The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-16

bar gain made, the laborer commence
work; he is himself poor man, gets
poor pay. and of course, does pLoI
work. We all crowded around to see
him work. and some told him how
should dig; the dead we left to himself
and the flies. While the grave digging
was in fi1e progress-horrid sight! IL e
sexton threw up skull and afterweCs
some bones; thought there must bt 9
mistake, but on went the work until a
complete human skeleton was IN
earthed. There was deal of interest
| taken in the skull; woman mourneI
| called another woman mourner and
they took up the bly,
that of relative-and closely exsmiued
it. | thought of scene in Hamlet
Alas!Poor YoIick. / knew him, Hora.
tioF' But this was not stage scene;
no, it was true scene, not of nature
but of
A DEGRADED PEOPLE.
The skull examined had not yet de-
cayed; hair, in a matted state, clothed
the top part, and a parchment-like skin
was stretched over the face, while the
empty eye sockets gave it frightful
appearance, as if it were awakened
from some horrid dreams
All at once the grave-digger threw
aside his spade, and the woman drop
ped the skull. Burying was to com
mence: but what shallow grave
Upon my word it did not exceed three
feetin depth. The dead, with but little
caution. was rolled out of the coffin or
bier, which belonged to the church; he
had on pair of linen drawers and a
shirt: these belonged to him, and in
these alone was he to be buried. The
hired N ans strong arm soon encircled
the dead mans body, and it was
dumped into the grave with thud,
causing such nasty stink to arise! A
large linen sack, on which was sewed a
cross and into which each friend threw
handful Of dirt, was placed over the
body in the grave, after which the
priest was beckoned, and came 10 pour
something from bottle over the body ;
he then muttered little prayer, threw
and thus ended his work. The prayer
thrown down On the dead man, and
speed. Now the poor man is buried.
hC 1lOA Adu UcdL lHC pOOI Iudu III
the graveyard, but the poor man beat
services in the case of the rich man
required a little
MORE PoMP AND SHOW,
and such always takes time; otherwise
the burying without coffin, the rude
handling of the dead existed in this
case also. The greatest incident OF
deviation vas fight between two
urchins of the rich mans followers; ii
was fierce battle and attracted all
from the cate, even the "papass II
must have lasted fully five minutes.
From the grave of the rich man were
also bones unearthed, which seem to
be common 10 all, as the ground has
been used for so many years that it is
wholly taken up with graves. Each
family which owns ground in the yaro
has it from inheritance, and thrs the
son may have been buIied in fathers
grave for we know not how many gen
erations. 1t is funny mode to be thus
joint stakeholder with ones great-great
grandfather. There surely will be q
rafting of bones when the resurrection
commences in one of these grayeyards
1t is comical to observe, but
SAB TO CONTEMPLATE
the degraded state of the Greek Ortho-
dox Church. AS picture and image
worshipper. they truly take the lead
in fact. their whole acts are but small
dsgree, if any higher in enobling
principles, the true essence of religion,
than pure heathenism. Every night
We may see from our window fine look
ing men devotedly kiss their small
pictures, which they have to represent
ancient saiats, before going to bed
The fanatics have their special chosen
saint whose image they worship SINH
lar to the practice of their forefathers
who owned household cod to which
they sacrificed Oh! how far more
blessed would not the Greeks be had
they but remained orthodox in the
simple but ennobling principles taught
them SO freely in days of old by the
followers of the meek and lowly Jesus
of NAZARETH GLOVE.