DISGRCEFUL SCENE AT A WAKE
Tho wake of Charles Murphy, a river man (e»ys a St Louis letter), was the occasion ot a most ghastly exhibition of humor on tho part of Mb friends. ACutphy died m an hospital, and the wake ooourred iv a livery stable. The mourners were ohiefly river men, and the only consolation their grief would brook was a continual sousing m beer. About three o'clock m the morning the mourners dwindled down to a halPdt zm, and they became festive, Th«r« were fiVo other ooffius m the stable, and they were plaoed on the fl >or, and eioh man stretched himself m a ooffiu. As there were not enough coffins to go round, the corpse it«u dumped out and pleoed m A sitting position m one corner of tho room, with a pitcher of beer near the hand. Thb live man then took possession of the coffin. All fell asleep, and were ditfooverod a few hours lator by a, horror;strioken emplojd.who woa under the irqpresiion that the stable .had baen converted into a ncorgiieJ ,;-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1593, 25 June 1887, Page 3
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179DISGRCEFUL SCENE AT A WAKE Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1593, 25 June 1887, Page 3
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