New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
THE CUSTOM OF BURNING EFFIGIEs.
Furnishing DUMMIES IN FRANCE.
.n., Thn China 90 Times Herald.

From The Chicago Times Herald.
very interesting ceremony took place at An.
derson Ind. a few days ago. woman OF thss
city sent out invtations 10 all OF her frienSs 70
come and see her husband burned-in etigy. Need
less TO say the invitation was cheerfulIy acceptsu
spouse was cremated, to the great satisfaction Of
ali present Any burning in etigy Is an Interesting
and vonng Of the countryside This latest instance
attracts attention account Of its extreme atcnsr
n misTatlon Of souls lady question must must
surely he v OF s az one that work
evil and TO kill the enemies OF t do IMAGES
by OF the oendng over
The original idea of an eilgy was tnat TN maze
and the person for whom it was substituted, ana
that harm done the former or curses pro1 ,Ia lot
ter People did to the egy as they would heere se by
do the absent offender; ana were were, cmengssncs
would overtake him These are mder tines ,s anu
the ordinary mind does not contempaIe hins The
burning of person in efigy these days IL me'1 s
by which the populace expresses and ostenta.
ous insult and 1t also furnishes an ooJ1n' n %a
which evaporation can ibo of tbe lady OF Anderson
would burn her absent spouse awe 0ou'u s"' ''
NeIib o do we believe that the gallant soldiers
of the I'd Illinois would cremate governor ,i5omsh
alive or permit any one ss~ 70 scarecrow which
faithfully depicted their estimate OF ms en-
made bonfire OF the same sr sHS Nor have We any
dn that The soldiers hoped that misfortune woqis
overtake the corporal through e tribe OF indians
possesses very useful divinity Hlo little image
sWesrng god This h is Tacq the power Of evil
and 1t IS considered pious aSt TO gnage AZ ones
the most ANA SrSsss his finger or his
mustang refuses TO be caught ne c ncs sa.sly
teeth and makes a dash th s UT tnf god he shakes
| his asts tears his hair. dances WIN rag Then
gives vent to the most horrible proia''"'
ne So with an eigy One burn H. shoot a. =:
throw the least but the person conducting th
exercises will feel better. .,..s ,,rahoo Guy
rawkes has been burned in straw ana NC "a sI,ys
more frequently than any other numan Days were
so distinguished within the memory OF men Wever
living Those two celebrated spaniharsss, ores The
hnuor With the advance OF civilization this ce
mony has become Christian ACT. ~ Is - throw
STONES at It than to hide behind stone wall n ses
shoot the himself or hltcn n'i, III, -, nader
10 a lofty limb and drive his horse out ron' u''NS
Punishment in emgy was legally p PR ,hs time
Of the first revolution II the man eonaesni,,hs
escaped dummy M go Tn w allowed s to take its
The warrant read TO Il ana on me ,d oi IN tie
presence NJ ali the legal unctionares and win 20
the circumstance OF the law s9mei,n nvSorsly
same person was e ht that alas! did not exempt
him from actual punishment saou nn r ne where
/ There
Criminals have paid the penalty Of their ons"Ss has
S,h ,n sarce and fact The Anglo Saxon race n.
~. . ~ Indy 10 efiigy burning Legal ~.
Though we imaginative enSngn' uw@Ses.aaSs
h ',,narstiton with US this curious rite crogs W
IN times OF great popular excitement, ony na many
nn,os ~ The covenant along with him. An Iii. Gin
eSTonce pousy tells Of one s ocsssS %tS arc
- ova hundred fagots. and voeys or shot w.
fred Of at least Ave hundred IN yol,eyh urninx IN
.e,sv has been used very frequently as an ooer
nression OF religious fervor. and OF COURSE course, and
ppid I,das Iscariot has been the most ireiusn ths
t"ny.sunfering Victim On Maundy Thursdsy, are
neope OF Mexico so TO see Judas burned ssss,,ors
sroulbs AZ .hlm In Holy Week Portuguese md
hang the betrayer OF Christ to a yardarma fsi1
shoot al him. Then they pull him down sno rno
rom limb and cast into the sea. The Geshs
on the Sunday after Easter hans srrs and
/ before their churches and are at u Win s~nS =
pistols until II catches hre.