna ~ ,bo 80, -
sons in favor of his ,netbod Of disTosira ~
the load
NJ p;.,,., ~
Iorra bt1JIa ~ 80. y 10 "
On W say
+;o. IT, = noonhs conhecoe1 WIN crenah-
roh .nHG 10 hot rensohuole, ana IN ls way,
biding ava doad a. Ia nn.nni"% -
10 sIn1vIv ~ 4, .ha damn - =
would in vour own wav disahrse neoIle,s
minds Of the snnnositio, that ~ h6diol .
onr frierds ,yhan oran'atad sHe o14,snt
tbrrst int , alo,,j,n g. - sN-aaas
tn ~, - a,as, - - -
touch ~ e. Tha e. 10. -. - -
the small horizontal cb.mIor h,,iit 49, a.
fire. made of fire-cIav and sometimos coIIad
a retort. and tbis chomberb NV means 81 : fro
below and around II Is bearad 10 an almost in
candescent glow. until il becomes n glory like
the sun when seen through n veil of mist
The body to be cremated is laid ON n LIGHT
iron frame work or crib which rests on q
thin plate of iron: IL is covered with n sheet
that has been saturated With alum yyoter the
friends look a last adeau and tbe body ia
noiselessly slid into this glowing spectacle.
the lid is closed. and in a few minutes all
that was of the earth save the lime of tho
bones, has assembled in invisible vapor To the
skies. In an hour there is nothing left but a
few handfuls of calcined ashes and irreoular
chips, white and pure to the eve and touch.
There is not a single thing offensive to any
sense in this method of disposine of our dead
friends, and when people say it is shocking
as compared with our present method, it is
clear they speak without knowledge or
thought
a'There is one think I would much 1ke vo,,
to saw Mr.. Pitman. continued. and that Il
that there is far more svmpathv accorded To
| cremation than is gensraiIv baliayad
Women, especially those of n sensitive ma
ture. are supposed To he dreadfnlIv aversa
to this revival of incinerasion II 10 tho
greatest mistake. l have here in this great
| bundle of letters an EXPRESSION of svmnathv
| that really surnrised me Whom NV WIFI
died. and | complied with her raouest that
her BODY should be taken to DIR. lie Movne,s
and disposed of in his crematorv. I received
a great many letters: those from wouen /
preserved. and were it not violating the con-
fidence of friendship 1 could give Won n great
many extracts showing how widespread is
the sentiment in favor of creamation. 1
have letters here from the wives of United
States senator's, authors, artists, ~clergymen,
women of distinction in literature, art and
science, and some from souls noted only for
their gentleness, and one and all thank
me for complying with my wife's de
sires, and in almost every case say
ing how much preferable it seemed to
avoid the %lugubrious and doleful customs in
cidental to burial, and how great seemed the
load removed from the mind when the dead
were thus transported to the skies instead of
permitting them to rot and tester in the