DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-01-02
yTNDERTAKER'S TALK.
|,r. Fxperiences of the Men Who
Bury Us.
"a Work to Coax People to be Moderate
+. r,peuditurcs-A Lamentable Oc-
sasion When the Remains
We're Mixed Up.

Sl;arule SAID Well-KnOWn fOurIn
.-ro undertaken recently, there is
ge,i0n when a man feels so liberal
/, fact, so reckless regarding the ex-
siitrp Of money-as when he is run
n up the expenses of a first-class
,fsl and it requires good deal OF
ml strategy to keep him within
,lis and protect ourselves from loss.
ln the customer is wealthy and can
sa it why naturally we are inclined
5gnor every whim, and sometimes
irr carte blanche is given us we do
pJ up in a manner which really
,!g it pleasure to be the star at
|ton Of funeral However, all of
customers do not possess Il healthy
III account, and we have to look out
IQetbat we do not get hung up
ya long since a charming widow
nc into our place to make arrange
E6 for the funeral of her husband.
FS heavily vailed, and she sobbed
distressing manner as she took a
|lrmi proceeded to make known her
|tB, She detailed the story of her
|1Rnis illness and its fatal termina-
b and wound up by stating that
1 funeral must be the most i'm
|STg and elaborate that could be got
|tnp Nothing we had in the estab-
|3nent could be any too good. By
b carpflly-dircctcd questions we as
tsilcd the age Of the deceased, his
b stature, and also the all-important
a,hathe had left his widow and fam
t1ycFY moderate circumstances. AS
n&o0r customer could compose her
Hone Of our clerks was detailed to
oThor what we had, with the quiet
nonis1mcnt that her bill should not
Ha $3.50. Various styles of caskets
We shown her. and as she had some
it itrcoycrcd her spirits she kept up
running fire Of questions and sugges-
& Finally. as she was about to de-
3 upon caskct which the clerk had
gestol as most appropriate, she hap
PQjocSpy in another part of the
'eFoomS several most elaborate and
ly burial cases, which she insisted
10 looking at. In vain did the clerk
eaYoT to divert her attention from
d. Those caSkcts, made in mahog-
: ebony and other costly woods,
e trimmed with silks, satins and
sol the richest kind, and were orna-
t"l with solid silver and gold |
IungS and were the finest goods we
compared with them the goods |
III she had been looking at seemed |
p and She wasn't slow in detecting |
Inference. The clerk shut her off |
''c'aS OF them by stating that they
~Id and that it would be impossi-
0 duplicate them in season for the
,aI' However, the bereaved widow
Ill be made to swallow all this
"' ana finally she ordered an elab-
al~r, the price of which was just
hundred dollars. Having COM
IL n"T selection. she gave her orders
'noalnIng, flowers, carriages and
''acr details. At last, when she
ruercd every thing She could think
It started TO leave, whereupon the
polteIy requested her to step into
mCe @ while he had the bill made up,
uln8 to ask her to pay a certain
H"6o Oh It, or at least to give sat
ory references. At the word "billv
'V" INTO a passion. "Bill," she
u Care what the bill was; that would
.'ie0 at tn" proper time. The poor
II'u 10 explain, but that only in
""er anger She called the clerk
-'' VI hafd names, accused him of
u feeling, and finally fiounced
.n, ,1e door and as a parting shot
wy husband shall have the best
II mat ever took place in the
O0Fhood, even if have to take in
Ng to pay for it,"
nave many experiences Similar
y Our IN the majority of cases our
1V'S are very reasonable and we
~ ~ ullncuIty in persuading them to
|V!f judgment to ours. We much
u zeal with men on such occa-
a' Ihey are less moved by senti-
,' It" are more practical and sensi-
n.e Wv Always strongly advise that
,"gFal arrangements be left to
""'' relative or friend of the fam
'.'eaYed woman is in no condi-
transact such business.
'0' month ago we were called
O'lnriate at the funeral of a beau
r|ug woman, the only daugh ter
lp'ny parents, who had died quite
T." Ihe grief g the stricken ia.