Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-06-26
GOSSIP FROM THE HUB.
BOSTON ORGANIZES A CREMATION
SOCIETY.


BOSTON ORGANIZES A CREMATION
SOCIETY.
Memsrfxl Day---John Sullivan. the Pugf-
list---Rsv. j. 6. Price tho colorsd Or
atsr--Places of Amusement.
gpecial Correspondence sf tAs Esrtin<l
BosroN, Mass, June Sat last
summer has really come, and let US
hope it has come stay. For the last
few days the mercury has been in the
vicinity of 90o In the shade, which,
let me say, is quite warm for the Hub
in the month of June, and as May
was very cold, the sudden change il
felt very much. As the farmers say,
it is 'good growing weather"
Memorial Day was one of the finest
that could have been wished as tar
az the weather was oncerned, and it
was celebrated here in the usual style.
The various parts Of the Grand Army
OF the Republic held their usual me-
mortal services, and various orators
showed their eloquence.
Monday, June 2, being the first
Monday in June, the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Co. held its an
nual drill and parade. The Ancient
Company, I believe, is the oldest in
this conutry, and is onlya q branch Of
the company in London. The man
who had been company drummer for
over seventy years died last winter.
The drum he carried IL now in the
old State House. The drum I believe
will be preserved as long as any part
of it remains, as it was beaten at the
battle of Bunker Hill in 1875.
Rev. j. G. Price, the colored orator,
of whom I wrote not long since, gave
me call Saturday, and informed me
| that he intended 10 speak in Winston,
June Goth. I advise all the citizens
of Winston, Salem, and vicinity, to
hear him, as he is fine speaker.
Boston, or rat,.er;a part of her citi-
zens, not long since formed a crema-
ton society for the purpose of burning
she dead, instead of the usual method
of burial Several reasons are given
| why it is considered beneficial. The
greatest is that of health. The fouH-
der. Mr.. j. Storer Cobb, a noted law
yer and lecturer, related one instance
where in certain country town the
water was found to be getting impure
! from year to year, and at the last peo-
pie were frequently taken very ill.
No cause could be given, until some
medical gentleman happened to think
that the village burying ground was
situated on the top of a hill juss back
of the town, and that the water from
the hill was carried down through the
wells, making them unhealthy.
| Now come more of Bosion's people
and formed a society called "The
Rational Burial, or, Anti Christian
Funeral Society,"" An orator is Sc
lected each year, who is to oficiate al
the funerals ofmembers and deliver
an original address or one selected by
the deceased. They claim that people
who do no. believe in the church
should not be burnt by tho church
They cite for an example the funeral
of Wendell Phillips, who was Q pro-
nounced Atheist, and yet the church
burns him.
| John G. Sullivan, tho champion pu
gilist of the world, has arrived here
after an absence Of eight months, il
which he cleared 100000. 1t pay.
better to be fighter than . lawyer
or even Presidcst.
I was greatly interested in YOU
article in regard to Butler and Vance
/ think it might be q strong ticket
OF course some Of the older inhabi
tants of the South might object, but
think that the most Of them have By
this time come to the conclusion thai
he was benefactor instead of an enc
my. AS you said about yourself
many of them have become of age, ol
have even been born since the dayt o.
go and '63, As Butler has the nomi
nntion Of smaller parties, perhaps
after all, it my be the wissst thing the
Democrats can do to unite on him.
Boston is well lsupplied with place
of summer amusements, in the shap
of beaches, summer gardens and park
There are q number of fine beachs
within few minutes rids, and of
Sunday thousands can be seen takin,
their ways to the different places 70
q days recreation, away from the hea
of the city. The beaches come in 70
| the greater portion of the Sunda,
trade, as there are no theatres allowe'
to be opened here for business on Sun
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