The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-01-14

1ad. uhiIst a G'td 81 0uid be d'spdtct'd dHdJoSyh,
lOu arr dixfnttns Of yoar Generals.
Ote would have ling, ing wars with hat little rost
Another would fly swim. but wanteth wings
4 third man thinks. without expense ut al,
by guilcful fair words peace may be obtained.
Awake! awake! English nobility!
a Meditation Am on~ tho Tombs.
(frem the Clevesnd lIsrald)
We arc sick of the --latest news" Poll
tics are dclusion and the last Gle .tOn a
snare. Newspaper reading is wcariSomc,
$" many Of the papers having assumed a
butternut tint that is bad for the eyes. Like
Macbeth, We stand driven into corner and
cry out in despair, Bring me 10 more re
ports" We Sympa,hize with Dngberry,
that wise old "iellow that hath had losses"
In fact, III. Ea....
Our hap loss, our hope hut sad despair.
Our rank. are broke, and ruin follow u.s."
Light reading is out Of the question, and
testing has become unsccmly. Sack clo.h
is the only wear. and gruse literature the
appropriate study. 4 voluninols collec.
,i"n "f cpi,aphs forms part Of our "bonk
for serious hours" We have been search
ing its pages for an appropriate inscription
t" place on the grave "f our buried hopes.
where ar: none affecting enough to describe
our sorrows. But the following selections
may afford our fellow mourners. as they
have us, few moments Of SOrrOwful dc
Eight. and perhaps provoke an occasional
burst nf solemn laughter.
TIE f"ll"wing hcing specimen Of conso
lation extracted from misfortune, appropri
ut " commences tn. selections. 1t is in
Burton church. on the grave Of ElzabctE
Ireland, died 1879:
E'erc lie At the Chancel door
lierc II: nee 'usr In poor,
The further In. 'he more YOU pay;
Here lie |, warm \ they.
The next. specimen Of tombstone brew
i;y, is at Wr"Xham:
Nevc lies Shore
say no more,
Who alive
In six y-fve.
The El'Oving j ,untv specimen is at
>trpncy. on William Whea,l.y, who died
4. d.. 1888:
Whoever trcadcth thi. Stone,
= ~, YOU read OF n.x.ly.
F,r underneath the sAme doth lie
Your honcst friend, will Waea'lcy.
In Barnstahie church, on John i ,yle,
who ,i,ed \. ID. l1i+. ag'l s years:
E!c,t the Prophet in hi. Heavenly shade,
Hut Oh . ht'w >o"n did his umbrella fade!
Lake our irail hOlIes, which. ocin, born Of clay,
Spring in q night and Water in a Day.
\ tolcrablc safe bet is the f"liowing, at
Bri2hlwc'l. on Stephen Rumb,l Id, dicd 4.
ID. 1857, aged loj:
lie lived One Hundred and Five,
Sangune and ,'roug;
An Hundred TO rive
You live not 20 long.
The following solemn tomb. stone ballad
is from F"lkc>tonr, on Martha Wells, wife
Of John Wells, iii d l777:
We far from here lid co.nc.
Each oth her for 10 join
In peace with all men here We lv'd
Aud did in love combine
But oh remark the ,trange,
Yet Eeaven'- VIE d cree.
II" lodged within the silent grave,
He's rolling in the sea.
The sui joined is a whole epic conicns d
int" an eptaph Of cp;sr.'mmatic t-rsencss.
1t is from King Stanley Cnurchyard. Glou
ccsterShi,e. on Ann Collins, who died Sept.
II, 1904, aged AZ:
Twas a< she trip. from cask to ca~k,
IN at the hung hole quickly fell,
SGNocatNn was her task.
She hsd no time 10 say E,rexsll.
At the "id mems hospital, Nnrwich:
In memory Of Mr.. Phchc Crave who
died May ~. 1877. aged = year,
q ..-.-. Who dsrinG t'rty wears
practice a. n midwife
in this city hrou ght into
the world nre thousand
.. seren hundred aud
thirty children. .. -. ...
If Malthus, the ant population man,
should meet Mrs. Cr,ve in the land of spir
IT'S, he would knock her OF. the head with
his Essay on Population. What heap of
misery one woman brought into the world
We quote Il few more at random: sv
Gentle Reader gentle Reader, ...s..,
Look on the spot where do lie
was always a very good feeder,
But how the worms do iced on /.
At Chmch Crcton, Salop:
On q Thursday she was horn,
On a Thursday made a bride, ..-.
On Thursday rut TO bed.
On y Thursday broke her leg, ard
On u Ihur-day died. ...a
At WOolsiantos, Oh the grave of Ann
jennings:
Some have chiidren-some have nonc--
licrc lies the neither OF tNeuty-one.
AT Oakiain, 1856. on \ woOlcuttcr:
The Lord saw good was lop ing on wood,
Ant down tell from h~ tree
met with check, and broke my neck,
And 20 death Topped Oft me.
As a match to the unhappy woolcut.
ter'S fate, VIC give tire eri,aph on Mr.. 10.
Sph Grapp, shipwrigh,,' in Mylor, Corn
wall:
Ala friend Joseph
His end Mere Aimn, 1 sudden
As thou the mandate calno
Express rroul heaven.
hi foot IL Slip sDd he did fall,
help, help he cries, anu that Vas all.
At Edwal,on. Noltingt,amshirc, on Re.
bccca Fr, Gland, Ill. Il 1.4l:
She drank good ale good punch and vine,
and lived TO the age OF %.
The next is rather severe on a departed
>pin>t,r. The fellow who put it on her
gr.ve no doubt made sure she was quite
dead before he dared do SO:
Beneath this silent stone il la,d
I-.. noisy. antqusts maid. ."
VII" i,om her cradle talked % death,
And ne CT before MAS out Of breath.
The statemen: in the next is somewhat
open to exceptions of fact: WI u.
Usder this sod lies John Round. s. ..
Who was lost in the ,ea, aud meyer found.
IE Guii>tield church. aid, on David vii.
!iams, died 1869: a..
Und r this Yew.Trre
Buried would he Re,
-..-a Because his Fxthsr-ha
. IT.. Planted this Ysw, Tree. r.#
Inc most touching Of all the cpltaphS
given is the following wi'h which we tear
fully close our "Mcditati, ms among the
Tombs." 1t is from Dymock. Gloucester.
shire, on the graves Of two children:
Two sweeter bsbss you mare did see
Than t;od amity Grrd tn Wrs t.. ...
But they or al en- acur GttS
Aud here they l,s has d-sd as nits.
~ Why was King Solomon unlike
Sluart's Cavalry? lie was not raid like
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