Butte record., 1856-12-27

"Here | lays,
Killed by chaise." F"
Anothea, on singuler quietus:
N'Here l lie.
Killed by skye
Rocket in my eye."
Another:
"Two poo:y babes God gave to me,
As pooty babes as ever you see,
But them wur seized wi ague fits,
And now um lie as dead as mits ~
Another, on one William Weeks:
Here lies poor w. W.,
Who neveI more will trouble you, trou.
bic you."
Another:
"Here lies my old wife, Death did her
throttle,
Before size killed herself with the bran
dy bottle.''
Another, remarkable for ebsence of
photography:
"Afflixions sor
Long tim | Dor,
Physick uns war all vane,
Till God did plecse,
Death me to sees,
And ese me of all pane"
Another, on schoolmaster:
''Here lies poor Mr.. Trtgomay,
Who never more will figure away,
His addition is now vision,
His subtraction is without action,
His multiplication has no situation,
And his division is in prison. :
Let's hope he's gone to better
school
Than any here that he did rule
Another, on a tailor
81 spent my life, by Gods good grace,
In clothing Adams naked race,
God grant me at the dread awaking,
The wedding garment of his making" {"
But the most pomp1us of all writ
ings, dead or living, is that upon a GER
tain Thomas Wardle, recorded in the
ancient Cathedral cf Canterbury. |
have the words in short hand only,
and SO cannot vouch for its fac simile,
but in substnce it runs as follows. 1t
begins somewhat in this strain:
Reader, if you would inquire who
lies under this marble slab, know that
it is Thomas Wardle, Esquire, who, as
it came to pass in the year of our Lord
y held the maoralty of this
great city with indubitable honor, he
was the eldests son of-'s
''Here lies an ass.
1t came to pass,
That as he lived he died,
A pompous fool,
In life fit tool
For Vanity and PRIDE"
Another l remember as being somc-
what remarkable for condolences
"Here lies Charles Septime Mandeye,
Who was born, christen'd, married,
and dy'd on Stndaye:
Sundaye is ye blessed seventh daye of
ye weeke,
As ev.ry goode Chrystian knowethe
who can specke,
He was We seventh child of ye sevethe
some,
And he left seven childrene all but
one,
He was thirtye and one years olde. his
brother sayes,
yet he had but seven in ali birthe
dayes,
And there are but seven of letters in
each his name,
Which ye reader can see if ye do but
count ye same,
Al'ho' many have such relations by
dozens,
He had but seven times seven of cou-
sins,
He dyed in ye seventhe daye of ye sew
enihe nonthc, 1907,
And left us hope is translated now to
We seventhe heaven,
Altho' his numbers were in this condi-
Yet he was quite free of all supersti-
ton,
He lived alwaye conformyinge to God
His Worde
And dyed good Christianne, praisy-
ing ye Lord.
Robertus Mundaye, his second
brother, Scripslt ct sculpsit.
Tombe Mason ON ye most rea-
sonable terms"
In one of these ramblings in Devon
shire, I alighted upon curious marble
tablet, on which was sculptured figure
representing half naked skeleton join
ed to half Fashionable dressed lady,
in full wig and founces, under which
was engraved,
eye double Resurrectione of Ye
Faire Ladye Anna Mounte Edg-
cumbe."
On applying to the old sexton, he
told me the following tale:
1T was told to me- said this worthy
of the spade, 'by ma grandfather, who
received it from his'n, shall discourse
it to mine, and SO twill never be lost
to the wcrld, as far as me and mine
are concerned.
you see, sir, this fair lady had a
whim of her own, to be buried in this
tomb, with bag of nuts at her head,
and her monkey at her feet, for they