New-York tribune., 1876-03-11

stands sadly In need OF putty.
IN ABBEY.
A chill and not fragrant grcets " enter
Because of defective drainage. say nsomnch
as London has drainage anf bad water the ran ust
now the statement must be taken with many grains Of
salt rather tho of mortality which = IN
the ART Kings smell better than other people When
they have given their cNchequers into the bands ~
a (which is rather way, take IT, OF eS-
pressing the handing m ~ their loyal checks; and h"r
are thirteen U3l Of thcm-l3 sovoIegns many II whom
did weigh 90 shlings to the pound-to nothing
fl queens (,ome Of whom helh In bad
odor even when livngl and the Lord only knows how
many lord dukes and lesser lords with much that
was esteemed frank" here. the wonder b. that the
place doesn't smell more Ts a churh though, and
one may not wear skucap, damp though the air
subject though ne be 20 cold Ia the heads And noS
a for umbrella indoors, which never before oc.
Cured you, becomes apparent Planting tue handle
IN al Ulster pocket h. hat the tip and
bear it tumphanty acft and out Of harms over
his shoulder having the while both hands free for note
book aud pencil.
Let US chasG round the great part Of the church
which is free, reservns the chapel. dor ADHESION 70
which fee OF sxpeucc charged ti our last 50 shall
we save the interest on our money n, least!
Statesmen and naval and army heroes 10 whom kings
aud Parliament have erected mOnumentswc read their
names (many for tho first timcl every side THIS
thing found TO pay IN the long probably. The
possibility OF winning place in The Abbey could not
make less Jealous and loyal when he took
his seat the soldier less true and steady be
into battle Even with In private life, 90 live that
some one might feel inclined 10 put up for hiin when
ho died was a sort Of rowe in the spur
THr DUKE AND DUCHESS or SFwCAsTLF.
Here IN the north transept stately soTt Of stone
bedstead, and It couple lie. side BY side
their scupturrd toes up suppo- ous daisies
Both ore clad in robes of state embroidered IN the fash
ion of the time; he wears full flowing pcriwg, aud in
his hand grasps something which looks like penny roll
she holds open hook aud near hO are pen aud INK
terrible bas bleN sne IN hfe and must have
writing material convenient even ind,ath Ou marble
mats cy li their hc5dSOn which stuck duca coro-
nets like dminutvc canlesticks fun grown candies
by uncomfortable marble pillows pToppcd The in
scrip.ion tells:
Here lyes he Loyal Duke Of Nercase afd his Dathess
His second wife by whone he hal noe issue. Her name
Colchester, noble Fmilc. for all the Brothers were
valiant and all the Sisters yirtuona: This Duchcss was
do well cstfp; she was most Virtuous Loyeing and
carcsu wife and with her Lord all the time OF his
Danish Cnt and miSeries..
So much for the second wife, whom our Loyal Duke
raises to the pl honor in death and tells about In
English. The first wife, by whom he had two sons and
three daughters" is mentioned incidentally below in
Latina family remembered Language.
MONUMENTAL Alcr.
The oboye monument i. of 1876 We note some changes
in ID, habits OF eiges the dates become later. Az
first they lie Nat on their backs, decent dead people
shodd; they turn their faces to you; anon they
raise mp elbow; later they wei enough and
bD euou TO sit mp, and the first one knows they afs
standing bolt upright THIS Of not keeping them
down wren had them there. Ehrcs Of early date.
too wear the costumes of the agsthe Abbot his gown,
tie Eail his robes the Knight his CEd, n m De
crusader his legs crOsse but step 10y step fresh D
critics arc taken With Fact put thing others
another while others still do not think IL worth while to
put on anything at ALL posture rou.d as heathcn
fII,rg OH I
one of the chapels, an Irish Admiral wearing Roman
habit and leaning against preaching cannon mounted
on carrougde carriage. Better might he have been pie
tIred as falling back a canon Of this church.
In the first stages OF monumental art grief was very
simply cxprcssed-lcst the ims gnation wholly. Next
the survivors of the family knet in marble. Then came
an eruption OF fat clclis with pudgY little fists stuck
in their halfshut eyes breaking out all over the faces
Of the tonbs Widows next, prety done IN aabaster,
Hung themselves in limp des0lttion on the supposed
sarcophags and wept above their dead lords"urning
not as ones without hope (Of second third let us
trust Then come figures typifying this that, and the
other virtue; Faith, Wisdom and F0rtude, for int Ince
AMI YOU see them every hand loaiiug about monu
mental premises without seeming to have anything In
particular do. (Which Is Faith and which Is Fort
tude" do yOu askl Fer a you please, my liilc
dears you pays your money and takes your CHOICE
over the tObs Of tItosmcn too, where oEee was MOTH
ing fnratvc bur the composed figure OF thc departed,
we now have Wisdom aud Eloluence hanging mp their
fGdes. it were, in mute despair, while over graves
military ana naval the Of History becomes 50
dumbf5nded with grief that she orgots how 10 spell
the is writing. Serapns with dagJers angels on
sirsaddes It is not easy chise grief, peFlIapsnot
ha 81 easy TO gouge the public and carving tears n
stone f. more difficult doubt than making bricks ous
there Is need of being ridiculous whenever somebody
dies-,hough is impossible Ia refrain from poetry And
OF poetry in the Abbey there B no aekhovng that the
obituary bard Of The Phlqleiphia Lsdger has had his
counterpart on earth IN all generations
INSCRIPTIONS on TOMBs.
All poetry however, is no, bad, aud occasionally =
verse has reason for being That the little tabled
affixed To the pillar before rs, high That you must
climb TO read, is touching, and has an association
He that would give my Grace but what Is Hers,
Must say her Death has not
Made only her dearc SCOT
But Virtue Worfh and Sweetnesse widowers.
This was the wife of Col. Scot OF CromwelPs OD
GERS beheaded in 1860 Grace " died in l6i5, ani'
seems to have been OF the few CONNECTED with tn
Reformation who escaped dsineTment at the Restora
ton Cromwell, Ireton, and Bradshaw, viii bc rcnem
bered were dug up, dragged to Tyburn at the tails o.
horses and there hanged, beheaded, and buried under
the gaowsal of which looks very like "kicklns fel-
low when he's down"
Another tablet near by tells Of Hannah wife Of Dean
Vincent that she was Handsome withou. pride pleas
ant without evity good Christian without superst-
ton" From which might infer that the good CHRIS
ans are apt 10 be supcrtitious, and that Hannah
specially mentioned being exception 10 the rule.
But antthesshintng what person is by telling what
he or she fayOrite form Of description AMI
inscription Horace WalpOle tells Of his mother:
She had beauty and wit without vanity, and cultivated
the arts without arctation; she dcyout, though
without bisotry 10 any sect and without prejudice
| to any party, though the wife OF minister"
'"what is that meant fort" asks Mrs. MorninglOry
ponting 10 one OF the stained glass windows.
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