South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07

side sleeps his mother, one Of whom it
might be said ike Euoch, her walk on
earth was with God "Hic facet" WM
MULLEDY-remembe red by many. Mark
you Won marble shaft--it is In memory Of
( WM ! ARMSTRONG, who lived beloved by
his fellows. Tue three who were friends,
/ ARMSTRONG, J Il. KERCHEvAL, A. W
NCDOwELL,-gener0us noble, popular
all lie in this yard, all passed away within
f a few months Of each other. Do you re-
member thcm? We pause in sorrow-who
I does not remember Mrs. WM. ARMSTRONG
sud her dsugh-crSiu-lawy B1th Tie here
their deeds were good, their faith was
strong. DAVID ARMSTRONG and his wife
driven from Ireland by oppressive laws,
| they found u home in this new world, and
here a grave. Let us 60 to this other old
oak tree, and resting against it let our eyes
/ wander to the unmarked grave of ADAM
/ HEIsKELL-he was one of Morgan's men
| he passed thro' the trials Of the great
wilderness to Quebec-he, one of the old
( famous Clutch mess :" all his comrades
rest in the graveyards at Winchester, here
! he awaits the commands his "Great Cap
/ { in" Shall the resting place Of the cold
soldier" bo disturbed Here rests Chris.
/ HEISKELL, = business man and his wife.
/ Aye, poor mummy BETsEY grave, Mrs.
/ ELIZ ITZGERALD) you can hut remem-
/ Der the mild and gentle old lady, whose
/ eye was soltened by no light sorrow, whom
| young aud oil so loved whom the infant
was always taken to sec. There in that
brick enclosure, rest JOHN JACK aud his
/ wife, aud his sons JAMES aud CARLToN
7 4 IT, IA. l..
] -prim, straight, dignihcd- with his long
/ queuc--you could but feel respect for him.
/ His son, Carlton, known to every one
who, years before his death, ever doubted
/ but that God had given him new heart
/ Dat there, lie the remains Of MARY, the
/ grand niece of Lord FAIRFAX-youu beau.
/ tiiul, accomplished, consumption give the
/ hectic flush 20 her cheek and hurried her 20
/ the tomb. Aud over there, simple stone
marks the "home" OF MARGAREr BLACK,
the little daughter of one Of our irst miu-
listers, under whose administration the
Church was built. There, yes, away in
the upper portion on the hillside, is the
pauper's grave. ] remember his burial
well-a cold windy, day, we boys stopped
our game to see the 5urying, seated on the
fence We witnessed it. No one was there
save those who assisic3-no hymn was
sung, no prayer ml3e-thc winds whistlcd
/ thro' the trees, the tall grass bowed mourn
fully, men drew their coats more closely
/ to thor bodies, and the cold hard clods fell
Sc hard upon the cofin. Poor man, the
/ light Of reason had years before ceased to
shine-but no'r, his soul knew the realities
of the other worid-,he dcmcnted paupor
had then more knowledge than the spccta-
. tors Yes, up there is the burying place
T Of the ENDLEE s-a good, honest, hard
working race-the cold FIRST settlers" have
. Oh departed our mind recalls JONI aud
/ WILLIAM ENuLER, and the old lady "Mam-
my Ender," what bog ever raised in this
. village, what county-mou who ever attend
ed Court in years past does not remember
/ the old house on the corner, Mammy's
cakes and beer and her broken words foil
I of life and hope, cheering as her beer, good
as her cakes. Where lies THos. RAGLAND?
Somewhere here-Ragland, the lawyer Of
promise, whose bright dreams Of ambition
were cut short, ere ;hey were realized, by
the deathly breath Of the fever. Over there
lies CRtIG WooDHOw-the afflicted one 49,
whose classical tests and ready Information
heart So macy remember Yes, there rests
also tho ola Clerk, Col WOODROW, the
man os strong viii, and ANDREW his son
and otlor members of chat once Influential
and largo family And out there Is the
grave Of JAMES DAILEY--tbe father Of q
numerous family, sons and daughters, 49,
Daley, The Elder, the fnaucier of his day
and generation, the banker, q ma8 of great
foresight Of iioe business qpal tcations, en-
tcrpr ing and energetic. And there-fol-
iaw che direction my finger points, and
y1u w.l G1i ths grave of one ones fall Of
II.., ~ mirlh, of hnm0r, who died because
be was "t0 good n fellow end o-,ld not
resist tha temptation % The sparkling bowl
You sec those graves several Of them en-
closed, out there near ~ the fence on the
Wc-l those are strangers graves-BLAcK-
Man, whom Consumption hurried away so
ynIuu-GEO. PORrEBFIEID, his last hours
wre so0tbed by the hands If kind friends
How fl4l the snow falls How thick the
utitc fakes are Soon the dead will be
provided with another winding sheet We
mus, leave them here-loavo old memories
leave the graves of those We love, for
once We bad two liftIa brothers and a sister.
,b.Ir resting place b. here We arc about
opening tho gate, whe0 turuiuvt0 our right
ve see grave stone and thc letters are AZ
most filed with The snow fakes. -wr brush
ta.m oGan1 Rood ELIZA WILSON Foorr-
our Pastor lt.lo child whom tho angels
called away We hurry t0 our warm ire
side o. dream RI tho pa, aud cherishi0g as
taa p1t dearest to our memory Tho old