CREMATION.

Dunstan Times, Issue 926, 16 January 1880, Page 3

CREMATION.

Th-Le Moyne, a cram atiouist enthusiastic, who lately died in America, not only ordered that his own body should be burnt but inserted a clause in his will rendering Ins various bequests void unless the persons named should sign a paper agreeing that their bodies aho should he burnt after death Although the doctor was wealthy, only two members of the family, it is said, signed the agreement. If this story bo true the prejudice against cremation must be extraordinarily strong, and is not likely to be overcome until our ccmetries become so choked with the dea l that, necessity will compel some other in -tho lof disp aul. In this case, the peual'y for the enj >ymeat of such a most liberal legacy docs nos seem very severe; When the body of the legatee is no longer conscious, instead of being p it into a black b ix an i s ibjested to slow decay in the ground, ir, is to be rapidly c-.usuaio Iby lire The force of the prejudice is indicated by the fact that people will sacrifice- their poonui ivy interests rather than face such au alarming contingency.