Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-08-29
SOME 0UEEH FUNERAL MOTIONS,
Eccentric Sen Who Have Left Peculiar
Instructions for Their Intcrment.

The story is told of a certain French
man. says CGSScTS JouraG}. who lad
been 4 great collector of coins. BY his
will he directed that his ob>cGuies
should he performed with every ac-
compartment calculated to inspire
mirthful feelings. His body was to he
wrapped in tanned pig.hin and buried
coilinless in 4 standin" position upon
pile of charcoal. Laurel branches
were to be carried hy ,hc mourncrs,
and returning from the church they
were to throw open tie chambers in
which his treasures "crc deposited,
and all corners We're welcome to hclp
themselves is they pleased 10 the con-
tents. 1t was Il sore disappointment
TO the public, however. to ind that be-
fore they were ADMITTED the servants of
the deceased had decampcd with every
thing that was portable.
The wishes Of a curious character, who
was named Hilkington better known
as Squire Hawley, were fnlly carried
out few years ago at place near
Dorchester. He was buried in his
own garden. amid the graves Of his
cattle. which had been stricken down by
rinderpest. He was laid out in full
hunting costume, including spurs and
whip, and was placed in a stone cof-
fin weighing upwards of a ton, which
had to be lowered into the grave by
means of 4 crane. His old pony was
shot and buried at his feet, and ut his
head were laid the bodies of his favor
lite dog and old fox. All his property
was left to his groom, on condition
that these funeral obscrvances were
fully carried out; in default the estate
was to 60 to the priest of Doncaster
for the benefit of the Roman Catholic
Church. The groom, however, did
not suffer the bequest to himself to
lapse.
1t is related that a certain crotchety
old Yorkshireman. some years since,
left directions that on the day of his
burial 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 If men and
dumped" three times upon a particu-
lar heap of stones, and that the La
mentation of a Sinner" should then be
sung. A still more important pro-
vision was made regarding the pres
ence of mourners in the churchyard.
Every man, woman. and child who en-
tered the ground with or after the pro-
cession had to receive a dole of six
pence. Never before or since, we arc
told, was that churchyard SO full OF
people.
A Sussex gentleman named Jack
Fuller ordered his executors to bury
him in a pyramidal mausoleum, in
Brightling Churcyard. His reason fol
desiring to be inclosed in stone above
ground was his unwillingness to be
eaten by his relativcs-a process he
considered inevitable if buried in the
ordinary way. THE worms" he de.
clared. "'would eat me. the ducks
would cat the worms. and my relatives
would eat the ducks"
A gentleman named Underwood left
&6. 600 pounds to his sister on condi.
ton that she had him buried in par.
ticular fashion. Six gentleman were
| appointed to follow him to the grave,
where they were to sing the last stanza
of the twentieth ode of the Second
Book Of Horace. Mourning was for.
hidden 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 was buried with his clothes
on. Three copies of Horace were
placed in the grave with him. together
with Bcntley's Milton" and Greek
Testament. After supper the six
mourners sang the ode-all being in
strict accordance with the will of the
deceased.