Crane & Allen:

The Excelsior Preservative is the best I ever used, having been in the Undertaking business 16 years and tried almost all kinds of “Fluids” made; and must say that the Preservative takes the cakes—yes, the “whole baking.”

M. D. HOWARD.


Santa Fe, N. M., Sept. 6, 1883.

Crane & Allen:

I have just shipped to New York the body of J. A. Tyler (son of President Tyler). I embalmed him with your Excelsior Preservative, using two gallons of it. The body arrived in New York in first-class condition, and everything was satisfactory.

J. W. OLINGER.

And again, Aug. 18, 1884:

Crane & Allen: