Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-10-18
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IN memory of Mrs. Martha Brilgman.
Inc we we OF capt Orlando Br,lgman
no died April Ye 3D., 1866.
AMI IN the GSth year of her aye-
And inc hrst person bnried in this place"
The Hon. John Brllgman Esq. Aman of sn,on
OIL aollltles and eminent usefulness In hls do,
an implacabe enemy of Vice superstition and biz
otry an ardent lover and friend of Virtue and re
aislon. @ 1heeflu III prosperity in adversely placi,
and snhm,ssiye. Christian pety and morality
probity and fidelity; justice Temperance and 200,
his life
Ob died Feb 26th, 1865. Age6a
The upright whose end is peace
Dying obtains Il sweet release.
ANA when the just to life shall RISE
among The lirst he Will mount the skies.
NIhc was IL economy as writt,n)
The unfortunate Miranda
Daughter of John and Ruth lriIgman
nose remains are here inferred,
Fell a Prey to the Flames
That consumed her Fathers House
On ye llth of June l'J7
Aged IS
The room below famed like Stove
And cross ior those who slept above
She ventured on the trembling floor
III Fell. She sunk and lose more.
MEMENIO MORI."
Here lies cut down like unripc Fruit
son of Mr.. Amos Tutc-
And Mrs. JemIma Tutc his Wife
Called Jonathan of whose fran Lie
lhe Days all summed how short the Account
Scarcely To fourteen years amount
Born on the Iwcltth of May was lie
TO death he tell helpless Prey
Apill the Five and twentieth Day
In seventeen Hundred >eR enty ThrcC
In seventeen Iuudred SlA'v-Seven
Quitting this world we hope for Heaven
Itut tho his spirits fled on High
Ills body m0ldering here must lie
Behold the amazing alteration
Effected bv Inuoculation--
he means improved his Life to Save
q ne
Full IN the Bloom OF Youth he Tell
Ala, hat human Tongue can tell
The Mothers grIci her in.ush shew
Or paint the Fathers heavier
tonow no natural offspring has
Ills ample Fortune to possess
To I'LL hlS place stand IN his stead
Or bear his name when he Is teat
SO God ordained His ways are Just
Tho Empires Crumble to the Dust
Lille and the WOrid mere bubbles are
Let loose to those tor Heaven prepare.
In memory of
Mr.. Amos lutc
Who died April 18th
80 III the 60th year OF his
Were so tall to Reach the Pole
Or grasp the Ocean " ith my span
must be measured by my soul
The mind 5 tne standard OF the man.
'ucrcssIvely Rehct of Messrs. William PhIpps,
laleb Howe and Amos Tute. The two first were
.llleu Dy lne lnUlanS
phpps July 9Th 4. u. l743
Howe June 21th 4. ID 100.
When Howe was Killed she aud her children
Then Seven IN number
were carried INTO Captivity
The Oldest Il Daughter went to rance
And was married to a French gentleman
The youngest was torn from her Breast
Aud persisted with hunger
by the ana OF some benevolent Cent?
And her own personal lleIoi>m
She recovered the Rest
She had two by her last husband
Outllved both hm and them
And died March 1th i ) aged :.
Having passed tho more viclsCtudes
And enIured more hardship,
Than any Oi her COtumpoIarleS.
Nomore can savage foes annoy
Nor ausht her wide --pIeal fame destroy.
The grave stones from which the fore
.oinG are copied are of slate and sur
mounted :lt the top by the usua! grotesque
lead, OF an equally abnormal weeping
willow, cut rs usual in "yc' olden time.
Time has 50 obliter,ted many Of the in
that it requires careful study to
make them out, and one unaccuiomed to
such work would in many cases fail alto
-ethcr. Returning to the village We
passed the Cemetery in which the remains
If Jim Fisk 50 celebrated and notori-
)us in New York; rest. He sleeps under
,ne of the most elaborate and costly mon
Iments in this country. Il has been often
described. and vaguely too rs it seems to
ne. | will only say that the lot is curbed
With Vermont granite, showing :; fine de-
IGN and good workmanship. The mon
lment itself is of good proportions. superb
y polished, surmountcd by a fine obeli>k,
.nd would he beautiful in design were it
lot for four nearly nude fem .lc figures.
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