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 oons embled. He ns  ng: o  f  o the thul depad  he nearesL ltives 8 e   tb mt IF con. huron. When e t unouncemeut  male ves in 8 na by pocing it aloud, ming forw and down hh ong,  it  called, on e Mble, or  a plaM  coffin for the pupae. As n n e offerer pouuces  and wle he i8 ]ang do s meF, e p pim d offerer's name, an immeal F s, "o w ve re f ul of the depad ?"en noer mes fo, nes , and lays down his mon; and us e ceremony cee wie is y on M conibu any tng, even the lent sum. The pri, however, ds not forget M mmr a blessing on eh  he hys w s money on e coffin or ble, by saying, "G bl you." the process continues wle any mey c  obned. Ths on these occasions is consideble, we may conclude, from e belief of pW in the minds of  hearera, and the pec  stances of the occion, when the ffien and neigu of e ceased are uched with 1 the sytes wch the recent 1 pctive sedn of a beloved mlave can inspire. P t, notwisn&ng their jecon  e de, have en  to conibu liberally on such casis, being induced thM by spates of human nae, which ebon unmmon wer such circumstances. However, the apal of the palest  never in vn at such times, and for e  n the success h coidom- ble. We ve witnessed these scen many times in e  of land, and we learn the cusm prevs thebout e whole ther it obi in other counties we are not info,ed. %e may const a descption of this ceremony in M'Gan's Pmt, chapr . O descption h  we ve sf, d  it practised as far as our acquainnce eended; d it   gen us the occuffence of m Catholic fes, d aped  p no dist or opsitiou. . 10. The dtdne of purto, and e practices wch  ected with it, encomge, inculca, and ebh MERCHANmsE OF OULS. The insMnces ven in our lt aph am sng of t. The ces at could be given  exempli[v ts are  nume- rous tt a volume cod not conn em, and  dk d cio th they dst suass the lief of ingenuo PmstM, have not ben nveant with the prfices  Ro ChoHcs. deed, ts unchsfian trc is caed on with unbl effmnM Roman countries; and even in Pwtesmnt coat,es, ough e p- ice is conducted wi much caution and privacy, em  enough occing to prove that the pur is the at ket f raffic in human uis. In Weohnd county, Pa., a cous c w brought fore county cou. It was a st brought ainst e pest, who v in that neighurh, by he, became  roverance had not hid pror number of mes for their deceased relative, which the pd of a farm ced for, tt  been ed  e pest or church fo' he purse of lang out i urals for m to  sd for s Mul. Csidemble excitemere w de in e ty in consequence; b 1

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