Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1886-12-30
GIL. NYe ON CREMATION.
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Til. subject 81 what We shall do with
ourselves after death l. one that should
be- duly considered at an early date.
Ia all seriousness. the soul n mo- Tia"
only thing To be looked after. eit her
during If. ~ after death. We ARE too
prone % neglect orr health during life
and then bcuucnth our accumulated
microbes and other result al "a long
and perhaps crooked career 10 some
sight IN cemetery. sci on lill Hike n
city that cannot be hid.
Longevity j. a good thing. though !
have known public men to over'lo IT !.
TO die at .he proper moment ami
leave a good impression on history l.
one az the lost arts. To ilicker ont al
life with the applau~'' ~ a great peopi'
sill ringing in he ears. j. Il good thing;
hut man that l. born of "A woman,
and the majority of them are that
way. are too prone TO lingcr on this
sid, OF eternity until they have done
some little thing tina, j. never properly
explained on their tombStone-
But after death what shall We do
wi, II ourselves: Ia this brief treatise
I dare not attemp, To he thorough.
or even lucid. Leaving Others who
know all about it to state cSarily
what disposition will be made oi olr
souls. let u. luol. into the matter oi
wha, We shall Ito with our bo'iie-.
| hope that what may say VIII not
he. regarded 49, iiippant. for his j. no
place for lippancy. hut allow me Ia
speak plainly OF it. "a. | would ON any
4. /,
Death has some very peculiar char
ac,eri-tics. For instance. il will wake
up the dormant old crank who has
never missed n funeral iorsiNty years
lie goes for mile, to See the deceased.
II j. his holiday. II is the one saving
spot in his otherwise ioyless life. We
all remember him. lie is sometimes II
woman.
The thought tia. the lime will come
some day when this man will put on
his funeral clothes and come to my
funeral makes my tall hair rise up on
end. lie cannot -lodt over me now.
but the day may come when ! shall
lie low, instead oi lying otherwise. "a
| 10 now; and lie may outliNe me and
come 20 see me properly buried. Then
he will enjoy himself. ALI, what n
blessed relief il would he could hover
over the doorway when hr comes, aud
hear my footnian announce to the old
vulture tina, he lis little hate, a. Mr.
Nye WIS pit in the kiln hall an hour
ago"
could suffer u good deal through
life ii knew that Icould at least head
of the funeral iicnd-the man who
wouldn't loan me II dollar when was
struggling for grub. hui who ciIc,rfuily
visits my funeral and shows his ap-
proval in every possible way.
must say in all can'lor that there
are many attractive features about
cremation. am sure that when ere
nation il placed within he reach 81
ali it will probably become popular.
la the first place, ii the space between
life and physical annihilntion could hr
mad. lust a. narrow as possible. II
would bs- far more cheerful toronSidcr.
Deat,, il sell j. cruel enough. but 20 add
to il n hippolrone of n public itlnerii
aud turn our pnrlors into n gaudy
niOrg,Ie. and then repose i'll II crowded
.eniete cry I'LL the city wants the ground
for a park. and then to pick mp our
,rumi,,ing bones and move away to II
new grave. j. not cheerful to contemi,-
bate.
hay. often thought that n cheerful
book OF fifty or sixty pages might Ice
written under the title of ''kocollec-
lions ot Resurrection: or, the Diary
ri Il Body II could be made 10
te,rh usn valuahie lesson. Politically
l ala pledged to genuine national ~
form. I.ct the nation try it. and ii il
works all right on the nation will
try it myself 1'hch ana committed
Ia the unlimited coinage al u tame
dollar. one thai you can steal up
behind and PIT salt on it, tail; not
the eca-ivc and igni~ iatuu- dollar
of the present. NeNt. lam in favor al
cremation mt living prices. At present
the prize j. too high. and the poor man
is lefi Ia decay and i'll the soil with
poisonous gases. which the poor, AZ
,,rll ~ the rich may indulge IN after
death.
Death should end our career. so far
ss EARTHLY affairs go. hut with the
embarrassing prospects Of Il prena-
iura burial. the cheerful chances al
being boiled 10y the jnniior of II medi-
cal college and Our skeletons wired
ioget her and hun. in n museum, and
the opportunity il We escape the first
two. OF being tipped out ri orr graves
by flood. cai thguake. or the act oi
the common council. it j. no wonder
that people cling To HE.
Ii thought that Tor centuries after
my decea-e my long hut symmetrical
-kfleton would bc used night after
nig,i' in n nudecondi,ion To illustrat,
he union in ease oi compound cycloni,
fracture nj the tibia. ! wouldn't u,
able to sleep nights.
Bill. NYE.