The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-11-06
woman whose weight in life was
about 100 pounds. The features

about 100 pounds. The features
were we'll preserved and
the body was perfec in form
but, strange to say, it was seeming
ly OF stone of a dark grayish color.
1t resembled a statue carved from
very fine sandstone. =
1t lay as it had been buried, but
not vestige Of clothing remained.
The hair vas in its natural state,
except that 1t had turned reddish
gray. The limbs were of natural
appearance and the hands were
crossed, just as they were when the
body was buried. -s
The head, owing to the decay of
the pillow beneath, bad fallen back,
cracking the throat squarely across,
though the head was still part of
the body of stone. The crack looked
as though 1t might have been made
when the body was in the frststag-
es of petrifaction. @
Five strong men could hardly
lift the body from the grave and it
was regarded with wonder by those
who raised it from the depths in
which it had undergone this re.
markab,e change. The hair, while
not petrified, was as well rooted as
in life. l=5 --~@ 9
Judging from the appearance of
the body, the clothing had fallen
into dust, and adhering to the boo y
had petrifed with 1t, giving the pc.
culiar dark color There wire but
few Signs Of decay, and The eson eaei.
ly recoe nized in the featu, es of stone
the face of the mother he had buried
16 years before. i' - "
The eyelasbes, fingernails and
other portions Of the body which
ordinarily are first 10 decay, were
in excellent preservation and were
turned to stone with the rest of tbs
body. The tet tn and gums, ex.
posed in the slightly opened mouth
were as perfect as in life, but alec
converted into stone.
TIE only thing which gave the
body any resemblance to a corpse
was the mould which is generally
to be seen on a body after it has
been inferred for some time. This
in the present case covered the body
It disappeared, however, a tittls
while after the corpse was exposed
10 the air, ard left the stone Cry
and hard.
The grave was located in a low
lying portion of the cemetery, which
! received mostof the surface water
from the winter rains, and it may
be due to this fact that petrifcatior
set in.
Other bodies buried in Mount
Calvary cemetery in years gone by
have present.. d an unusual appear.
ance on being exhumed,. but these
two cases are the most notable.
When the body of Johann l.. jung
nickel three weeks ago was removed
from the grave after having lain for
"A years in Mount Calvary, it was
found that the flesh had become
dust but. tie skeleton was intact.
! The strange feature was the fact
that the clothing was in condition
as perfect as on the dsy Of the fun
eral. Even the creases remained
In the trousers, not q seam was rip.
ped or decayed, and the check il
the pattern of the cloth was plainly
discerpab1e. Exposure to the air
did not seem to effect the fabric and
the body was reinterred, just as it
| was found. z=g <.es
F. 1t is said BY those who profess to
know and is asserted by Sexton Nc
Gregor, that wooIen clothing is
practically indistructible, the wool
retaining its form in the ground fel
many years when buried. Only the
feeams give way, the cotton thread
1decaying quickly. -, -
+. Mount Calvary is the Catholic
cemetery ofthe city and li.s about
! four miles west of the city. Il is :
bea autiful spot and many old-tin {
residents OF Portland sleep theil
4 last sleep in IFS quiet shades.
l.. Notice to Creditors. z
In the Matter of the Estate .-t45