Sharp County record., 1878-10-10
History of the {,

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There is a peculiar ipte,.. :.
to the deceased, and ther,sSSs ba
her, that accounts for and =,
curiosity that is manifeste5 p
They speak half a dozen sSi IuiI
lects besides their own. %ed,
Saxon has an English sc,sa. aas ,rr
reflected in their manners ~
evincing traces of their loS, on ,os
among the country people !; "
They are a peculiar combin.s ar
civilian and the savage; y. in
zens and wandering ArsB'. ID
and peddlers; Christian and nt
the same time. This tendena, I'M
illustrated by a rhyme fOpn3 b
instances on their tomb,to'' ihs
land, varying with the nam. .'
ceased: j
Owen Stanley was his D,,. e.;
England was his natioS Ia,
Any wood his dwellinv 4 20
And Christ was his s ssT,s Is, x
They are reverent church !. Del
the reigning King, Levi Sts,. xp
son and heir, known as "SrSn
ley, are members of the |, Oind
in good standing. n
The grave of the Queen IN
coffin will rest is a box mad, SCI
slabs two feet deep and ten to
dimensions. Over the grsn q
monument which again ilDs Iel
peculiarities of this people. o.
adjoining the Stanleys, near ys Z
was an immense bowlder, lls
these parts as a "nigger.be, q
ally these stones are butE y
feet in diameter, and from thg y
as a football, partially round &.
ing from all the native limest, =
neighborhood, being hard q o
and bleached by the weaths \,
of bony whiteneSS Of surh 7 ~ /,
olOgists regard them as ni !
glacial age, brought hither fri; ~ |"
parts of the earth on the Cd
fields. This particular bOWlds
the fancy of Queen Matilda n
ago when she first saw it. I : =
OF the land gave her permia ,rt #
it away, and she did. Eu ir1
eight feet in diameter, andbd
streaks of red, and weighs lfb
tons. This is being cut andsi ii
will then be polished like a +
the base of the monument Il as
surmounted by a life-Sized fg no
Queen herself in white Gatok
whole to be about l5 feet in hGin,
plot in which the body is tok 2
is in Woodlawn Cemetery dt HI
Mr.. Anderson, of ChambeSt /
known the Stanley'S for yacs
though an outlandish peOpA 10
not tramps. No violence, n &c
high or low, has been report ea
in 20 years. "There waSol' or
one of them did which alTlI In'|
me. One day in c., Thons u
- - -. the Z ra with q Gr0Y0 TOT
try people by; he had sgW -
the door. Said he, THAI Il
outfit will belong to the MAJ u Z
tells me what a Gypsy sandI g,
came from; | don't know u.
This Thomas rented his fan, rs
be three years ago, as the GVh
March-and started on jcz y
month, to be gone three, fF Ihi
years time. His wife was a.,
tunes, but was sick. ThOna As,
into the woods, and a tTet les
fell. Mrs. Thomas began 70 hi
up. The children played nj xp
They did washing and made wi
and it was a pretty picture, b,
woods. He declared that she
ed up on getting out Of the h0rA 4 {
Gypsy women, sir, are true lit
married, all the time" WI
The horizon was scannedi all
None could be seen. "YOu ig,
to 60 up to Sugars place o. an
tiOnal Road, or to old UnGf il
Each is six or eight miles n
Sugar this year, resume Of
after many years renting C1t1
"Do you know the old y ip'
Stanley Smith?" =, dg
Yes, she was the mOlAs re
Amelia Stanley jeffrey, nlgh b
A family named Mason (nc F.!
live in the log house near "a
mansion. When her daughS
March a year ago, they had @ % re
over to the grand Smith l7r.
was to the funeral. | 60 y H
often, and generally on Orlsl ne
will see her on the soutl se1
smoking the pipe, which s15 VI s
which they have to put lnW y, ii -.
and they have to move hera ,, u. Z
folks pay the people well lOl E
her."
"That's a picture-a uyrs y, !.
rian summing herself in her @ ~ y, 4,
tury, with the pipe that snS ~ i;s
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