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account ofa dead body Jomd Under thsborch


ofChrist Church, in Boston, MaYsachu-


sets, in a high state Of preserp0iion.


A circumstance occurred short time
since, while the work men were repairing
Christ Church in this town, and erecting
some new tombs under it. that deserves to
hcrecorded in the Anthology. II he ground
under the porch at the entrance of the
Church was directed to be dug up, this
spot having been given tor the erection Of
two pmbs. At the distance of six feet
from The surface, grave was discovered,
in which was found coffin Of hard pitch
pine, commonly called the Norway pine, ve-
:ry litde decayed, which, ON being opened,
contained anSo.h'x of the same wood. very
handsomely made, and not at all injured |;
the lid of this being lifted showed a body
wrapped in tarrcd sheet, that, on being
removed from the face, presented the coua.
tenande of a man that appeared quite re-
Gently to have died his flesh was fresh and
ford, as though just shaved ;'the flesh hard
TO the touch, and every appearance Of "a new
CORPSE, from short and not painful illness !;
two OF three sprigs of myrtle or box, green
as Just cut from the stock, were also lying
on the outside Of the tarred sheets.


Both cotIins had on their lids, in brass
nails, the le,,ers I. T. and grave stone, at
the htad Of the grave, declared the person
inferred there to be Mr.. John Thomas, Of
the Island of Barbadoes, aged 45 years,
who died 25,h June, A. D.. 1926, more
than eighty two years ago. The number
of persons who came to see this curious
fact, from the 6neness of the preservation,
and the manner of it, induced the wardens
to direct the coffin to be closed again and
buried, which it is, at the N. =. corner o.
,he church. The soil under the porch was
yellow clay, mixed with small stones ane
some gravel. Whether the body had beer