Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-12-27


And there are but seven of letters in
each his name,
Which ye reader can see if ye do but
count ye same,
Aliho' many have such relations by
dozens,
He had but seven times seven of cou-
sins,
He dyed in ye seventhe daye of ye sew
enthe nonthc, 1907,
And left us hope is translated now to
We seventhe heaven,
Altho' his numbers were in this condi-
ton,
Yet he was quite free of all supersti-
ton,
He lived alwaye conformyinge to God
His Worde
And dyed good Chrlstanne, praisy-
ing ye Lord.
Robertus Mundaye, his second
brother, Scripsit 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 scul ptured figure
representing halfnaked skeleton join
ed to half Fashionable dressed lady,
in full wig and founces, under which
was engraved,
aye double Resurrectione of Ye
Faire Ladye Anna Mountc 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 Il will 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
both died the same day. She was an
old maid, no doubt, and that was one
reason why she made such will.
Well, sir, she was buried with valna-
BILE diamond ring on her finger, wolch
It seems. the clerk of the churdh knew,
and so, says he to the sexton, Sam, |
don't see the use in burying treasures
with the dead, they can make no use
of them, so let's unscrew the coffin of
the old lady, sell the ring, and divide
the spoils' No sooner said than done,
the clerk and sexton broke open the
tomb. hoisted out the old lady, cut off
the finger that bore the ring. because
it wouldn't come off easy. Now, says
the clerk to the sexton, as we are out
of the spree. what do you say to one OF
Farmer Giles tat lambs, tits just the
time for lamb and green peas, I've got
the peas, you get the lamb, who'll be
the wiser;' Very well, said the sex.
ton. but how shall manage it. /? why,
replied the clerk, m stay here, and IT
I hear any one coming I'll crack some
of these nuts, as a signal, and can wait
until the coast 10 O'oui' o~ SJ
the sexton, and off he went.
Now it happened that carpenter
had occasion to cross the churchyard,
TO Get to the village inn, where he
lived, and coming home on this night
late from his work, he heard strange
cracking sound in the church, and look
inc up af the windows saw strange lights
fitting about the place, and something
all in white, which no doubt was the
rogue of clerk, clothed in his rever-
ence,s surpIice, to frighten passengers
awav from tae place. So he takes HIM
to his heels as fast as his legs could
carry him, and arrives almost out OF
breath at the village inn, and relates
abathe has seen most frightful appa-
rition in the church, and that all the
place was lighted up, and cracking OF
flames were heard in it. A poor Grip.
pied tailor who sat in the corner smok-
ing his pipe, ridiculed the idea IN such
a manner as to excite the ire OF the
- carpenter, and the tailor challenging
him to the proof Of there ever being
such a thing as a ghost, there was n"
ro,,;n awav from the suspicion of his