Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-09-16


snms Fayors NJ as n Scientific
ReiAgiona Grounds.
Buflalo sunday News.
s.Cremation win never become gensr
ally popular meanA OF disposing OF the |
dead. No matter how practical people
become in timo there will always be a
strong lingering sentiment in favor OF the
preservation of the body as long as posi-
bic and its burial In the ground intact.
There arc hut few families who wonld
consent 70 the cremation Of ono Of their
members, even where this should have
haon the anle-mortem request OF the
deceaaed. A great many intelligent PEG
Pile, both wiiIiiR and without enuroh in
jiuenees, regard il Us n relic Of barbarism.
Some pronounce IL atop backward in the
worlds progress"
The speaker WAS one Of party of
acianiists who had been invited TO inspect
the ineinerating apparatus Of the Buffalo
crenmtory last Monday, and who were
discussing the morits OF the process and
the oompleteneAH of the arrangements ct
the establishment which they had visited
that afternoon, Another gentleman sug-
gested the advantages OF cremation rs
viewed from sanitary point, and referred
70 the esthetie sentiment TINT was con
ycyed in an urn Of antique design filed
with the clean white ashes Of the
cremated remains of the deceased, and
the consequent immunity from the horri
bic depredations of grave robbers.
81 hayo an idea" resumed the tirs
speaker in reply, (which combines 81
the advantages claimed for cremation au(
which would also meet with uniyerSa
favor among those who can mover be- in
duoed 10 change their notions respecting
interment of the dead
HAnd what is that ~ ehorrsed hi
hearers.
Concentration, il may he permitte'
10 coin word" he replied, II woul
bury the dead in q case or mould q
cement, or some similar material, usin
collins or not, as economy or persona
preference might suggest Collins Q
cnskets of wood or metal could be dis
pensed with. The undertaken who
called 10 prepare the body for burii
would ascertain the size OF the deGOnse
ana come, iet us aiy, With handson
metal case, which will serve rs mol
The lower half would lie filled wit
cement, and the body, dressed merely
shroud, would DO placed in the oemei
aud laid out, if desired, to be viewed
At ordinary funerals. A lid with gla
window directly over the head would Q
able tho mourners to sec the features
the dead. On the morning OF the funor
the remaining portion of the uask
would be filled with cement and
lowed TO harden with the lower la
The hearse would convey the Ct
lset 10 the cemetery, and there opcne
The solid block of cement, of presentat
contour, and as hard as rock, IN viii
the remains arc incased, would be tas
out and deposited in vault or IN I
earth. The moisture in the ground til
would harden this block still moro. 4
name OF the deceased. Rge and date
birth and deatl, may readily he'cmynd
the eefnsnt before it is completely hi
dened, 80 that Mt any time the reina
could easily be identified without fuEtl
records. That is not the case with
coffin or easlet which is destroyed
time. AS TO the advantages Of cemer
ton ON sanitary grounds, I submit t
they are superior TO those OF cremati
After death the cement casket is not
moved. In tho case Of cremation
body is taken from the coffin and oXrc
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