Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-09-09
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Mr.. Robinson, says Max Adeler in the
IPhiiadefphia Bulletin. IwentguJ to.tfle
Icemetery on. the day after theinteIue,St
fof his wife, and had an interview with
1.-THE superintendent. N TIT,
What are your regulations in regard
to monuments in this cemetery ?''tasketl
Mr.. Robinson. =
swell, we hardly have, any. special
rules. We let people do pretty much
| as they please - z7s4 nei .a-sroIiET
'.You wouldn't make a f,lss.' said Mr. Nj
Robinson, 'if aman shouldput up some
thing original and novel over. n grave,
NOW would you? Something calculated
to attract'attention.r -r .laae i, ir ssi,,as
N!,n.no, guess not What have you
| swell, you see, Harriet was an suncorn-
mon patriotic woman; made socks for
1.-The soldiers during the war. and was all
theitime knitting fiadle-faddle things for
sanitary fairs, and L thought maybe I'D
get her up some kind of a red, white and
blue monument, with a brass eagle on
toprand the Americaniflsg flying from i
pole. Perhaps Ilnightl put Hail Colam-
bia' in gilt letters on the stone on one
side, santia picture of GenerabA Nashing-
ton holding the Declaration, of Indepead1
encee in his hand DIN the others How
lSd0es that strike Your
1T would be enrique, anyhow
'sBut what L wanted to see YOU about
particularly, Was to- know about the size.
Now would you allow me to make the
m6nument about 80 fleets high9 of s8ine
solid kind of stuff that. would spread
over the ground a little piece"
+ "Oh, yes-I s'pose So 1t will be cost
/ w., though" tlaa"1q ~ - itfe 'ssat ,
"Oh, i don't mind the cost. What Il
.itll set heavy on the6 groumJ and stay
there.n
You %nSt t.hliaye thought Il, great deal
OF Mrs. Robinson, TO eXpend so much
money on her,aa2a .s,lizg rsrg,r s..eN.i
4 well, betwiXta you and me- that isn't
exactly it She was one Of those' res, less,
uneasy women, that iieyer'd stay quiet
when you wanted her to, and it, occurred
to me that maybe something might hap
pen to resuscitate her; aiid to tell you
the honest truth, my idea was to run up
some kind. OF monument rthat'd hold
Ref ypermahently-kesp her there You
understand. don't want her buStling
about, now that she slowed away as
dead. 80. Tai s,ii ~ 5srg.. ylss ,5iasrIsu
Ioft-You are probably not aware that we
have introduced an alarm here, which
connect the vaults with the office, so that
| if person returns to life out of trance
we can at once go the rescue. Mrs. Rob-
inson, You know, is in ia vault tenn
pOrarily." 1
You don't mean to say" exclaimed
Robinson, THAT she's got one of the
alarms anywhere near her?', Oi
Certainly, she has"
/ 'sSee here NOVEL want'to sayl some
thing to you in private. The honest fact
is, I'm about to marrv the wilder Jones'
land ii L can make any arrangement With
you to snip off that wire for few days,
tunur Mrs. Robinson is thoroughly dead,
it'll be money in your pocketD"uH |
''C;m'tdo it, SIN"
..Because you see for yourself how
tthIindcring embarrassing it's going to be
| if the old lady should come TO and begin
to stir around just after me and Mrs.
Jones, were comfortably married. Now
wouldn't ill., Look ut it ina common
Sense light. So if you could mtttfie up
that machine somehow, or give me, some
kind of a written guarantee that she
won't resurr'ect. it'll be regarded-as' Il per-
sOnal favor. DO-they ever come tv?'
One old lady revived last week after
! she had beenin a vault three days. rs
| My gracious. man, you take my breath
away, Why, it's awful Upon the whole,
believe I'll run Mrs. Robinson out and
bury her ia the Methodist burying
ground. LII send over a man for her
this afternoon, and put her in a hole forty
feet Deep never did like these ceIne-
| tries any way, with their new tangled
! notions. So you be ready to ship her
off when that fellow comes with,the wag-
On.n an fa f00faxl fPHY GffH
Mrs. Robinson is now entombed Sc
curely, and Mrs. Jones and Robinson are
one