The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-09-24
TIE GRAyEOF FRANkLIy

TIE GRAVE OF FRANKLIN.
| In an ancient grave ward situated on one Of
IN. n-inciu,I .lrryls of pbilad.lubi, sYr,oprI Tod
| by a massive brick wall In one Of its mos, 70.
| mote CORNERS A rlsln ularLis slL living raraU.I
with the ground mny be seen. Beneath tbat
simple grave stone repose. the ashes of B.,j
! Frankln Il forms a striking contrast with th,
/ hrantltul monuments and towering top,b s,on,s
that sIrroan4 It. and upon it4 face /. written ,he
-uuple inscription 'Isnjayqin FIanklir and
| Deborah hi, lcife'
| A. we entered through lhe large ;,u, c,t,.
way intn the .rcreL REPOSITORY IF III. dead #
wa. with no sm.I! degree Of difficulty ,b,t We
| found IA. plain and simple grave of Franklin
A, We sro u beside that humble and lowl, grave
we could nut hello thinking ,f o,i,er ds,s and
olhrr tralr.. Whatn chage has cpme over Ia.
mind. oG men since the d,ys of Fraukl,nl We
>aey II IN the ryenus tomb stones in ,ha; grave
yerd We see II IN the funeral roa,D with which
earIh drckpth h.r dpa! ones for the tomb. We
~. itin the hanging gardens. the ljou.d t,.n.
tains and The bed. OF rn.e. which now J,ck the
gardens ul the vi ,cr. Of .hs rich. We sea il in
The yrnnd.ur the luxury which is so rupch sn,,,E
after and loved by the posteriiy Of our f,r.f,tb.
,rs.
As We yazJ upon the simpis grave Of Frank.
! lin. boy dItr.r.u,. thourbt W.. rr7m tho.s nrouI
ones Of the E4.t.who blended their immor,al,ty
with the monuments which were erected over
Their bones! Ihty l'si so long as those gor-
g'ouS works OF art st"o oer their grayPs to tel
the stranger VINO was buried there; Ant when
| Time placed his whitening grasp upon them, and
decayed anu moulheied taeln they died together
here u no monument that rears itself over the
ashes oi Franklin Tor Time to destroy. his I'M
mof'ahtS IS blended WIN MS deeds ard aciiJ1s.
how We should h~ed 10 have lived IN The days
OF frtnhIh ll"w We should have delighted to
hn'd c"nRss'' "''h NE F'nins, lhtr ti' SA'I,s'
mar ,he t"' o ana tne sage! Ana when he
ped' no" we su"uid nave ieJ'ieeh 70 snow cur
trgatu ,f ''e nrh"'y "' ,he u'au' oy mn''ten
'o"'afy e'o' "t 'hf va',eS as II sounded "S
h'''o" mo.n upon VI, conn llu now dlrrent'
we nave o,'eh lhous"'' was 'he 'u'!o' "i FRANK
.ih iio:h ""i' we "''Hr's every gay m our midst.
iiue' !, mus nave o'en $50 DAY Tor EmeFica
when Franklin d'ei, Itne 1t Is 'na' there wa
one un''er'al manifestation oi regret when the
h'W' "e"' ''',n 'h-' F'""N,h WAS no more
bAt u you ''N'u nave seen 'nh U1'n VINO follow
eH Horn'u us '''i'u oe'' .'"'hru M 'he p''ln
'"O',''e"'' %. 80, VI III y"" 'ou'u nave seen
Nun 'a" " ~ "u"oN gave" you '"E1I
nave oen'" 'h,s' No' WoC'u nave cen aston
,s"r"' A,W"'"c' '',' u'e s'+'"' 'ahAlh Sh"'''u
" uu''e' "Us' VI, s"," c,'"" "","''h"ut PouP
"''"Ou' e"o"' N''"o"' ''"ilieu u'u'us 10 UeaN'
Funeral marches to his grave
VT he who lived PhIlosnpher's life ehoae I.
b. buried Ikea PHILOSOPHER, and lie iu a pLilo,
opher grave.
What, we have often thought would be the
feelings of franklin if he could be permitted TO
r,e from his grave and ga.e for few moments
around him, How he @nuIi be amazed in be.
holding the wouderUu. changes time has wrought,
Hnw altered the customs and f.shous--how
changed the 'Quker Ci.y'--,h. poope-,he
gnvernment--jhe Cuugress-lhe couu,ry. And
then when he yuull NpAold bIs natng inscribed
on every sl.n p1sr--cuuuected with every as.
soriaiiln--a,lupted hy ngmhurlss, iu.tituiiups
s,ue as IN memory Uf t.parted Uu-th-.ome
as hi,h in,en,ive- TO prosperity aud success
some tor the popularity OF the name alone, and
others f,r u glorious example, how amazed he
; would be
But We have partially dgrasced from our
/ theme. Although thoughts, similar to those ",
have Just mentioned. entered our mind ns ",
stood solitary ami allue gtzug upon the grave oi
BENJAMIN Franklin, However sua,ge they may
app.nr to b.: struck u, with peculiar force.
Tne simple Tomb Stone that uarks the spo
where mpul,icr, tho remains uC Franklin. has mo-
escaped the hand of the dcsruyrr Alrsad,
blackenel hy time. It's cn,ners hnve been b,ukrr
( AMI deMcei b, some thuushtlr.s mortals, VIII,
dr.i-cd to chori.hrd the lfeles, piece Of ston,
which ,hpy h ID gotten there as sweet memorial
the immortal franklin, aud 10 hand down a
. such 20 ihrIr pnst,ri,y
II wa.a beautiful May morning when We rtnoe
, by the side Of Franklu's grave. The b,rds wer,
singing upon the branches uf the vrriant tree,
which gracei the walks of the beautiful cemetery
{ m | the sweet aowers which bioomrd upon Tin
4 green grave q: many dvp,r,ed one, secuted tn