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firstly, because it gives a good description ; secondly, 

 because of the spirit in which it was written : — 



Extracted from Tlie Friend, published in London, 

 9th month, 1844. 

 "The circumstances attending the funeral appear 

 to us of so painful and objectionable a character, that 



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we can scarcely forbear offering a few remarks upon 

 them. John Dalton had appointed three executors 

 two of whom, at the time of their appointment, were 

 members of the Society of Friends, and one remains 

 so still. We premise this much, to show that the 

 circumstances we are about to allude to could not 

 have arisen from the ignorance of the parties concerned 

 of the principles and practices of our religious body, 

 or of the deceased as a member of it. We learn from 



