Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-21

of William Petersen Appleby. an oiiicer
in the Mexican and the Civil Wars. IL, LIS
body was cremated at Fresh Pond III lSsh.
and the widow took the ashes To her
home in Hampstead Tier husband had
asked her to scatter them abroad on .ne
| first windy day after his cremation She
in the presence OF some of her husband :
! friends held the ashes out by hanoluis
and let the wind whirl them awa Az Tho
AZ Br9mbers so, Gsrmany IN s sold a
public auction for $3.50. The purchaser
was not a member of the dead man :
| family. The records stop short there ana
one is left guessing who wanted the ashes
badly enough TO pay S3.15 for them. i
would SEEM too. that there must nave
been more than one bidder. for SO
starter. The remains of tbbie Sage Rich-
| ardson. the writer who died in ltaly'
were brought to this country TO be ere
mated. They were ncinerated AT Fresh
Pond. Her brother died from the shocH
and was cremated on the following DAY.
Kate Fields body was also brSngh'
witch Islands and was buried there. /,
was long time before her friends got
the money together to bring the remains
to this country, but ii was finally cone
and they were cremated AT San Fran
cisco Mrs. Whiting to whose efforts Tue
carrying out of Miss Fields wishes was
due, brought the ashes from san fra!l-
cisco to Boston in IA handbag 1lied WIN
flowers. The ashes were finally burned al
Mount Auburn beside the grave of Miss
Fields mother.
ed at the Washington crematory. an n
| teresting item about this case is the cost
illness of the gown in which the body Wa va,
burned 1t was an imported gown OF ST.
yer and gold brocade. and the papers OF
| that date placed its cost at S1ou nav
may have been a trife high but ,the
gown was certainly worth great d9ai;
A peculiar case was that of j. II: Davis
and his wife. Davis was Il California
millionaire. The wife died first. She was
crernated. and the husband put her ashes
| in a box twice the usual size because ne
| intended TO have his own mingled with
| his wife's when he should die in his turn
When he did die it was in Philadelphia
and the hsd no Sooner mgfe No
| balmcd il than he received orders by teie-
graph to cremate ii. So he cremated u
| Then he was Instructed 10 SEND on tne
ashes. but this he declined to do until his
| bill for cmbalming and crematlnS hau
In The meantime trouble over the dead
mans will had broken out in California
and nobody was paying bills just then
SO a peculiar state OF AFFAIRS came ="
pass The urn with the vile ashesL
which ratified lonesomely around in their
ample rcceptace-was produced as cNi-
dence In court. while the husbands asncs
were held in Philadelphia as security Tor
the undertakerS bill.
Apropos of California crema lions. there
was that of Durrant the young murderer
The crematories in San Francisco were
so squeamish that they refused to purii
the body and the father had 10 take II
to Pasadena The medical men of the
state had been keeny interested in the
Young man and were anxious To nave the
brain for examination. The family was
determined they should not get IL. 50 the
father did not let the coffin out OF MS
sight until he saw il placed in the retort
| of the Pasadena CrematorY.
Pet animals have sometimes been Gre
mated. but the prize instance Of this kind
| was when a rich London woman had a
| pet Yorkshire terrier. named Monkey.
| cremated and the ashes placed in $500
urn.
Branch % Of the Cirarmakers Internal
! tionaI MON is at the Labor LyCeum In
| East Fourth street. New York. ON the
! top of a desk there is. or was not long
ago. a novel exhibit. IL was a collection
| Of II cans and one urn containing the
ashes of IL members of the union. In Il
vault alongside of the bowling alley in
! tn. Arion clubhouse there is Il similar
collection of the ashes of dead ArioniteS
Helen Bertrdm. one of the BuStoniauS
was credited with carrying her husband :
ashes is channels bag suspended from 4
gold chain around her neck. As the
ashes from a fun grown body weigh from
| three to five pounds, II is doubtful If the
singer carried more than small sample
| Of her husband with her IN that way. II
| is bv no means uncommon. though for
( the departed with them whenever they
| travel.
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