Crane & Allen:
Please send another supply of Preservative. I think I could not do business without it; I have all confidence in it and consider it No. 1.
GEO. E. MANVILLE.
Oconto, Wis., Sept. 14, 1885.
Crane & Allen:
I had a case in July last of a young lady whom I embalmed with your Preservative and shipped to Edgerton, and the enclosed extract from the Milwaukee Sentinel of July 25th is in regard to the appearance of the body:
“On Wednesday last, a young lady died suddenly at Oconto, and her remains where brought home to Edgerton for interment. A most singular thing, however, is that the remains were not buried on the day of the funeral. Although apparently dead, the usual evidences of dissolution are not present and there are no signs of it visible. The young lady before her death exacted a promise from her mother that she should not be buried until she was satisfied she was really dead. The remains will not be interred until her death is established beyond all question of dispute.”
It seems they were not satisfied that she was dead until the seventh day afterwards. There could have been no question, however, of her death, as she was regularly embalmed by me, and the life-like appearance was due to the Preservative used.
N. B. MITCHELL.