JAS. SMITH.
Cassopolis, Mich., July 29, 1887.
Crane & Allen:
I want to write you about our first case of embalming. It was the wife of a prominent citizen, and it was desired to keep the body until the arrival of friends from Virginia. She died of a heart difficulty, and at the time of her death was so black her own relatives would not have known her. We went to work with the Preservative and followed the instructions of your Manual, and the appearance of the body improved every day, and at the end of five days many people said it was the handsomest corpse that they had ever seen. We were a little anxious ourselves about the results, it being our first case, but we are receiving congratulations from everybody. We now see that there should be no difficulty in any person taking your Manual of Instructions and the Preservative and doing a good job of embalming just as well the first time as any.
C. C. NELSON.
Pulaski, Tenn., Feb. 18, 1884.
Crane & Allen:
We are well pleased with your Preservative; in fact, we prefer it to all other embalming preparations.