The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-29

meath It and the tree rep'anted--ail of
which was done.
A British army officer directed that his
body be buried In a certain part Of his
park Acorns were to be planted there
and the most promising plant from them
was to be allowed to grow, in order, as he
said. that his body might be OF use In
nourfshing the sturdy British oak.
The last will and testament Of an &C.
centric Frenchman named Halloin con-
tanned clause expressing his desire 10
be buried at night, in his bed comfortably
tucked In. with pillows and coverlets as
he had died. AS no opposition was raised
against the execution Of this clause, a
huge pit was sunk. and Halloin was low
cred into his last resting place without
any alteration having been made in the
position in which death had overtaken
him.
Charles Thompson, OF Mansfield, Eng
land, gave minute and curious directions
as to hts burial He desired to be dressed
In flannel shirt two yards long, a flannel
His comm was to be strong with three
plates or hoops of iron round It. His grave
was to be. IL possible. six yards deep.
and after burial mound was to be erect
ed over It, surrounded by strong wall
No bell was TO be tolled. and the funeral
was to be az private as possible. These
conditions were carried out except the
last one. which was beyond the control Of
his executors. and At least 1000 persons
were present.
Several years ago a man died on Staten
Island who directed in his win that his
body should be cremated and his ashes
scattered to the four winds OF heaven
from the top OF the statue OF Liberty. His
directions were carried out by friends
whom he had designated to perform the
ceremony, Not long ago a dead man in
New England was placed IN tomb which
he had prepared. dressed in ordinary cloth
ing and sitting upright in chair, ac-
coriing to the directions IN his will
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The Countess Castiglione. who died re-
Gently In Paris, directed that her body
be Attired In garments which she had
prepared many years before for her burial.
and adorned with certain Jewels, which
she specified. Certain mummies OF dead
dogs, her pets when they were alive. were
TO be buried with her.
/. On February s, 1851. was buried IN Ste
venage In Hertfordshire, England, the
body OF n farmer who died thirty years
before, He had ordered. by his will, that
his estate. worth $4,000 year. should be
possessed by his two brothers, and in
case OF their death, by his nephew, TIL
the expiration OF thirty years. and that
then It should revert to himself. suppos-
ing that ne would. at that time return
TO life. He directed his coffin to be az
fixed on a beam In his barn. locked, but
n key ihclosed, In order that he might
let himself out. The brothers carried out
this strange request. and allowed him to
remain In the barn four days longer than
the specified time. when they buried
him.
A strange burial In that chronicled In
the register of IJymington church, Hamp-
shire. where the following appears under
the year 1886: Samuel Baldwin Es-
qure, sojourner in this parish, was I'M
mersed without the Needles In Scratched
bay. sans cereminie. May the twentieth"
1t appears that shortly before his death
Mr.. Baldwin intimated his desire to be
buried at sea, In order to dsappoint the
frequently expressed intention OF his wife,
that II she survived him she would, out
OF contempt for him. dance on his grave.
In another similar case the threatened
dancing on the grave was prevented by
laying the defunct husband to rest under
a monument constructed in a pyramidal
shape. the sharp apex OF which afforded
no foothold for the saltatory exercise.
New MNpa Of ChAna.