{"newspaper_name": "The Columbian fountain.", "edition": "01", "page": "p4", "byline": ""}
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DRINKING AT FUNERALs.-This was a
general practice in the olden time. The
practice is mentioned SO far back as 1886,
n an account Of the funeral Of the Rev.


Thomas Goblet, Of Ipswich. The day


succeeding his death, the Selectmen of the
town held meeting, and voted that Dea-
con Goodhue provide barrel Of wine, and
half hundred weight Of sugar, that Mr..
Rust provide some spice and ginger for the
cider; that some person be appointed to
look to the drawing Of the wine, and the
heating Of the cider, against the time APP
pointed for the funeral, and that ensign
Stacy see that there be effectual care taken
with respect to the above named occasion.