The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-27

for the first time. The province of Mas
sachusetts bay erects, BY order Of general
court, memorial to Lord Howe, who
fell on the march 10 Ticonderoga IN 1903.
Later in the century this same Massa-
chusetts. then a state, was unfortunately
as well as unwisely called upon to furnish
more material for monuments And a re-
miniscence Of our great struggle with the
mother country we find in this monu-
gnent 70 Andre, beloved and esteemed
by the army in which he served and Ia
mented even by his foes" 1t has a
mournful interest to many, for all are
familiar with the story. Many want me
mento, too, and the head Of Washington,
broken off and carried away by visitors,
has been three times renewed. Boys Of
the nation find it easier to get ahead OF
Washington now than did the men Of
I776.
Allmy life long I've been looking for
a perfect woman now when find one
she's dead. Just my luck But the
brief and feeble tribute to the departed
worth which find on her tomb shall 60
imperishably on record in these classic
columns:
"To the Memory of Mrs. Katharine
Bovey, Whose Person and Understanding
would have become the highest Ranke
in Female Life, and whose Vivacity
would have recommended Her in our
best conversation, But by judgment as
well as by Inclination she chose such
as gave her great opportunities
for Reading and Reflection which she
made use of to the Wisest purposes OF
Improvement in knowledge and Re-
ligion. Upon other subjects she ventured
far out of the common way of thinking,
bat in Religious matters she made the
Holy Scriptures, in which she was we'll
Skilled, the Rule and Guide of her Faith
and Action, Esteeming it more safe to
RELY upon the plain word of God than to
run into any freedoms of thought upon
reveald Truths. Thegreat share of Time
allowed to the Closet was not perceived
in her economy, for she had always |
we'll ordered and well instructed family
from the happy influence as well of her
temper and conduct as of her uniform |
and Exemplary Christian life. 1t pleased |
God to bless her with considerable es-
tate, which with liberal hand, guided |
by Wisdom and Piety, she Employed to
his glory and the good of her neighbOrs.
Her domestic expenses were managed |
with a decency and Dignity suitable to
ler Fortune, but with a Frugality that
made her Income abound to all proper
objects of Charity, to the relief of the
the Encouragement of the
Industrious, and instruction Of the IgnO-
amt. She distributed not only with
but with Joy, which upon
jOme occasions of raising and refreshing
he spirit of the Afflicted she could not
'efrain from breaking forth into tears
lowing from q heart thoroughly effected
With compassion and Benevolence: Thus
lid many of her good works while she
ived go up as a memorial before God,
nd some she left to follow her. She
Iy'd Ian p, J7267, in the 57th year of
Age." This monument explains why
,e0ple ride so much in hansoms nova
ays instead of driving about in their
arriages. In 1852 Thomas Thyme, Esq,
vas shot in his own coach by three hired
ssaRsins, while driving through NPall
fall. The story is told with every cir
umstantiality in sculpture. The poor
entleman sits in his coach, and you see
be assassins firing their blunderbusses
d at the window, while the coachman
hips up his horses. The murder was
rac,d home-the instigation of ito ;
cunt Konigsmarck (who could see no ,
ray of marrying Thynne's wife without
rst making her a widow; but he was
ever hanged for it, 1 believe. Indeed, :
don't know but he is buried in the alb .
ey, too.
Another reminder of our rebellious j
,untry. civilian Wragg, Esq.," of {
Outh Carolina, when the colonies re- \
olted, took part with good King George, c
nd sailed for England, but was wrecked '
nd lost off the coast of Holland. 1t i
,uldn't have gone much worse with him
nd he stayed in South Carolina till g
indeed, he had bought the e
,nds of the state; Januarys and Julys, I
r intance. \