The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-13

renewed by the pious care Of descendants
chiselings of skull and bones at the head by
which il was the CHASTITY custom of those
times to make death horrible.
1t is curious to observe the different effects
of time and weather on different varieties o.
stone. Some have split and faxed into
scales. Others have crumbled, until, in the
long lapse of years, they have nearly disap
peaaed and mingled with the soil The in
scriptions on multitudes of stones are sc
worn and eaten away by remorseless and all
devouring Time, that only here and there {
letter or figure can be made out It il
pleasant to notice that in many cases the love
and reverence of recent generations have
placed solid and noble monuments, with fit.
ting inscriptions, over these historic graves.
We copied the following from the lofty and
enduring granite monument of Robert Cash-
man:
ROBERT CUsHMAN,
fellow-exile with the Pilgrims in Holland,
arrived here November 8, 1921, with Thomas
Cushman, his son preached December his
memorable sermon on "the danger of self
love and the sweetness of true friendship. 3"
Returned to England December Is, to vindi-
cate the enterprise of Christian emigration,
and there remained in the service of the col
ony till 1925, when, having prepared to make
Plymouth his permanent home, he died la
mented by the Forefathers as their "ancient
friend, who was as their right hand with their
friends the Adventures, and for divers years
had done and agitated all their business with
them to their great advantage" "And you,
my loving friends, the adventures to this
plantation, as your care has been first to
settle religion here before either profit or
popularity, SO, pray you, go on. | rejoice
that you thus honor God with your riches,
and trust you shall be repaid again double
and treble in this world; yea, and the men,
DRY of this acton shall never die"
DEDICATION OF THE SERMON.
In this inscription we have the secret of the
wonderful works wrought out by these pill
grims. II was the lofty motives which gov
erned them. They came not for profit or
but first and above all, 'to settle
religion" And they did settle it; and in set
thing it they settled the character OF this great
people, and the character Of this nation for
ages. They made it Free democratic, repub-
lican. They had, before they knew it, got
far beyond the rule of Kings and priests. In
the tinscrutable mysteries of Providence, it
was ordered from the beginning that there
should be free people, and these pilgrim
fathers were the instruments used in those
early days to shape the stones that should be
built up into the grandest temple ever erected
TO liberty since the world was made What
if they were hard, stern, severe, exacting
men. Bigots, if you please, they had hard,
stern, terrible, magnificent task to work out;
4 task that as men, before or since, have ever
worked out successfully.
ANOTHER INTERESTING INSCRIPTION.
"Here ended the pilgrimage of John How
and and Elizabeth, his wife. She was the
daughter OF Governor Carver. They arrived
n the MAyfower, December, 1920. They
mad four sons and six daughters, from whom
ire descended numerous posterity. 1872,
February 90, John Rowland, of Plymouth,
deceased. He lived to the age of 80 years.
BE was the last man that was left of those
who came over in the ship called the May
lower, that lived in Plymouth.
Ore great cause Of the success of this Pill
grim enterprise was their union. There was
40 Jew. no Greek, no negro, no in6del, no
Catholic, no Episcopalian even, much less a
High Churchman. no Baptis', no Quaker, no
Universalist, no wing, no tory, no free lov-
srs, no woman's rights women. There was
one faith, and that the true Presbyterian Cal
whistle Cone hope, one baptism. There was
one rank, DO inequality. All were alike gen.
tlemen and ladies of education, family and
and all were alike laborers mechan-
les, workers. They could cook and wash,
md pillow and plant, and preach and pray,
build houses and fight Indians, and all for
Jbris.'s sake. They could suffer all things,
10 all things, dare all things, for His glory.
The world has never seen such men and
women, such an experiment, such success.
md we have seen only the beginning. Imagi-
,ation can not conceive what shall be.
The best trait in Barney Williams's character
the ilial love and reverence he has for the ould
mother, an ancient Iri b woman, who can never
,e Fifth Avenuized, who will smoke pipe, who
viii wear peat-bog cap, who has no book learn.
ng, and brogue you could cut with knife, but
Who has the place Of honor at table and the best
he house affords, who is Introduced to every
.uest with fond affection, who can go sit and
moke her dhudeen on the stone steps forninst
he dure av she plazes," as she says. What
ine example the play actor sets.-Neo York
Letter..
During the recent interview between the In
ian chiefs and the President, the latter got near
nough to one Of them to breathe in his face
The red man started back with look of JOYFUL
urprse. exclaming: "Ugh! Big Injun and