Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-09

customs aud songs AMI s'c.ll and rrli.
cioul rito8 presufved unchau .Dl from
the DAYS OF Arthur anu def.|u ami
Talirasin. There arc probably not q
few seofa who, like Glsnduwur, "clu
suinm9n spirits from the Vastly deep, ~
though whether nr not they Will CONS
ia vet moDted question. Nul 90 Tor
the Dfulis, their line 10 yet uubrokon,
aud their weird rites are still celebrated
rs of OLD.
The death occurred NJ Liantrisaut of
Dr. william Price, wno hold the dis.
tinruishc.i Office Of nfchdfuid " Wales.
lie was something moro than 13 years
old aud might have paesel Tor one OF
the OLD time bafds WIN psrlshei In
King Eiward's reign 10 rugged and
natiquu was his appsatauca Six Dt
seven years ago, Il might bs femsm.
borod, an infant that had been born 10
him in bis Old age died, AMI its body
was rublioly Cromatci boy him with
Dfuidicnl dies. For this DC was nj.
rested and brought u ifIal But
after hot contest IN court no was no.
uuitted, and decree was Pronounced
rom the bunch ustablishius the entire
legality Of This form Of funeral, A..
cJr1ingly when Dr. Price himself died
similar curcm my was enacted with.
cut thou ht Of Interference.
The ceremony took place un tho rum.
NIT Ot high hill at CIV Icon, tho very
spot where the body o tbe iuaut hat
been burned. Several hunls1I tickets
werr isturd 10 the friends all former
patients of Dr. Prizes, Cut.tiins them 90
enter the Enclosure nudwiinufs the turn.
Ing. rhe nour first set was noon. But
public curiosity roso 10 60 high pitch
that, % avoid belug OvoTwhuIun! 10y a
mob Of sirhtsuufu, it was ut tho last mo.
munt decided 10 change tito Z O'Clock
Ia the morning. 80 In the gray Hsut
Of that early hour the strange process.
sion made IT, way 10 the hilton. NO
mourning gaTb was 10 be- H.ol. Tho
clussBt irinds Of the dccuasfI Druid
were Rttired In the Auclout costumes OF
the Welsh people.
The body Of Or. Prlco was clothed In
the Druldical Robes he had worn la life
and was thUu placed In q cInin Of Dor.
forntud sheet iron. On the hilltop two
stone walls had been built, four Zee:
apart, each being about ton feet long
and four feet high. a number Of irou
bars extending from one o. tho other
formed tuIo grating between tlem,
SONS distance above thu rr1uud, and
upon these bars the coffin was placed,
the head ing toward tue cat aud the
feet toward the west.
A clergyman OF the l.1'abiirhrd
church was present anu read tho
ordinary service for tho deaf iA Welsh.
The vcs,mcnls OF the church contrast.
81 o. strangely with the Duid.cal
garb worn by zone OF tho attendants
40 did the words Of the PRAYER book
With the strange rites. Some slight
changes were made la tho service,
such ~ the body being "Clnsigned 10
the flames"
Then under and over and all around
the coiilG was piled a great lot of wood,
perhaps n whole cord Of a., aud 10 this
were uddoiseveral tons OF coal. Many
gallons Of pnrailin oil were thrownupO
H. thoroughly satuTatiug the entire pile,
Then, al about 8 O'Clock, two OF the
closest friends OF the late Druid cafae
forward from the thrOng aud applied
torches TO the wood, ons al each uuI Of
tho mass. In moment 10 was all
fagiug furnace, and tbs hill literally
nagod like q volcano.
A brisk breeze was blowing, which
famed the fire anu oafriei tbs name
and smoke far into tue heavens. For
many miles the strange spectacle was
clearly seen, ana th0uasnds OF people
came docking thithor from all parts Of
Glam0rganshire. Seven OF eight thou.
sand VI them gathered In ring about
the pyre, ~ close 10 II a. possible, ami
watched II with eager Interest ali day
long.
Some hours after dark that evening
the flames had diei down, aud there
was only u dull glow from the Goals.
Then with long hooks they dragged
the coilin from tho furnace, when II
was discovered that Il had been liter.
ally burned through in many places,
and when the I'D was uncovered the
receptacle was absolutely empty, with.
out tho faintest trace within OF the
rcmaine. The coffin assubsequontly
conveyed on a bier, followed by an I'm.
monso crowd, aud deposited on the
couch In the deCeaseds residence,
where n few days previously he had
breathed bis lasi.-Asg iOFk Tribune.