VI 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
It*s No Secret. Everybody’s Talkiny ! ! 
about the popularity of the Ovid Casket Lowering Device. Sales are increasing each year as shown in the following comoarison. 
1898. Altogether new idea. Hard to sell. 
1899. Easier to convince the profession. 
1900. Customers begin t i demand the use of device. 
1901. Absolute necessiti'. Good investment. 
1902. Telegraph, Telephone, Express. Hurry! Hurry!! Hurry!!! Funeral on hand. Nothing but 
the Ovid Lowering Device will do. We know it’s a beauty and are sure it is safe. 
Snpt. Edward G. Carter, 
Oak woods Cemetery, 
Chicago, 111. 
“We are greatly pleased 
with the device and re- 
ceive many expressions 
of approval from those 
who see it in operation.” 
Thirty-five prominent 
officials and business men 
in the city of Detroit own 
the Ovid Double Folding 
Device. It is used excly- 
sively in that citj’. 
We manufacture 
nothing that we cannot 
recommend and guar- 
antee. 
No device is complete 
without our new improved 
Grave Lining. 
Prof. W. P. Hohenschuh, 
Iowa City, Iowa. L e c t - 
urer. Demonstrator and 
Author. The most wide- 
ly known and popular 
Funeral Director in the 
United States. He says: 
“I have used the device 
over a hundred times and 
when I know of a good 
thing in our line I do not 
hesitate to say so.” 
He owns an Ovid Device 
Phone or Telegraph 
at our expense. Send for 
catalogue and prices. 
Use either Phone, Bell 
100; Union 57. 
The above funeral scene shows our Device in actual work lowering a very heavy 
metallic casket (650 pounds) at the funeral of a late United States Senator, 
Portland, Maine. The cemetery officials own four Ovid Devices. 
Folding CasKet Lowering Device WorRs, - - - 
Ovid, Micti. 
GRAVE 
DIRT 
COVER 
MADE OF GREEN DUCK. 
9 Ft. O In. by 12 Ft, 
Is 
the 
health 
and 
com- 
fort 
of 
your 
citi- 
zens 
worth 
con- 
sider- 
ing? 
DURFEE TENT 
MEG. CO. 
A GRAVE TENT 
Should always be set when the people 
need protection against rain, cold winds 
or the baking rays of a hot sun. 
I [ Parties attending the funeral will leave warm, closed carriages 
in a perspiring condition without regard to the weather; they cannot 
bring a Tent, but surely appreciate the protection one provides, and 
are willing to pay liberally for such services rendered. Our Tents 
are modestly made for cemetery use, of gray material, with brown, 
reinforced peak and scallop binding ; made with detachable walls all 
or half way around. 
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 
You will know prices and all about one hundred and twentyosix 
different sizes and qualities by sending for our Tent Circular. 
