Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-23
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""vse orankiness Was Conspicuous
Even After Their Demise,
Inc story is told Of certain French
man who had been great collector Of
COINS. by his will he directed that bis
opsequies should be peri. rmed with
every accompaniment calculated to In.
splre mirthful feelings. His BODY was
70 DC wrapped in tanned pig-skin and
buried coffinless in standing nosition
upon apile OF charcoal. Laurel branches
were 70 be carried by the mourners, and
on returning from the church they were
70 Throw open the chambers in which
MS treasures were deposited, and all
counters were welcome to help themselves
as they pleased to the contents. II was
sore disappointment to the public
however, to lind that before thew were
admitted, the servants of the deceased
had decamped with every thing that was
portable.-The wishes of curious char
acter' who was named Hilkington, better
known as Squire Hawley, were fully
carried out few years ago at a place
near Doncaster. He was buried in his
own garden, amid the graves of his dead
cattle' which had been stricken down by
rlnderpest. He was laid out in fuil
hunting costume, including spurs and
WHIP and was placed in stone coffin
weighing upwards of ton, which had to
De lowered into the grave by means of a
crane. His old pony was shot and buried
at his feet, and at his head were laid the
oodles OF his fayorite dog and an old fox.
All ms property was left to his groom.
on condition that these funeral ohsery.
ances were carried out; in default, the
estate was to go to the priest of Dom
caster for the benefit of the Roman
Catholic Church. The grcoL, however.
did not suffer the bequest to himself to
! lapse.-lt is related that certain crotch
| ETY. old Yorkshireman, some years since.
! left directions that on the day OF his
burial a great public breakfast should
be given in the town where he might
die, and that his coffin, slung upon
towels knotted together should be
borne along by relays of men, and
pumped three times upon particular
heap OF stones, and that the "Lamenta-
tons of Sinner" should then be sung.
A still more important provision was
made regarding the presence of mourn
ers in the chprchyard. Every man,
woman and child who entered the
| ground with or after the procession had
! to receive dole of sixnence Never
before or since, we are told, was that
churchyard so full of peop,a.-A Sussex
| gentleman, named Jack Fuller, ordered
| his executors to bury him in pyramidal
mausoleum in Brightling churchyard
His reason for desiring to be inclosed
in stone above ground was his unwill-
/ ingness to be eaten by his relatives
I process he considered inevitable il
/ buried in the ordinary way. THE
worms" he declared would eat me.
/ the ducks would eat the worms and my
/ relations would eat the ducks "A gen
/ tleman named Underwood left 5000 tc
| his sister on condition that she had him
buried in a particular fashion. Six gen
| tlemen were appointed to follow him tc
/ the grave, where they were to sing tbs
/ last stanza of the twentieth Ode of the
second Book of Horace Mourning was
/ forbidden to be worn, no bell had to be
tolled, and no relation was to follow the
corpse. The six chosen gentlemen were
to be the only mourners. The coffin
was painted green, and the deceased
vas buried with his clothes on. Three
copies of Horace were placed in the
grave with him, together with Bentley's
| Milton" and Greek Testament After
| supper, the six mourners sang the Ode,
all being in strict accordance with the
I will of the deceased.-Cassells Saturday
/