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Show RUM IS EFFECTIVE AS EMBALMING FLUID TUSCALOOSA, Ala The olden days when rum was considered thej very perfection of embalming fluid were brought forcibly to mind here re- H H cently with the falling Into decay of J the vault or mausoleum of Charles 11. H Patterson and hi? wife H Patterson, a highh respei ted botl H proprietor, died in 1847. and his wife H in 18G7. lloth bodies wen enclost i in leaden caskets filled with rum and hermetically sealed before being placed into the vault, which was built on the lop of the ground Although tbe ravages of the ele- H ments had obliterated the brick walls H of the vault the caskets were found to be In perfect state of preservation. H Embalmers say there is no doubt that the bodies of the Pattersons re-main re-main perfectly preserved. 00 H Andrew Carnegie left a pension fund H j of $23,000 u year for ex-presidents of H the Drilled States. |