The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1888-12-21

cat q ssrle m III nnlcs Then the ralsad
tap gave way 20 the nat TOP and ! o. not
know hat What thc var lad much tod with
tho charge. Tor hAtstop cumns car b. packed
and carricd much better than the aihcrs.
ne oaskets. plain and clofhcuvcnnd. came
noxL. aud 10 these have bocn added holdings
a. top and hutfum. and sume ~ the latter
styles aim a. artistic effect A. ! have
stated before. I belicvc TIT tho nat-top
ounius wcrc drst used Tor tho paupers
sBcforc thc patcutioc boxcs wcrem use,
continued Mr.. Williams. Il wac 4ilei on 20
bury a young man whose death was causod
br drowning. 4 was iu warn weather, aud
lie family desired that tho funeral should
H. put "a a few days Tho bath tub waf
gsssl. aud be was laid iu o. covered wit
&C.. and kept splcndidly. d. fact be- looks
10 much better IN death than be did In life
thai hrs mother could not be made 10 be
logc that life was extinct and for this rear
son the hour of thu funeral services was
twinc postponed until her family physician
arrived and made un examination.
"Ths means 81 informing the public Of q
death IN The 2Js, said Mr.. Williams, diff
fercd from the present mode Of funeral no
ticcs iu the paper. A man was sent with a
bell 10 toll or ring II the deceased was a
grown person a piece Of black, or # young
a mcrc Of white cambrir was tied 10 h bell
handle. As the man passed along tolling
! Or ringing the bell persons would come out
and be- would announce the death and time
Of funeral
Il have attended some large funerals In
a.r A. g a.aHas..N ~ aHwHa~uu - Nlh4W
President Harrison died my brother James
and ! were sent for and we buried him.
We laid him out, maze the conin, aud con
vcrted cur hcarso into a funeral car, build
ing over the running gear a platform from
which the drapery hung hiding the wheels.
On this platform were three steps, above
which was the resting place for the cofin.
This was a job that took US three days and
nights without ntermissiou. The next
funeral OF n prominent parsonage at which
| attended was that OF Mrs. President Ty-
Ter, who died at the White House, Scptem.
Der ~, 1872 The funeral took place from
the White House. The remains were
placed in a velvot-oovercd coffin and taken
10 Virginia | also attended the funeral OF
Secretary Upshur, Commodore Cannon,
Major Gardner, Governor Maxcy and Mr..
Gilmore, who, with "A colorcd boy, were
killed by the explosion Of a gun on the
United States steamer Princeton in the Po-
tomac ON February -, 1874. The bodies
were brought 10 Alex andria, where they
were placed In collins made by Mr.. Green
the old undertaken OF that place. They
were then brought 10 this city, and
made lead collins for them, 1 placed
the bodies, which were cut and mu.
tilated, in the lad collins and then
In Mr.. Green's collins, which | then
covered with black cloth. In preparing
the bodies, making the collins, etc, WE
worked night and day, placing the lead
collins containing the bodies In the outer
collins AZ daylight. The funeral took place
IN the East Room OF the White House
March |, 1874, and II was the largest event
seen in Washington up 10 that time. On
March 10, 1916, | buried General Van Ness
the body being deposited In the mausoleun
on II street, between Ninth and Tent
streets, northwest, now removed. Oh
March 20, 1916, Commander Crane was
buried by me, and April p. 1916, Genera
Jesup, and on October 10 OF that year ! ut
tended the funeral and buried Mr.. Fox, whC
had been the British Minister, but upor
Tthlkuluk nau Jahcu VII nus fthluchcc mere.
"Over a quarter Of "A century after tn,
intorment OF Commodore Decatur in tn,
vault Mt KalorGma, under the direction o
Colonel Bomford | removed the remains Il
Philadelphia. Commodore Decatur receive,
his death wound in a due with Commodorl
Barron in December, 1870. The fatal sho
entered the body on n line with the heart
but on the right side, and at the time OF hi
decease IL could not be- found. When W,
entered the vault we found that the top an
sides Of the coffin had completely decayed
and the bones Of the head were bare, bu
the skin was like parchment drown owe
the frame. Colonel Bomford mentione,
the fact that the ball had not been found
and one Of the workmen on the GROUND
placed his finger in the hole in the breas
and tried to find 1t, but failed, We the
lifted the body gently and laid II In a ney
coffin, the body being intact, excepting tina
one arm was of. Colonel Bomford SCENE
: deslrous Of knowing something Of the bal
; and we then lifted the body for anothe
: search, when something fell from a hole /
the back, and II proved 10 be the ball"