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wass FUNERAL CUSTOMS --It is usual in Switzerland to have the funerals. if possible, on the Sabbath. in a popula. tion of several thousands all belong to one church The funerals are held in it, and frequently several at the same hour. The friends of the dgceased meet in front of the res- pective houses where the dead are lying. None but the re- latives enter the house. The body is placed in a plain deal cofﬁn sometimes but rarely painted. and the custom of the country ferbids the rich to have a coﬁin more elegant than the poor, the idea being that death abolishes all distinctions, and a plain cef‘ﬁu is good enJugh to be bid away in the ground.

At the hour the coﬂin with the dead is brought out of the house, and the bier is borne on the shoulders of the nearest; male relatives or friends The procession meets near the church, and the cilﬁ'ts are then borne in the order of the ages of the deceased to the church, but not into it. The body is never taken into the church. but when the relatives and friends have entered, the cerpse is carried by the bearers immediately into the Gottesilckdl‘, (God's-acre.)—-the grave- yard which usually adjoins the church.

It is there buried. while none are present except those who do the work. The graves are arranged in regular order, without any ditinction of families, and as each person in the place dies, he is buried in the grave next to the one who is before him. It may have been a neighbour with whom he was at enmity. but now in death they sleep side by side and know it not. Families are separated by the grave as well as by death; and no two of them, unless they die together, may be laid together in the grave. This is sur- prising when we notice the remarkable attention they bestow on the Garden of the Dead. For when the dead are buried the friends come. day after day. and adorn the grave with ﬂowers, and surround it with a border of green, and water it with their tears of love. .

While the body is thus cared for by the bearers, the funeral service is proceeding in the church. At the funeral all the men in attendance wear a black mantle. of bombazine or serge, which they may get for a triﬂe of the undertaker, who keeps them for hire. Persons of property have them of their own to wear only on funeral occasions, but most of the people hire them when Wanted, and thus every man at the funeral appears as a mourner. All the women dress in black when attending a funeral, and they never go to church in any other than in a black dress. This is a very peculiar custom, but is invariably followed by all the people in this country. Not a light-coloured dress appears in the great congregation on the Sabbath day or at a funeral.

T0 CONSUMPTIVES. ' '4

The advertiser, having been restored to health in a few weeks by a very simple remedy, after having suffered for several years with a severe lung affection, and that dread disease, Consump- tion—-—is anxious to make known to his fellow-suf- ferers the means of cure.

To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge). with the direc- tions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a SURE cone for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, Biteswm'rls, CODGHS,UULDS, and all Throat and Lung affections. The only object of the advertiser in sending the prescription is to beneﬁt the afﬂicted, and spread information which he conceives to be invaluable, and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing. and may prove a blessing.

Parties wishing the prescription, FREE, by re. turn mail, will please address

REV. EDWARD A. WILSON.

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Williamsbnrg, Kings 00., New York.

April 9. 1y

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N. B. Directions for the guidance of patients in every disorder are mixed to each Pot. [March 22, 1867. L.

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