The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-02-04
his ASHES 10 THE WIND.
STRANGE FUNERAL MITES oveN|
HENRY MEyGRs REMAINS.

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4 little white cloud noatsd out from
- hsad Of the Statue Of Liberty q {
o'clock IN tho afternoon. and in IL dis-
appeared In the four winds Of heaven
ths remains Of Henry Meyer. hotsl
Keeper, Of Staten Island.
TO be buried In this singular, half
cynical fashion In midair, = It were.
was exactly ~ the dead man had often
directed while he lived. A. be bad
wished, his body was cremated, his
handful Of ashes was preserved in boz
until the next Sunday should come,
end then. with the popping Of cham.
pagne bottles and expressions Of good
VIII. but no grief. was cast from the top
Of Liberty whenever II would 90. In
The clear sunshine Of the beautiful day,
looking no bigger and Of no more i'm
postancs than = pu6 Of cigar smoke.
the cloud hung tor moment under the
leo Of the statue. Then the sharp north
west wind caught 1t. whirledi II instantly
out Of sight in the direction Of the dad
mans old home. and that was tho last
Of the body Of Henry Meyer.
A jovial though an odd soul, and
hotel keeper for thirty years At Port
Richmond. Mr.. Meyer was well known
10 every Staten Islander and . good
many other people. too. From the name
Of his hotel he got to be called .Puck"
Meyer. 80 that his real first name was
generally forgotten. He was . skcptic,
. socialist, . strenuous advocate Of Gro
nation. pretty good liver and man
Of great popularity In spite Of . thousand
peculiAEities which will DO Staten Island
folk lore for generations
No ono saw PUCK" die. He was
found dead In his bed in tho hotel on tho
morning OF Feb. IL His wife was the
nrst to discover his death. A. his will.
made many years ago, directed. tho body
was taken to the Fresh Pond crematory.
on Long Island, two days later and In.
cinersted. A committee from the Staten
lxland Scbuctzen corps. OF which Meyers
had been . member. accompanied the
remains In three carriages. with bras
band
The body was dressed In tho blue uni.
form Of the 6chuetxeu corps, and after 1t
bad bsen consumed the brass buttons
and other pieces Of metal which the iirs
bad not destroyed wers preserved -
souvenira Tho ashes. weighing little
moro than three pounds. were Of =
whitish color and a. feathcry - cigar
ashsA They wers carefully placed in .
round tin boz and put in charge Of First
Lieut.. Moritx Wegerle. Then. with the
band playing lively air. the party re-
turned to Staten Island.
The special committee took the steam
er Bay Ridge for Bedloe's Island
To avoid curiosity Lieut. Wegerle had
the tin box in brown Gladstone bag.
10 swung this carclessly In his hand n
the party climbed to the top Of the ped.
essal Then they went outside the statue
On the stone platform surrounding II.
and there the bag was opened and the
master Of ceremonies disclosed foul
brown paper bags. each containing ~
equal amount OF Meyers A&heA Their
was . spoonful or two left In tho bottom
If ,hs c.s- which were saved 10,
.p,,.L,.- ,r.,-;si .,s,., ON s,.,.n I.,.nJ
as her request
A he handed around the bags Mr.
Rinschicr made this speech;
Here are tho ashes Of old Puck
Meyer. He was . good man. beloved b!
ALI never knew OF any wrong thin,
3. ever did
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| hAca man .nA' 80, oss s'ucH " in''
s p 1nen .ne py p S.
70 climb the winding stairs 70 Liberty
bead Their movements. however, has
been observed by Waterman Horn. ant
a they began tho ascent he called ont
"Whst have Won rot therey Puck
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race unui morn snootea AGAIN;
all right Go ahead. You can com
up!" Up they went accordingly. but Il
ous OF the sharp turns Capt. Fink VIII
Il n portlv man. rot hopelesulv stuck
y. h.ra.d nj. h.y ~ ..be. IN NJ Ro~h
Ana ,rcnt h.cL to the neliest.i II hs,
~, ,n,.ndesi IN throw Inc asbes frnn
Ira torch hnt that Was imposdble The
hsd forro,frn the ncces.arv for,nnlity q
a.. .ns,.,.i ns,,n;,
r.rh mar toy his station ,hercfore I,
On. h.ss corrssrcndin n The noints a
shs Commas. md m Zach hau Wa err
ia shs ,n.r,h.r, cr;cS "EcT. goes IL
sshss os .Pnrk. Never Hanpv dsvsr'
"Hsn dsvs 10 old .Pucf, Never.
l.,ia NJ Rin.chlcr
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lrA.rt Wsc.rje
.Yon'rs rivht he w.s - said the other
.Itocsther according 10 the nrc.rranpe
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