Eureka Reporter | 1905-03-24 | Page 6 | Kept His Father in Spirits

kept H s father in sp ants there is a nn in auvergne france who has preserved the dead body of his father in spirits for the past fit teen tears this person according to a leading newspaper of paris Is M hector granet a former notary and an archaeologist who lives at vive rols in puy de dome M granet placed the corpse of his father in a sort of bath shaped zinc coffin into this the alcohol was poured and the bhole receptacle was coated with ce ment and carefully closed a small aperture being made in the lid this hole was covered with thick glass through which the body of the mum my can be seen the hair and beard of the deceased are said to have sprouted to a marvelous extent and the skin of the face is described as having the cooked tint peculiar to persons who absorb large quantities of ardent spirits