| Show OUR OGDEN LETTER OGDEN CITY utah aug 16 1886 editor deseret news the chief attraction today to day in this city was a little board shan shanty on fifth street treet fc near the catholic church the event even was the funeral of CHARLEY FOO alias little charley a chinaman of considerable prominence and who has resided in ogden for a number of years he acquired a fair knowledge of the english language and acted as interpreter and in other official capacities tur for the benefit oi his bis conferees cen con feres of the celestial empire he had been ailing for some time past and on friday morning last he gathered up his feet shuffled off his mortal coil and departed to the land where mauv many almond eyed in mongolians mongo ongo lians had pre preceded cedea him thim funeral SERVICES which were of a varied aud and elaborate character commenced at 2 p in today at the mortuary ri residence dence the ceremonies were witnessed by hundreds of white people who had assembled for the purpose at the hour appointed the celestials celesti als had bad assembled in force to do honor to the memory of their departed friend the the remains was was placed on pedestals on the sidewalk of the street with head to the east and teet feet to the west immediately mediately lm in the rear was a table of considerable dimensions loaded with a variety of rich viands among which were A GOOD SIZED PIG and another grunter a suckling which had been dressed cooked and served up un whole for the occasion the largest of these por cines was decorated with cooked chickens etc still further in the rear was another table covered with fruits liquors and other paraphernalia for the feast of the spirit of the deceased mongolian on either side of this last mentioned to table ble a celestial was stationed to conduct the ceremonies A mat was pla placed aced upon toe the ground upon which t the mongolians Mongo lians in couples knelt bowed low three times then took from the table a small cup filled fill ed with whisky scattered a portion on the ground then took a rush straw ignited it bowed three times again passed the straw to a Chi chinaman on the left arose to their feet retried and gave place to other couples who went through the same ceremony in deference to the memory of their deceased brother during these operations WAX CANDLES were burning on the table and the chinese metallic band consisting of a gong and two cymbals discoursed celestial cef estial music which composed of one tune of about six notes and no variations flags of the empire and numerous banners bearing as many mottoes in the chinese tongue wave waved in the breeze THE OGDEN BRASS BAND had been engaged for the occasion and executed a n umber number of popular dirges and marches among which were greenwoods Green woods dirge fallen comrade Gar garfielda fields march Long fellows march etc at the casket was placed in the elegant new hearse of mr james gale and the long cortege under the supervision of mr mi S fc M took up its march to the 0 aden cemetery the procession was preceded by two prominent chinese on white horses then came the hearse followed by mourners and friends in carriages and several hundred of white trash on foot the latter lined each sade of the road read to the grave yard on reaching the burial place the flags banners bedding clothes and other effects of the deceased were gathered in piles and after the body had been lowered into the grave the above named effects were ignited and termed formed a GRAND FUNERAL PYRE the pigs etc were also CODS consumed UMed by the fiery ery element candies and other sweets as offerings to appease and conciliate the bad spirit were dispensed to the crowd also numerous small packages containing a di dime I 1 me coin of the united states and ev every ery john returned to his abode on sunday there was another ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE out but which proved unsuccessful A person named william chestnut twice stabbed him himself self aitu murderous intent but although he intended to centre the heart he missed it it is averred that hat he is insane if so there is coolness and method in his madness for he retired to an outer building for the purpose of committing the rash act he was discovered and prevented from further attempts to take his own life he is under the care of dr powers it is expected that in a short time he will be taken to the asylum for the insane he once attempted to drown himself the erection of the new RAILWAY DEPOTS at the junction city is now being prosecuted but only in the expectation of the people of this town who have so long looked forward to a consummation so devoutly wished for by them at various times meetings of the cit eizens of ogden have been held resolutions passed to appropriate means for this purpose and committees appointed who have waited on the railroad 3 in magnates here and in the west for e p purpose u in pose of coaxing or otherwise n inducing d g them to commence the erection tion of respectable railroad buildings at the station at this junction the chief officers of both roads have declared they were ready and each said they were waiting for the others that some few minor items in the prelim binaries iio jin aries were not quite adjusted but would bre be shortly when the work of depot building would be begun and vigorously carried forward to their completion thus the of all classes have been gulled jear year after year ear bg by specious promises and elated elate I 1 by t these ese expectations the miserable old wood shanties still remain the monuments of railroad enterprise at one of the most important junctions on the eat transcontinental highway between the atlantic and the pacific oceans WEBER |
