Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1877 — Grave Justice. [ARTICLE]

Grave Justice.

Judge Rheme, of the Orphans’ Court, in Luzerne county, Pa., was asked by an administrator to allow $1,390 for burial expenses out of an estate of $3,800. He refused, and said : “ Pompous processions of great length, glistening silverplated caskets, and carved marble monuments are unnecessary for Christian burial. Such parades may gratify the vanity of the living, but when a decedent’s estate is limited and bis debts are not paid, or where be leaves a family of helpless children, the expenses of such burials will not lie allowed out of his estate. Those who contract for and enjoy such luxuries must pay for them themselves.”