Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
ouEER BURIAL PLACES.
Strange Requests Made by Ecce"'r''
Decedeuts.

Decedents.
The most extraordinary of all puriai
reonests was that Of the eeleDralea
Jeremy Bentham. The great phiia III
thropist and exponent OF the ooc.i ine
of litariansm, dying in 49,, leit oi-
rections that his body should DC VI,
sected and that the skeleton shoulo pe
mn together. and. after being clotheo
In his old yestments, should DE sea'e'
In n sort of glass house on wheeis. Inc
first part of the program was petioi II,
ed by his faithful disciple, pr. oo"'h
wood Smith. who, in endeavorlhg ~
preserve the head deprived the race oil
all expression. Seeing this woulu mo-
do for exhibition purposes, Dr. Sh'i'h
had model made in wax by dislih-
guished French artist. who succeeueu
I'm producing a most admirable likeness.
The skeleton was then stuffed out 10
fit Bohemlans clothes and the wax
likeness fitted to the trunk. The ngure
WAS placed. seated on the chair Iii
which he usually sat, with one manu-
holding the walking stick which was
his constant companion III life, called
by him like dog ''Dapple." The
whole was inclosed in mahogany case
with glass front, covered by foidlhg
doors. and presented TO University Col
lege. where it can be seen In the south
gallery Of the college museum.
The strange request Of Anthony Et-
tericke, who was prominent lawyer
and once Recorder of Poole, Is n0tewor-
thy. Having some cause of onense
against the people Of Wimborne, En-
gland, in which town he lived, he de-
clared that he was to be buried in
consecrated spot, but not above nor be-
low ground, not in the church nor out
of it. To make certain that this was
done he got permission to build CONN
into the wall of WimbOrne minister, so
that 1t is half In the church and half
out, half above the ground and half be-
low it. TO do this a special arch had
TO be made, and for the repair of this
arch and the coffin Anthony Ettericke
gave to the church sum of 20 shillings
from farm. To bury him the wall of
the church level with the pavement
was opened and the body deposited In
the coffin as described. 1t Is Of slate
and is emblaZoned with many coats OF
arms. There are two dates on it-1691
and 17O3-One over the other, SO as to
render both almost unreliable. He
was fully convinced that he should die
In 1851 and had his coffin made and the
date placed upon 1t. But he did not die
till 1903, and so the second date was
cut over the first.
An art gallery seems queer place in
which to bury bodies, and probably few
of the Inhabitants Of Dulwich are
aware that Dulwlch College picture
gallery contains three bodies--the
bodies Of the three people to whom that
ence NOll Joseph Desenfans was a
native Of Douai, In France, but settled
In London, first as teacher of Ian
guages. He became possesses Of Il val
liable picture by Claude, which he sold
to George III. for 1000 gulneas, and so
became a picture dealer. Then Stanis-
laus, King of Poland, commissioned
him to purchase pictures to form a ma
tional gallery for Poland, and in this
work Descendants was helped by his
friend, Sir Francis Bourgeois, r. A.
When the Polish King was overthrown
the collection Of pictures came back to
Desenfans, who on his death left his
pictures to Bourgeois, who decided to
hand them over to some public body for
the benefit Of the public Accident di-
rected his attention to Dulwich College,
to which he bequeathed his pictures.
The bequest was conditional. He wish
ed mausoleum to be erected In the
gallery, where his own remains and
those Of his friends NJ and Nine. De-
senfans, might repose. The candition
was accepted.