REMARKABLE FUNERALS.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13380, 1 April 1912, Page 2

REMARKABLE FUNERALS.

Tho Milan correspondent of the London "Chronicle" writes: —-Signor^Ubaldo Samori, a broker who has died in Modigliana, left in his will £1000 to the local hospital and instructions for all ecclesiastical ceremonies to bo dispensed with. At least 600 pints of the best wiao were to bo doled out to allcomers at. his funeral. Along the processional route to the cemetery tho news quickly spread, and several thousands of people flocked round the canteen wagon that followed 'iniedmiately in the rear of a first-class hearse according to the deceased's wishes. Tho procession halted every few minutes while drinks were served out all round. The mOuiners wero boasted and hurrahs 'were given for the departed benefactor. Tho crowd smu Neapolitan comic songs and patriotic ditties, the cortege taking a full half day to reach the burial place. Somewhat similar scenes were witnessed a day or two later in Tumi. Signer Liiigi Rossi, postal clerk tof Turin, decided that his obsequies should be of a secular character, with a hired brass band to play nothing but lively music. All participants in tho funeral cortege were not only to have drinks, but a couple of cigars apiece, to be smoked en route. liissi's instructions were carried out punctiliously, thousands taking part in the procession through the streets of the Piodmontese capital. "Mourners" puffed their cigars and shouted jolly tunes. The- oirotesqxio procession w.-.o lieautfd by tl-.e widow, decked out iV:>;n head \ Lo foot in .scarlet attire, fci-.:;!<>r ~ll:r^\ having bequeathed her £'J''i j e;>t!;lit.i:>:i.-:l upmi her donning si; ii ill* r ga-n.'.-uiiij' for twelve months. Another■ wealthy Turinese company pro-.!tot:v luti-uid tin- Name day left a Lv-o !.;.Mn •>; moru-v. for a grand ban-q.-P; La i-.il J:-lv* .-Jmroholdors of his con-o.M-;i:r,, p;-'.'vid^c.i :!io feast took placo on tho j.i;.';UL .;;' lii:> funeral.