Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-20
OLD TIME FUNERALS.
WHEN LEADVlLLE DID THE PROPER
THINGn FOR DEAD MEN.


whole Town Turned out-There Wa,
n Brass Band, "a Chorus from an Opefa
Company and a Long Procession.
To one who passes along the streets Of
Leadville now there is just one feature
In particular which serves as mark OF
comrarison of the Leadville OF today
with The mining camp of thirteen years
ago. Leadville now is respectable,
staid and as solemn as mining city
can be, but it isn't the soleninity in the
abstract which strikes one now. 1t IS
specific solemnity which concerns
itself with funerals.
To one who has lived in the past, when
every funeral was an occasion for as
much celebration as Il circrs, the quiet
and sedate cortege moving ;,long Chest
nut street today is something not to be
considered. 1t is too gloomy to suit the
old timer: bnt, alasl the old timer is no
more.
In 1879 the town was wild. Every
body carried a ''gun'-not in his pocket,
mind you, only the natural born fool
did, and he rarely lived to repent of it.
The weapon was stuck in lis belt right
handy for immediate action. AS a con-
sao,,ance rarely a dav nassed without n
vio,ant death Added 70 tbis the work
of pneumonia kept the gravedigger over
in the valley at work night and day.
This may sound like exaggeration, but
Il isn,t Tba tw;nk,;np Eybts in tbe
valley presented a orewsome annearance
a. r;o,,t ord moro eo,ben tbei, n,r,,osa
Was Inown Thev III tbe oraved;oeers
of work Pneumonia was fearful
enemy Mon wera etrono fearless
baoltIy IN tbe morn;ng and when even.
;no co,na Wifi n ,ras 3ha ,,hvsician ard
tho nav+ aa,, tha rnaartaLa, M
con,,nodat;ons 81 10 ho collad s,,ob v,ors
ohtainahle and mon after davS of hard
,york IN tbe nine. ,ve,e oh1iyea ~ slean
IN that frosta1 atmosnbore ,yhoraver
tbav con,d
Rev ~ I Mackev tas tho ,nost nor.
,,1or olora,rnon ~ town ~ tiat ~
Ha was Iovod bv ,ba aood naonl. an.,
resnectad almost venarstad Nv Tho
oo,nl1ars on1 tba ,,;nars ,,.h;ah -
imnlv that miners were MT in tbem.
selves renptable neonla Wbanevor
,,,,,ar ~. a eno,+;ra mo-, ~. ,,,o,,n, d;oa
II was parsan Mackav who ,ros oalIod
h There ,vas ono 1av i, ,",,.;a,,,,,n
when tha narson ba,a fonr f,nara,s a"a
that was the record Fonr was fra
n,ar+I,, a,,,n1aa ~ !. at,Si ~
not,.h for nn. oIaro,.,,n,, 90 ''o ''p
Mr. Mackav who was ~, rn;,ao,
clerovman he,d sarricss i, tla T,ata,
onara house Tiftv dnl,or, ~" a.. " ,'.o',
the rent and fine rollection never faI,
short II woe raoas,.,,, - a1.sa 80
doors then lopo bafore tho +;,nr To-. 49,
heginning Of tba servica - boz, ~ .nc
the crowds This fonr fnnara1 o' 1o..
snol,en of wos tba dav an ,,-l,;ab :;
Omobnndro Enown ali oror 10 n -,
as "Texas .Jocl, y w.s ln,r;ad ~ "0' ~
Leadville navay ala f,nara1, H.. h,,
A brass hand v..s ra,,,,1,,. az. NJ NJ.
funeral was belJ Wien us ana nv wv
band attending mon Lack yoS naaa ~,
of fifty pieces heing a ,o,nI,irat;o -" ae
several Fav TemnlAon,s o,,o,.a oa,,,
panv was nlavino an, ero.aamant =,
Leadville thau .nd IA. 49, ~ ~
ply her comnanv to .cf a., olo;n M
coffin was set unon tho s+a,ro 1917
with flowers. and flowers wera 800.
than mines in Leadvjlle and pav
Mackev anoeorad i, lie ron;,,,4.lu
chaplain of the T.bor J.iaLt G,arI. ~
preach the funeral .er,nn, "a. - 80 W
ceeded. whenever La ,,ns,laa,, ;,1,,.
to any good o,alitv in IL H. -lu7o''
CATION applauded AS vocifarons1r ~
though they were annrovino o' % e. %
feature of a nlav. There W. 90 ANY
order-tbese peonle meant u an nj.
went at the nreacba,.'s woi,,1., III a4
ed their feet in annrovol nf h;s ''''- rll,.
Jacks chances ovar thara '''' Aol' 'o'
Before the services Mr.. Mackev had
been waited mon Inv tba To- na''
Guards. They recited to linn +ha So
that all the senior officers b,,t tha ,l i"o'
lain were absent from tbe o;t,. ~ 14ap,
him that as be r.s r.nl.;,,,, '.se' ~
the day he mnst don lis roe ~, VI
and lead tho cnn,no, a., s,'iieiitais
INJURED vigorously Int fna1l,. $50 aa' nv ue,
with blue and cold and -. eI1Dppeu
knew moi its Mace and tha 80: ''''c
keeping if he morchaa ,,''.. piopilety OF
to helm Jac,. ainna Ne w, upon ehe stage
were over he found thew had , nra So 'aes
horse for him TO lend tbe n nat PROVIDED
The preacher WASN'T tl,, ,,,,' -
able horseman in tba wn,la - l',t i9iii'lih-
game, and he mounted an nu' a nc was
away Direotl,, +he ti' anu started