The Morning herald., 1875-10-11
Mrs. Smyth's Husband.
NEGOTIATING FOR A HCSBANI


v, marble yard the other day, and the folio,
y. ing conversation ensued:
- Mrs. >inyth-"Mr. Mix, l am anxio'
4 TO lave my cemetery lot fixed up; to p,
% in rev tombstones and reset the railin,
v and | called to see if could make SON
!. satisfactory arrangements with YOU"
= Mix-'Cer,ainly, madame. Tell m
, precisely wha, it is you want done?'
, Mrs. Smyth-"Well, I'd like to have
5 new tombstone put over the grave of JOIN
my husband, YOU know-and to have :
nice inscription cut on it. Here lies, Johr
SmvtE, etc, etc. You know what | mean
the usual way, of course, and maybe some
kind OF a design on the stone like broken
rosebud or something
Mkt understand
Nrs. Smvth-"Well, then, wla,'il you
charge me for getting up a headstone just
like that, ont of pretty good white marble,
and with little picture of torch upside
down, or weeping angel on it, and the
name Of Thomas Smyth cut on it?:'
Mix-"John Smyth, you mean,',
Mrs. Smyth-"No, mean Thomas"
MiS-'Bu. you said John BEFORE
Mrs. Sd know, but that was my first
husband, and Thomas was my second, and
want Lew headstone for each of them.
Now, it seems to me, Mr.. Mix, that where
person is buying more than one, that
way, you ought to make reduction in the
price, throw something of. Though, OF
course, want lretty good article a, all
the graves. Not anything gorge ,us, but
neat and tasteful, and calculated to please
the eve. Mr.. Smith was no. man who
was fond Of show. Give him thing com.
Portable, and he was satisfied. Now which
Is the pre,'iest, TO have the name in raised
lAssers in straight line over the top of the
'sone, Or just to cut the words Alexander
T. Smy'h' in kind OF semi i-circle in
unken le.:ess'
Ni1-"Did l understand YOU to say Al
1ander P.' Were you referring to John ,
r Thomas -
Nrs. S.-'Of course not. Aleck was NV
a'd. I'm not going to neglec, his grave ,
'h'ie In fixing up the rest. wish to ,
lake complete job of it. Mr.. Mix. while -
am shout it, and I'm willing for You 10
'der'ake 1t il you are reasonable in your "
'arses. Now, what'll YOU ask ME for the l.
4, the kind rAe described, plain bu, =,
'hstsn'ial, and sunk abou, two feet, | y
'ould think, at the head of each grave. .
has'il YOU charge ME for ,hem-ior the :.
hole fourr!' -
Ni1-"Well, I'll pu, you in those three ::
! d<;one-" IN
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Ms S.-"Faas headssone<, Mr.. Nix, 10. =. ~
res.' a
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Nn-four, vas ii, ? No; there was John -,
d Thomas. and Alexander p. That's all
ss'd, think. Only three"
MIS- s.-"Why, want one for .Ado!ph, F.
As matter Of course; the same as the
'ers thought you knew wanted one ter
Adoiph, one made just like Johns, too
y with the name ditfsr.ns. Adolph me
my fourth husband. He died ahou, sin
se Eea" after I buried Philip. and I'm -es
lEmg mourning for him now. Nov. Seq
aSe give me your prices for the Whole Of chu
Il Il Epi
Well madame l van. TO be ing
so'E'aaie IS cau, and tell YOU xhs, Thi
GO You give me all Your work in $ls
.u'n'e and I'll ru, rou in those FIVE stne
al hardly anything above CO.., eac,
ave,
..s- >-~Four hesi~,one< not 6,e" l4s.
ln--l think YOU mentioned Eve Cou
n. S.--No; onlv four" wer,
ti1-"Le.ss >e~; there was John and was
mas and Alick, and Rudolph and Ter,
lip chm,
* >--~les hu' Aleck and Philip conf
'he sane o0e- His middle name WAS ther
II, and / alvavs called him Phil and
Mrs Snyth, IL be much obi. prov
!" !"n ii !ou'l ;ell NE precisely how and P,
! husbands ,you have planted up in ons~t
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