CHOICE EXTRACTS.
ipi "v ..... ';; i • .mi extract from the ~/'.' ~..<; ...u-w. *»e thw r-h,^ lettw at >'.'■= . , <« VVhtinat Piti'Jtiuo a few (laya iny tenvulUnif omponions tuwl 1 *l,.taa! a moiwwtei-T of Carthu.4arv friar* in the noijfMM.OThomt ..« that eity. TTibc» w« boheUf the jfhasHy ailjht of H.HOO Un«.t nmnitnuis of .l«o««w««t persona, tfittwr arrftngod f'ttntt th« vautta in an urwt poattien, c:i<.c!u;(t in tho coatniue.a tl'u-y wt.re ia ItfiM* !: ,l; » :i:l1 - lrv h " X( ' 3 ,>l ' < - :i,:Hri ' 4 ' w!wr,! they Ii" in t* s«>cfc of semi-State, attire-t «iftht:r in .U'i"ivo eldfchca or ordinary thrm. A nay tin; nt, of 3-> franca scenrea anyone tho former privite-e, thoti-h are re<inir(Mt for what, perhapa, may l->e cn-tled |ii«jt>ciaaa iiccomiuodation. Vv'lvjn a di;ait hoily arrives for treatment at the numa*tory, it i» i:ntin:ly divested of elothiie;-, aml'ia placet, with, other* nn h. rgoire/ a similar proceea, for a year in a closed vault. Whatever, at the expiration of that period, remains iineonaum;"d. hy t.!m (h'yiii!.? action, of the atmosphere, to;,'i ttmr with the volunteer assistance of the muh tiMiilinoiiH rata, ia then hn>u;/!tt out. and, attired in appropriate !*urb, tirina in fearful iuhl fanta-stic mockery at those surviviiiiC relatives who are allowtat to m;;.ke an minimi visit. A Sicilian gentleman ,v;is pnyiup: a moruinLC t"dl of this kind (luring our brie I! sojourn in the vault*, juiil wv saw him unk;ckiii'/' the eo'lip. c>:!tiMiiin!? rtie object of his soticitmh., and Hicrcly disclosing what was left of hi* h'ieml, wla> was attired in full tveuiu;.: costume, with white gloves, which hung hub loosely on their late owners bony I'm., .fiM's. To make tin* parody of life in dentil, if possible, more disgusting, plmtotji'iinhs representing the living features of these preserved monstrosities were occasionally uppeielcd to the relies, and. we snw one portraying a handsome man <>fiis wc Iniru by his label'—."7 year* of a.ge, the eri:;'m:i.l of which grinned at us with a. set of white teeth- So perfect i?a to ath'.'ict my atiu'iiMou, towards them."
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 258, 19 February 1877, Page 3
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329CHOICE EXTRACTS. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 258, 19 February 1877, Page 3
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