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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1748, 10 August 1874, Page 2

VVe lake thn following from the Grey River Argus of the 13th instanjt:—V Seme sev.en years ago a*miner named Jerry M'&rathtwas accidentally killed at the Brighton Diggings, north of the Grey, then known as l^xVßush. He died intestate, and was possessed of a considerable amount of money, of which a Sort of distribution was made among his surviving relatives, an unmarried sister adniniitering the estate and becoming residuary legAttee^bf the greater portion of the assets. This woman has since married, and h»r husbandis now going'through the Insolvent Court. !At the last sitting of the District jDourt in/ Bankruptcy, at Ahaura, before his Honor Judge Harvey, his wife was examined as to a sum of money supposed to be in her possession, or under her control, part of the product of her deceased bi other's estate. During the examination a very interesting and characteristic document came' before the Court. It was an account for spirituous comforts supplied to the mourners at M'Grath's funeral, and to the neighbours and v ether visitors at the lying in state previous to the funeral obsequies taking place. Judging by the Quantity of 'consolation' provided for the bereaved friends of the departed, the immortal Finnic gan was not the only person at whose ' waks' ' there waa lots of fun.' Subjoined is a copy* of this unique bill of costs, which was presented for payment to the Curator 4>f- Intestate - Estates:—• 1867—Oofc. 30—2 bottles brandy, 165.; 3 bottles port wii»e, 18s. ;£ll4s. 31 —18 bottles brandy," 1445.; 2 Soxes* cigars, 50s.—£9 145.; 16 bottles claret, 80s.; 4 bottles gin, 325.—£5 123.,; 18 bottles pert wine, £5 Bs.; 1£ dozen ale and porter/. £3 125.; 3 dozen lemonade, gibgerbeer, &c, £1 10s. j use of room and attendance, £2 10s. Total, £30.' His Honor remarked that payment of this account had been very, properly refused by the curator, and also stated that he Bhould cause aa inquiry to be made as to Mrs Davey's administration of the -estate ofM'Grath."

" As beautiful as a bust in 'a hair* dresser's window," is a reporter's descrip* tion of a Bichmond bride.

All Flesh is Gtaass.—" To what base uses may we return, Horatio F^ Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander till he find it stopping a bung-hole ?" Hamlet's fancy was far reaching, but it fell short, it seems, of the reality m the case of that historical character, Boger Williams, the founder of the colony of Providence, U.S. Over the grave of this pilgrim father a careful watch was kept, and it has at last been opened by the Rhode Island Historical Society, with a: curious result. Not a fragment of the remains could be found* The root of an adjacent apple tree has been pushed downwards in a sloping direction, and nearly straight course toward^ the precise spot that had been occupied by^ the skull of itogeV Williams. 'Thence' It followed the direction of the backbone to the hips, and thence divided into two - branches, each one following,a leg-bone to the heel, wher« they both turned upward to the extremity of the toes of the skeleton. One of tb.L> roots formed a slight crook at the part occupied by the knee joints, thus producing an increased iesemblanco to the « outlines of the skeleton;-but not "r fragment of Koger'd remains remained. The apple tree had absorbed everything.'; v

" Imperious Casar, dead »nd turned to day,..- > Might stop a hole to keep the wind away." ■■■ ' But who would hare dreamed of Roger Williams in the form of a marketable fruit, perhaps sliced anidried, and exported, and sent to Australia, and served up as sauce at a Melbourne dinner '-party. Some people will think Sir H. Tnompson's project of crementation is better than this. Others will still prefer to take their chance of conversion into an appletree bearing beautiful fruit, and enjoying the sunshine and the breeze, and with children playing about one. After all the "talking oak," as Xenuyjou has pictured it, is a nobler objeot than an, urn with a handful of ashes in il—Telegrqak, ;. ■