Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-04-30
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From Dickens Household Words.
WANDERINGS IN INDIA.

An Indian churchyard presents n very diff
fercnt aspect to a churchyard in England. or
elsewhere The tombs for the most part.
are much larger. When first erected. or
newly done up, they are as white as snow,
formed, as they are generally, of chunam
(rlastcr,) which somewhat resembles Roman
cement; bat after exposure to only one rainy
reason, and one hot weather, they become be-
grimcd and almost black The birds. flying
from structure to structure, carry with
them the seeds of various plants, and
herbs, and these if not speedily removed, take
root and grow apace. \ stranger wandering
in the churchyurd Of Mecrut might fancy
that he is amidst runs of stupendous anti
putty. ifhe were not aware fthe fact that fifty
years have scarcely elapsed since the first Chris
tian corpse was deposited within those walls
which now encircle some five acres of ground
literally covered with tomhs, in every stage of
preservation and decay. | was conducted in
my ramble through the Mecrut churchyard
hy an old aud very intelligent pensioner,
who had originally been private in rcgi-
m"nt OF Light Dragons. This old man
lived by the clurchyard. that is to say, he de
rived u very comfortable income from looking
after and keipinSing repair the tombs Of
those who's friends are now lar away; hut
whose thou ght. nevertheless. still turn occa-
Hionally to That Christian enclosure in the land
OF heathens and idulators.
II get, sir for this business said the old
man nointnr with his stick to a vcry n,ar.
nifront edifce. :. two mounds a vnnr If is
nor much, but it is what | asked. and il ,avs
me very we'll. sir. And if Won shnuld 90
back to England, and ever come across ony of
her family, hone. sir. you will tell them
that do nv duty bv the crave not that
think thev bave nnv Doubt of II C,r tLa,,
must know--or. leastwavs, thew bayo haen
told hy them they can believe-thot if I
never received n E,rthing from them I would
ALWAYS keen it in repair. as it is now. God
bless her. and rest her soul, She was as Good
and beautiful a woman as ever trod this
earth
..Who WAS she?''
:. Tbo w;fa of AN ofEcer in NV ,ld ,.o,,;r,on,
ar I was in hnr husbands tronr, IA,
baen ont twice since the regiment went homo
only IN visit This crave G6r be has Ionn sin 30
sold ont of the service. and is a rich Gentle
man. The last time he came was ahant fve
Years ago, He comes what Won call ;ncog .
nohodv knows who he is and bo novo, o11ls
on ony bodv an that he now does in tb;s
cnnntrv is fo como bero-ston tbraa doys ond
n;gbtsEnntting mn nj the dawl brnS,ln,v
and snendinp his time here crying II i,
there he stands-wbere you stand now-fx-
ing his ewes ON the, tablet and sometimes
loTinr his head down on the stone and call;no,
nnt h9r name , Ellen Ellen Mvown dnar
Ellen - Uo did love her snrel, sir :,
:, ,Judpino from the ace Of rhe Iadv-o3-
and tho 3oto If her death ho must bc rather
an old man now
- Yes. sir. He must he more than sixty.
lint his love for her memory il inst ns strnng
as ever. She died of n fever, moor thing
And for that business. - he again pointed with
his stick to a tomb admirably preserved. :.
used 10 get two pounds ten shillings a-year
That is the tomb of n little rirl of five wear.
old, the daughter of a civilian. The parents
are now dead. They must be. for | have not
heard of 'em or received anv thing from 'em
for more than six years past
Then who keeps the tomb in repair -
~ do. sir. Wien | am here with m,
trowel and mortar. and whitcwasb. why
shouldn't make the outside of the littly
ladv's last home ON earth as bright and n,
fair as those of her friends and neipbbors2
have n nursery of 'em. as call II. over ir
wonder corner-the children S corner. som,
of 'em are pnid for-others not hut whcr
I'm there. doing what's needful. / touch 'en
nm all alike-biess their little souls, An,