Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-07-12

yards TO stumble apon an epltaph such as
this ?
SACRED TO MEMORY or
PHILIP ROE
Who Died September l2th, 1915
The vocal Powers herele US marx
ofPhrip, our late Parish Clerk.
. In Chur 81 none ever heard Layrnau
With clearer voice ''AmenW
Who now with Halle uiahs Sound
Like Him cAa make the Roofs rebounG'
The Choir lament his Choral ronss
The Town-so s,on here he His Bones.
"Sleep undistuTbed within thy peaceful shrine
TIL angels wake thee with such notes as thine
Poor Philip what sad fate is yours The
stranger comes and generations yet unborn
will come to laugh instead OF mourn over your
silent tomb. What manner of men were they
who thought such lines fitting eulogy for a
worthy christian Philip would have been
perfectly justGable il he had burst his cer,-
ments, returned to earth and visited fearful
retribution upon those, who thus made him
ridiculous even in his grave. The last two
lines are respectable but they are marked rs a
quotation. The original fountain of inspra'
ton evidently ran dry before the space upon
the tombstone was filed and the 'poick' was
forced 10 summon reinforcement.
After tea we sat in the coffee room and
listened tn the townsmen talk as they sat
sociably over their hot gin. They discussed
wheat, wool, cheese, horses, cattle, and agri-
cultural fairs and shows, just as country peo-
pie do with US, and were kind and courteous
to each other to a surprising degree. All the
pleasant little expressions current in the con-
versation Of gentlemen, like 'you ARE very
kind--sorrY to trouble you--thank you kindly
my dear sir-I beg ycur pardon, etc, fell
with perfect naturalness and hueney from the
/. tongues of these men, who in social position
J.. seemed and in general intelligence undoubt
), edly were, far below the average OF our Amer
= lean farmers Our ceuntrymen, although rich
. in all kindly feelings, are generally in toe
l. great a hurry, or too earnest and strsightior
e. ward to pay much attention to the grnces 0
polite society, and are really behind all othe
k civilized people in cvility,
At These English inns differ widely in som
respects from the country hotels Of Amer
ls ica A traveller upon entering one c
re them is met by the host or hostess
! with servants to receive his luggage
4, and be is asked, Commercial or private
J. question which if he be but lately arrive
'e in the country, will likely to result in his b.
: wilderment II he answers Commercial,
ed he will be ushered into comfortable parlo
in which he will occupy as a loungng place ap
at dining room in company with any other oasut
~ visitors of like tastes and inclinatons, II b
or answers private he will be put into posse
m sion of bed room and sitting room, wher
he will have his meals served in that perie'
MS secluson which the majority Of Englishme
Of regards as so indispensable 10 their comfor
I'm There is no "ofice" or reception room, an
~ there are no impertinent inquiries made as
ot name, residence or destination There is n
US. common table either, and no fixed hours e
rts meals. You order what you wish at any hor
~ 10 aud you pay only for what you order, TheI
be is no crashing gong to drive slumber fro
he your eyelids in the morning, and no necessiI
he for a rush to the table lest the seats be all o
.ue cupied aud the edibles dispatched There
no bar room either, and none Of that soem
perpendicular drinking 10 which American
so generally Indulge. lostead there is
zen coffee room, in which there are cushiont
''e seats and convenient little tables, and the
10 congreeate the bibalously inclined, and SOC
,es ably sip their wine or gin, and fIl the roo
oI' with smoke from long stemmed pipes tt
!, r. servsuts Fe prompt and eticiear aud |
dis matter low much trouble you give them, th'
70 dom dog you continually Tor money. NC
the will fad them hoWAyer ON hand at YOUR 4
r,v r'S parrurr, with many significant hows and 9th
out geslcuations, and should you remain obtu
the or oJdrpAtel yol will vooa bear a modest
preferred request that you will ''remembe
,,o the Porter, Boots, and the Chambermaid
w An American who travels to see people, al
who has been accustomed 10 siudy nation
sin aud indisidua characteristics 10 The crowds
Eve meets at hotels in his own country, will n
like the quietueSs of the English inn at 6r