Word: burial
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professor Putnam states that the last recorded burial of Indians in Winthrop took place in 1650, so it is certain that these remains are older than that. It is stated that all the land owned by the railroad in that vicinity will be excavated in the spring under the direction of Professor Putnam...
...description of a burial at sea, "A Sketch," is diappointing. The subject is so good that nothing but most excellent treatment could be tolerated, and unfortunately the treatment is mediocre...
...private journal of the late John Langdon Sibley, is found a very amusing account of the burial services in honor of the game of foot-ball which was forbidden by the faculty in the year 1860. Below is given that account in Mr. Sibley's own words...
...mile, read an address and a poem." The address was a very amusing eulogy on the character and merits of the dearly beloved and highly respected game. After the address the gifted speaker read a poem in honor of the deceased, which was an excellent parody on the "Burial of Sir John Moore...
...miners at the Mormon diggings, which made a very pleasant ending to a day of hard labor. The men, it is said, sometimes took a little too much liquor. They had many unpleasant experiences with "horse theif" Indians and robbers. Every man looked out for himself in those days. Burial places even were hard to obtain...