Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-03-20


A correspondent sends the follow
ing to the Boston Journal:
From "Book of Epiiaphs, Quaint,
Curious, and Elegant recently pub
lished in England, / sclecta a few which
may be new aud interesting to some
of your readers. ~
The necessity of rhyme is well IL.
lustrated by the following touching
epitath
Under TINS stone aged three score and ,eu,,
n. B.--For Hen read Cock. Cock
wouldn't como I'm rhyme.
Epitaph: w f
Here lies John Ipuna, s.s{ sa8sf
Who was Killed by gun
His name wasn't Bum, ba, his real name wa.
hut Wood woaldp't rhyme with gun. SO Thought
Bunn Would .. rs
Another:
This little hero that lies here
Was conquered by the diArrheer.
In a churchyard near Newfoundland
lie buried the two wives of Thomas
Sexton. On the tombstone OF one is
the following: s's 17 VIZ
q
She was wife who never vexed one y
l cants say no much for the one on the next stone
In Westminster Abbey; on Samuel
Footc, the comedian:
Here lies one Focrr, whose death many thousands
For death has now one Roor within the grave
Here is curious specimen, found i'm
the Old Grey Friars, Edinburgh;
Now she II rest, and 10 am
The following is = beautiful insta nee
of cOnjugal affection; -.ss
Here lies my dear wife, q sad siatteIn and shrew;
II said regretted her. should lie too. =
On lawyer in ehnrchyard in
Norfolk:
God works wonder now and then,
He, though lawyer, was an honest man.
In st Michael's churchyard, Coven-
try, on a wife; s
But words are wanting
Look what Wife should be.
And she was thar, SO ss
On talkatiyc old maid Q775)
Beneath this silent stone Is laid,
noisy, antiQuAfed maid, y
Whofrum her cradle task'd till death,
And ne'erbefore Was ont Of breath
| ON. Mr.. Box:
Here lies QUE box within Another--
The one Of wood was very good,
We can not say 90 lnUcR fns t'other.
| will select hut one, more
from the very large COLLECTION before
me, and would specially commend this
for the imitation OF all your readers
who may desiresa similar eulogy, S
An honest fellow here IL iaid,
His debts In full he always paid,
And what's more strange, the neishi,oss tell as
lie brought back borrowed umbrellas 81 y
snh~saan treatpaens sf Ned Men is
Ntsaesssa. ~
The Brainard Minn,,) 7,fbuae says
l.sA dead Indian or two have been ly-
| ing about the suburbs of town for d
week or two past, and it would seem
las though our authorities should see
that they are buried, or done something
with. The one that was stabbed and
killed, north of the track, near Sixth
street, was left lying there by the In
dians when they moved TO another To-
cation. fortnight ago, aud those who
saw it The first of the week sayiil was
very offensive, owing ~ thc mild
weather: either the Indians or some
body else had endcavored to burn the
body. The legs and arms bad beer
bnrued OIL, but the trunk still llreInained
in charred and outlandish condition
and is probably there yet. We hcal
of others who are lying about iii tht
neighborhood, who have either beer
| killed or died. The ono who was stab
bed last week reached Gnii Lake be
| fore he died. A child that died out ii
one of tho camps recently is wrappet
up like u mummy and rests IN th,
| bINnches Of q tree ont on the Gul
| Lake trail,