The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-06
QUEER BURIAL. PLACES.
Strange Requests Made by Eccentric
Deccdents.

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Decedents.
The most extraordinary OF all burial
requests WIS that of the celebrated
Jeremy Bentham. The great phllan-
thropist and exponent OF the doctrine
of utllltarlanism. dying in 1882, left Ill
rections TINT his body should he dis
sected aud that the skeleton should he
put together, and. after being clothed
In his old Yestments, should he seated
In II sort Of glass house on wheels. The
first part Of the program WAS perform
ed 10y his faithful disciple. Dr. South
wood Smith. who. in endeavorlng 10
preserve the head, deprived The face OF
all expression. Seeing this would not
do for exhibition purposes, Dr. Smith
had model made in WAX by distln-
gnished French artist. who succeeded
In producing II most admirable likeness.
The skeleton WINS then stuffed out to
fit Bohemian's clothes and the wax
likeness fitted TO the trunk. The figure
was placed. seated on the chair In
which he usually sat, with one hand
holding the walking stick which was
his constant companion In life, called
by him like a dog "Dapple." The
whole was Enclosed In mahogany case
with "A glass front, covered by folding
doors, and presented 10 University Col
lege, where il can be seen in the SOUTH
gallery OF the college museum,
The strange request OF Anthony Eft
I'll Ia. Ia ~ 4T
and once Recorder of Poole, is notewor
thy. Having some cause Of offense
against the people OF Wimborne. EN-.
gland, In which town he lived, he lie
clared that he was TO he buried in a
eonsecrated spot, but not above nor be
low ground, not In the church nor out
OF II. 10 make certain that this was
done lie got permission to build coffin
into the wall of Wimborne minister, so
that II Is half In the church and half
out, half above the ground and half he
low II. TO do this special arch had
to be made. and for the repair OF this
arch and The coffin Anthony Etterlcke
gave 10 the church a sum OF 20 shlllings
from FARM. TO bury him the wall of
thc church level With the pavement
wus opened aud the body deposited in
the coffin rs described. 1t Is of slate
aud Is emblazonetl with many Goals OF
arms. There are two dates on it-l69l
and 11O3-on over the other, SO as Ia
render both almost unreadable. He
was fully convinced that he should die
In 1861 and had his coffin made and the
date placed upon It. 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 10 bury bodies, and probably few
Of the Inhabitants of Dulwlch are
aware that Dulwlch College picture
gallery contains three bodles-the
bodies of the three people TO whom that
collection of pictures owes its exist
enee. Noll Joseph Desenfans was a
native of Douai, in France, but settled
In London, first as teacher OF lan-
gnages. He became possesses of val
liable picture by Claude. which he sold
10 George III. for LOCO guineas, and 50
became a picture dealer. Then Stanis-
laus. King of Poland. commissioned
him 10 purchase pictures 10 form a ma
tional gallery for Poland, and In this
work Desenfans was helped by his
friend. Sir Francis Bourgeois, II. A
When the Polish King was oyerthrown
the collection of pictures came back 10
Desenfans, who ON his death left his
pictures TO Bourgeois. who decided 10
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. lie wish
ed n 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