The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-10-11
somE QUEER FUNERAL NOTIONS.
Eccsntrlo Men who Have Len Peculiar
Instructions for Their Interment.


The story Is told Of certain French.
man, says Casselrs Journal, who had
been great collector OF coins. by his
will he directed that his obsequies
should be performed with every ac-
compartment calculated TO inspire
mirthful feelings. His body was to be
wrapped In tanned pigskin and buried
coflinless in standing position upon
pile of charcoal. Laurel branches
were to be carried by the mourners,
and returning from the church they
were to throw open the ciIambers IN
which his treasures were deposited.
and all corners were welcome to help
themselves us they pleased TO the con-
tents. 1t was sore disappointment
to the public, however. to find that be.
fore they were ADMITTED the servants OF
the deceased had decamped with every
thing that was portable.
The wishes ola curious character, who
was named Hilkington better known
rs Squire Hawley. were fully carried
out few years ago ut 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 n stone cof-
fin weighing upwards of ton. which
had to be lowered into the grave by
means of a crane. His old pony was
shot and buried Mt his feet, and mt his
head were laid the bodies of his favor
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was left to his groom, on condition
that these funeral observances 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 bcquest to himself to
lapse.
1t is related that 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 knottcd together should he
borne along by relays of men and
dumped" three times upon Il particlt-
lar heap of stones, and that the La
mentation of 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 tire pro-
cession had to receive dole OF six
pence. Never before or since, we are
told. was that churchyard so full of
people.
A Sussex gentleman named Jack
Fuller ordered his executors to bury
him in pyramidal mausoleum. in
Brightling Churcyard. His reason for
desiring to be inclosed in stone above
ground was his unwillingness to DO
eaten by his rclatives-a process he
considered inevitable If buried in the
ordinary way. 1.-The worms" he de-
clared, "'would eat me. the ducks
would eat tho worms, and my relatives
would eat the ducks"
A gentleman named Underwood left
$4,000 pounds to his sister on coldi-
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
IF 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 mourncrs. The
coffin was painted green. and the
deceased was buried with lbs 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 will of the
deceased.