New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-28

He breNd good ale for every creature;
lie hrewd good ale, and sold II too
Aud unto each man gave his due"
The following wrctched eiusion OF CHASTITY puns Is
from Hackney Churchy ard to the memory oiiPeler sui
tT;
stu as Death poor Peter hes
And Stiller wnen alive was he;
sill not without hope 20 rise,
Though suler then he stilI viii be-
In Doncaster Churchyard, is this couplet:
Here les Brothers by msforiin serOunded, -
One dyd OF ms wounds 4 the other was drownded''
The following lines are over the remainso OF koper'
Trolop architect of the Exchange and rown-Hall at
New Castle. England
Here lies Robert Trolop.
Who made yOn stones roll up
when cath took his soul mp.
His body hlled this hole up
In Oafor,isbire the following lines appear on head
Here lies the body Of John Eldred.
At least he will be here when be Is dead;
But at this time he is alive,
The fourteenth Of August, sixty five
In the ehurchyard Of St. Johns IN the old city Of
Chester, the following lines commemorative OF one
Sarah Booth
"A good wife, tender mother,
IL were hard 10 Ind out such another;
10 love she lived, in peace she died,
And when God called he not denied"
On the tombstone Of a smuggler killed by the Excise
Oncers, IS the following:
Here lies,
Killed by IL"
Over the grave Of and wife, whose married life
vas soBeha contentious, is the following expressive
and comprehensive line:
Their warfare is accomplished"
From a tombstone London, the following lines are
Here lies the body OF Nancy Fl Gwyn,
VINO was very pure within
she burst neT outer outer shell dlo Of SIN
As an illustration Of the exieencles OF rhyme an En-
Elish writer cites the following Epitaph from tomb
stone Manchester:
Here lies alas more's the pity,
AL that remains OF Nicholas Sewcity.
n. b. His name was EewJown."
Bot the English eptaphs more than find their match
la American graveyards. In a churchyard near Hart
tore, Conn is the following:
Here lies two babies 50 dead as nits;
DE Lord he Kilt dem mt MS ague ME.
When dey was too gOOd TO hive init IDe,
He took dem up 10 live nit He,
On tombstone erected over the body OF young lady
IN Dorchester, Mass, is the following;
- On the 2st Of March
Gods angels made Sdyrht.
Around tbe door they stood:
They took mad
And cut her down like wood"
Near San Diego, California, tombstone inscription
hus reads:
This we're is sakrid TO the memory OF William Henry
BEaraken, who cain 10 his deth by ben shot by Colts
FevoerOne of the old sDd, bras mountid and Of sutch
u the Kingdom Of heaviD."
The folio wing comes from Ohio:
Under this sod
And under these trees
OF Solomon Pease.
He's not IN this hole,
But only his pod;
He shellcd out his soul
Aud went Ia his God"
Al inscription a tombstone ia East Tennessee con-
SLIDES thus:
'she lived Dfe Of virtue and died Of the cholera
bus, caused by eating green fruit. IN the hope OF
blessed Immortality, az the early OF q years.
months and JIG days Reader go thou and do likewise"
The following which suggestive " coffee drinkers,
is from tombstone in Connecticut:
Here lies cut down like unrpp fruit,
The wife OF Deacon Amos Shute;
she died OF drinking too much coffee,
Amy D0miny eighteen forty"
A tombstone in Texas has the following inscriptions
He remained 10 the last decided friend and sup
porter Of Democratic principles and measures Blessed
The dead who die IN the Lord"
The following is from d cemetery in Maine, and was
erected by the widow
Sacred 10 the memory OF James II. RIM, who died
Aug the 9TH 1900. HIS widow vino mOurns one who
be c0mfOrted aged "a, and possessing every Qua
taiiOn for good wife yesat street, IN this village"
Tie volume closes with a little sage advice the
selection o. epaphs, with specimens OF which the
author CARDS ~ in good taste.