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In the I reme m be K: buggy or c[xt?er gccordjng to time fl?sedOf a YOUflgdpfigiggs?{‘figltlsq; es f e drapery an ' Ediior‘s se When speaking fif,,’f: f,'fg,eetgee:egggfie:ggdditg :22 were wlll)ite. I think I‘m safe in M wl ol or i m onl required work. If this was during Saying that floral tributes were M ol e e e e > (ie night, the next morning always white, for many years. stoffes about the tfleâ€"râ€"q’â€"cmfis generally two men came into the _ In those days, horseâ€"drawn of.past years. At my reqauest she Srorg to choose a coffin, and in Puggies or cutters (depending on \â€"_very kindly consented to put some many cases, a shroud, to be worn _ the season) carried the mourners _ of her memories in writing for our by the deceased. o who followed the hearse to 3 1 f | readers. No doubt they will recall In those early days coffins Cemetery..There were often one : _ experiences for many. cameée from the factory, unlined, â€" hundred of these conveyances.If ( We know that many people in "so my father had lining in stock, â€" the funeral entered town from the , | this area chave interesting â€" which he tacked‘inside coffins. South end and proceeded up Main i â€"memories to share. Please get in (This was called trimming it.) Street to the cemetery, all 5_ touch with us ~. . we will be pleas _ ‘The next thing to be.prepared merchants drew down their store 2 $ ed to he/p you write about them if flWas the name plate for the top of blinds, until the cortege had f â€" _ you wish us to. coffin. These were also in stock; : passed by. $ + so my father would get one from _ At the cemetery there was no j ‘By Mrs. Ida M. Dinney the cupboard, secure it to a little mausoleum, so â€" mourners | board, kept for the purpose, ~Eatheredaround the grave for the My memory often takes Me cover it with a thin mixture of committal service in any back to the late 19th century and whiting and water; then, with a _ weather. : i beginning of the twentieth, It has sharpened little piece of wood he I should mention that, in to do with my father‘s ocâ€" printed the inscription, which winter, the wheels of the hearse _ * cupation; he was an undertaker, â€"told the name, date of birthâ€"and had to be removed, and replacéd and also what was then called a ageofdeceasedandfinally witha by runners. Also, there were ; i cabinetâ€"maker. â€" special little tool, he engraved it, times, in winter that were E In 1887 he bought a furniture cleaned off the whiting, and there. fraught with danger, on account and undertaking business in was the finished product ‘. .. . of snowâ€"drifts and pitchâ€"holes on _> 4 § ’ g Exeter.: He had factoryâ€"made excellently done. It was then the road, but I never remember .,; 7 i furniture for sale but also fur najled on the top of the coffin. â€" an accident. 4 f j niture he made himself in the ‘when all was in readiness, the : Once as a. prevention, my ! "hackâ€"shop". A few years ag0 I casket anda blackdoorâ€"drape (or father had a farmer,, who lived s ho saw in a home in town, a beautiful maybe a wreath) was taken to not far from town, come with his , polished oak bedreom suite, that â€" the home, in the "casketâ€"wagon" â€" strong team of horses, and hitch my father had constructed. drawn by black team. them to the "casketâ€"wagon‘"‘ (a : 3 7 As for the "undertaking"‘, there _ on the day of the funeral, which â€" very neatâ€"looking rig with sides ' | were some customs that were usually started at one p.m. my Of Elass panels) which subâ€" different from today‘s. father wore a suit with frockâ€"â€" stituted for the hearse. A |__ _For one thing there were few, if coat; and a highsilk hat as did _ Sometimes, if the roads were : any, telephones; so where & the driver. Their seat was up bad, two or three friendly farâ€" death occurred, let‘s say out Of (front and up high, on the hearse â€" mers would get oul, on the day of town, it was always two men who ~which ‘was quite ornate. Mother the funeral, with their strong drove into town, day or night, to Nature was in charge of "airâ€" teams hitched to their ‘bobâ€" + â€"inform the undertaker who then conditioning." A black team was Sleighs, and drive through the took full charge. _/‘ used to draw the vehicle. worst drifts on the road, to make , First he contacted his hired If the deceased was an adult driving safer for all. It was part man, who came and hitched uP ..the drapery inside the hearse was Of the helpful, community spirit * one of the horses, while he put his plack and the horses were draped â€" that existed then. R $