The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-10-27
Knows THE SECRET
OF THE ANCIENTS.
o.. Mummy-M Maker OF the Mountains
OF West Virgins,
calJesoME SIGHTS kr PHlLIPPI.

| 4 secluded spot near fhiilppi, w
| q. there lives an old man who has
| dabbled in the mysteries of the an,
.isnt Egyptians, iaggled with death
.ad coDsorted with corpses. and has
a.fed tbs laws of nature as far az
! the putrefaction of the human body
4 coucerned Skilled in the art OF
preventing decomposition, and sur
rounded by CHASTITY 81 sclmens of art.
10 him belongs the credit OF wrest
/ ling from the past the process of
Ikeep;ng intact the body, the pro
,sss which has preserved to the
sorld in the shape Of mummies the
bodies OF Rameses and the Ptolomya,
With accompanying history and light
Into the life Of centuries that came
/ and went before the mission Of the
Messiah had begun
This individual is thoroughly
Commonplace aud practical; he does
| not claim to be sorcerer He Is
Known to all in the county and to
|. great many people over the state.
| BE is about 70 years old, of a benev-
olent aspect, aud is very unassurning.
bat when il comes to the matter OF
his fluid he is seIi-assertive and
makes many claims of it's efficiency
| all of these things he makes good
| BY active tests. To no one is he
reticent except in the manner the
discovery was made by him and thu
Ingredients which compose the fluid.
With the fluid he preserves for
ever human bodies ~ we'll as those
Of animals, birds aud fish These
gruesome articles he has scattered
oil over the house ana some on the
lawn exposed to the open air, which
seems to have no e%-ct on them
They are as life like "a they were
when alive When first subjected
10 the treatm snt they can be placed
in any position. They finally be
come rigid, but that is the only
change that takes place.
A visitor who was 1T the house of
the old man recently says:
"Old man Hamrick Is about 70
years old. The objects on the lawn
FIRST attracted my attention, and l
examined them to some extent. But
the most interesting part of the
place, to those who are not nervous,
is his den, a small, Gt1fg room on
the second floor Of the house. 1 am
not easily startled, bn5 hen he led
me into his preparino DOM, or den
and saw faces that pooe had The
light of life IN them ICING fxealy
into mine, I shrank u.st.
The old man smiled 81 my alarm
and then began telliug me If hi'
work and how it had o=e the stud,
of his life The detaa . the dis
covery and the ingredients used b.
him were limited at After awhile b,
began to show me hjs sps-jmens
Notice the two bodies.4 that plato
box over there he sa;5.
looked and saw two women, life
like in appearance with 4ssh- tinted
skin and wide open ewes. There
was nothing suggestive of death
They looked as though ] st awaken
ed from slumber.
I bought them for = 400 from
an insane asylum in this state abou
fourteen years ago, he said: 'ant
they are my choicest specimens
Only cloth covereG he bodie,
which were as hard and Old As mar
Die. Every vein was pjajnly visible
lie next showed me the head of
colored man, with full beard
which he had obtained Is9n Gin
clnnati hospital only 4 lort tim
before 1t was perfeo'.r preserved
tue flesh was as pliah,e n life,
/ He showed ma te " Old baby
fow', fish, cats, squirr 2igs, fruits
ETC., all in excellent ition.
I La front Of the house = a mum
Der of mumifed snakes coiled IN
striking attitude"
| Hamrick often Vi the cite
where ne buys the ing ants whicI
4 ne mead : IN his A,7TT His ,aaip