The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1890-03-15
CARRIED TO BURIAL.
CORPsEs eORNE IN ARMS AND ON
eIERS AND LITTeRS.
The Ucar.c n MoslrrD Affair." Methods 81
tho Ancient Es, ptisn---iiunic's Public
and Private Funr r~n!s-t:oths. Huns.
IIIioninna A Greni Chimney.

Ia very elrly times the dead were carried
tn burial without the ctl of hcarsc or bier.
Men took tic cof1ne M bpl.ly and carried
IL upon their shoulders or III thcit hands.
After n while they employed the bier III tho
funeral procession. The natives of India
used to suspend the dead body between two
horses on mules Tho American Indians
bore their dead upon litiers. one end OF
which was fastened To n horse. while tile
other end lrag ,ci upon the ground In 10y.
gone n1cs dead knights n.r! warriors were
o ten carried upon q ears Of their living
comrades In primitive regions rOugh carts
were used. mud are still usd toby, to con.
vcy the dead to their final resting place.
From the rough cart tat other times cni-
Iioycl Tor all manner Oh r,irrescs) to tho
hcurse. having hut ore single, melancholy
mission. was All easy transition, ccsnpara-
lively speaking.
And in all these changes 1t is 60 be observed
that the moro intelligent. the more ~euliGht-
ened II poo. lie become, the simpler are their
burial rites. The most ostentati,us funerals
of toiiv, even in our own cities. ere those
that occur among the poorer and sincrsti
tio.s Glasses. In Epgla:d the lower ,ii,idlo
classes rnd the grades below ten still adj
iorc to oil the furiincry OF black plumcs AID
long crcDe strca.ncrs, end rrutct, Or. ped
horses and other dcprosaj3J accompaniment
g II ceremony tact Is cl"a. s.,.@ll c:.1"Sh,
but siiouk1 rot I've maze painfully melancholy.
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BELIEF.
The ancient Z cyp;ic:s borc their dead in n
bare ccross Il lake, IS the held it II vit3I
part Of their RELIGIONS lt..tt I nj t.cd"pcr;cl
soul passed from this TO tie ui.@ccu word
over the stream which they believed to scpa-
mte the two cxistenccs. Transporting tie
body ncross n lake was merely s. inholical of
th.s. Tho ancient Greeks carried tie corpse
to the funeral without any support whatever,
except that of the ham, and ar!;is of the men
who bore it. The belief Of tue ltoinans in
respect to death, ard for the most part their
funeral rites. were similar to those of the
Greeks. n IA dead body could not Lc found,
tho sacred rites were perforx,cl at oil empty
tomb. and If any one happened to SIZE n dead
body and did not throw earth upon it, he
was Obliged to c~xviate the crime by sacrific-
ing n hog to Ceres. For these reasons, ard
the belief that the spirit of the departed
wandered n hundred years along the banks Of
the Styz before being allowed to cross if the
body had not been Uttered, sliipw rcci was
the most dreaded of deaths.
Rome had its public and its private funcr-
nls, to tho former of which tho people wcic
invited by n herald. Infants and young ITO,
were buried saoncr than grown persons,
and with less pOmp. The bodies of the de-
parted were carried to the funeral pile OF n
couch covered with rich Goth, and commonly
supported OH the shoulders OF heirs or nearest
relatives, though sometimes on those of freo.!-
mon. Julius Cesar was borne Ey magis-
tratcs, Augustus by senators, Germ0nicus by
tribui>os and centurions. Poor citizens or
slaves were carried to the funeral pile in Il
PLAIN bier or coffin, and children who died
before they were wcaned werc carried by TIE
Mo.lor. .Ancientiy all Roman funerals were
celebrated by night, in order that TIE ntlgis-
tratcs might not meet ths procession and be.
como daiilei. Later in Roman history rub
lie funerals wc:o celebrated at al carl; hour
IN the forenoon, while private or ordinary
funerals we've always at night. Torches were
uscd Mt funerals rs well as at marriages.
Tho funeral rites of the Co.'s and Huns
were often conducted Oh n seal, of c:itrava-
gsucor hot!, III regard to money and cruelty,
that seldom has been cquaicd. Attila, fer
example, who dicl in AS, was buried in n
coGir which was iGcloSod in onc Of gold, in
another Of silver, and these in II third of iron.
With the body was inferred all tho spoils
Of the enc1y-harncsses, embroidered aud
studded with jewels, ricl, silks and precious
booty from the kingly palaces they had
pillaSed: and then, that the place OF inter
ment might forever roman concealed, the
Huns butchercd all that assisted ut tho
burial.
DRYING DEAD E1DIrs.
The Ethiopiai!s arc said to Cry the bodies
of their dead, sailing them to prcvcut putrc-
faction, and then placing thea in q grave
covered with glass, through which tie body
Is visible. Sometime their collins are tArDwn
..,, ;,.n.. AL r, .,,. =. ,t.. 80. l-A. =.
the houses of the icccaSci's f.. icnJa tbs an.
rent Bactrial,s suffered tho bodies q their
dead friends and relatives to he 'lcvourc,l by
doSs, ami oven kept large and savage Animals
to iovour such It's lived to an cxtrclie are, or
became eniceblel md us. less turouGl illness.
The ancient Christians testified their aIAor-
renee of cremation by dcposainS the body OF
the d~ccc"9ol il the SrouIt.
IN Ed here is to-day apparently little
Use foi the hclrsc. AS soon as II person dies
tie doors and wiado.s OF tho houce ayec!ls1l
dhe OIL y'occ.S,ol, il is said, whca to fe t
rMtrauceof Il Brazilian dwelling h chuN, and
tina u:t;crrancr is sens Tor and told 70 pg.>age
c funeral which shall cost SO me ri.reis.
EVERYTHING is thea LEFT to him .u' $50
Is always laid out in tho hest poor. he
hon Z and rarely kcr. over thiriy-siS .uars,
twenty-torr being tho ml rec. .ri by
the law. Ii the dis.A'ci wax. ,llgr. e., o cs-
toou Of black and god coIlt Lul. -u,rr -hl
street door; if uaa...v "a. oMo 81 Liza I'D
black, while if ac.. EG0ai tho coos arc
white, or Lluc and 90 . locoGi,s Tor lar
ricd persons arc alwa, ) black, wien is never
tho case for v ung. unmarried rersuli. tAeirs
being red, scarlet or blue. the ci.ief use Of
the colin is " convey the body so The ccHlc-
terry, and few person, are actually buried in
collins,
Within the past forty years Il Great change
has occurred in tao e~y,crnal matters relating
TO burial in this country. While nIost Amer
leans OF half n century ago a Il belief IN
Col, immortality and n liGe hereafter vel
they seemed to hold their opinions on thcsC
subjects not as real beliefs that SLAPPED ard
fashioned their daily LIE, but rs matters e
which, in n hall slu,lbroIs way, they CAV,
sent. The grave, the tomb ard death wcr,
all looked upon as matters Of terror, iron
the thought Of which all, old and young
wise aud simple, seemed to draw back i,