BURIED IN WHISKY.
Cbaries Bram.'ette. aged 80 years, died on January 2nd. He owned *creral farms in Harrison County, II S.A., aad bad be»a a prosperous business mua all hii life, At a low (Stunatehe was worth 100 000 dollars. He was peculiar in nottiug bul. bis ideas of i is om bmial. He was a great reader, sad perhaps drew Lis nutans from the histoids of ancient At any rate, wbfrever he may hive obtained them, bis directions regarding bis burial were unique.
About fifteea years ago he hired a skilful stone-mason to mske * s.rccpbagus of blue Kentucky lime.Btone,wkicb » mt ' fe durable than lbe hard.st marble. At th« same time he bought a barrel of the best.old Bonrbon the (Slate could produce, aad ordered that at his itath the whisky should be poured upon his body after it nu placid in the stone coffin. The sarcophagus wis then to be hermetically sealed and placed in a grave near his residence. All lis directions have been followed to the letter. He was buried on January 4ta. It took a numLer of horses to carry bis body in its b-avy receptacle lo tLe grave. Mr. Bramlette n »s a constant imbiber «f apple braody, and ucrer left I ii bouse without a fl.'sk full in his pocket, although bo never seemed iutoxiosted.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2360, 3 May 1901, Page 6
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221BURIED IN WHISKY. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2360, 3 May 1901, Page 6
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