UPRIGHTNESS IN DEATH.

Of German pride we have the following extraordinary anecdote:--A German

lord left orders in his will not to be interred, but that he might be

enclosed upright in a pillar, which he had ordered to be hollowed, and

fastened to a post in the parish, in order to prevent any peasant or

slave from walking over his body.

The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 1660 / 1847 题