The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-06-28

Mr.. Charles brown who vlslsct
England last winter gives ms soms
singular md interesting facts touch,
Ing the antiquity of some English
churches, which through Mr.. Wright,
Kindness, their venerable sex.
ton. he wna enabled tn Walt and OK.
plorc. The oldest of these Ii CHS.
wick Church. built In tho year A. y
100: the wall Ut the church Inns thl,
inscriptions:
"T'hi- wall was made az " charge
III " Right Honorable and trviis
liuvs Lordc Francis No~scIi. rnrl ri
Bedford oyt NJ trvc xcnlr and cnr.
for ~ Keeping ot this church yard
and 81 wnrdrohe III Gods Lambs
whose bodies lny therein BvNY Ed
from violating by swine and other
pr0phanatIon."
The world renowned painter Ho.
garth liz buried here. and his tomb
bears this inscriptions:
Here Iirth the holy of William
Hogarth Esq, who died Oct. 10, 1714
ngcd " years.
Farewell great painter Of mankind,
Whose pictured morals charm tho mimi.
Aud through she rye corrcrs Tho hsart.
Jf genius Are thee, reader, stay,
III nature touch tAes. drop tear.
III neither mOye thee turn away,
FOR Hsgaril's dust Hes here.
Here nlsD Ii buried Jane, the
wife ~ Hognrth, who died Nov, lJ,
i7Hn, ngcd M yrarn. ALSO his sister
Ann. aged 10 years, mud his sister
Mary aged ny yenrs. The monument
erected ~ HoRnrth has b~en ~.
stored In is5t, Ivy Vim. Hognrth Of
Aberdeen.
Mr.. brown nlso visited tho house
IN which Hognrth lived which he
say. III rather ancient looking but
maintained In good repair.
Hugo FoseoIo nn italian poet who
died Hcpi., II, lA27. was nisO buried
here, md although his remains have
been removed there Ii Il monument
with these facts thereon, This rpOt
where for forty years thc relies of
UgO ROseolO, rcpossd In hOnOr~d
custody will bc forever held In CRATE.
f,il remembrance by the Italian mn.
tlOn. From this snered guardian.
ship 10 the HOnors Ut santa CrOce In
Florence, tho Government and Poo.
pic NJ Italy have transferred tho re-.
mains NJ the weAricd citizen poet
June 7th lb7I. The body WINS found
In 40 perfect preservation TINT photo.
graphs ~ II were taken,
Mr.. Brown Al.O visited ihc Durhiii
fields, burial ground where sleeps The
precious clay III his mother. In close
proximity ~ the tombs of Nunynn
and " John Wesley. He gives ~
this outline u Paris church, ~. Hel.
ems BishopsRate In city II London,
England. On thc floor Of tho church
Ii a large stone room, with oak doors
and window. In this room III n
coffin with n 9lnss cover lies the en-.
balmed body NJ Francis Bancroft
who left n large property In MIDI
dIrscx 10 build aims houses for aged
men and II large school for hoy. 10
bc educated FREQ of charge. Both
men and boys nrc we'll supported
nIso free " charge md they I'LL have
ID attend church twice, daily. There
u Is chaplain md n good church.
supported ont ~ the estate. als0 The
officers 81 The institutions which are
situated In the mile and road.
London. The old men and
tho boys have 10 walk into
his tomb and pssss around his body
once 1T least every year. In the comm
there In matches, 4 candle and Il
finder box ani Il key 80 that he can
gct out Of his tomb, II h. came IL
life again which h. expected 10 do,
and IN hir will II II provided that IN
cAxe he did DO 10, he shall possess
I'LL. estates again,
Tho inscription on his tomb II ~
follows:
Frnnci. Bancroft purchased ground
~ the Parish l72l. for lntrrinent u
himself and friends only: confirmed
by faculty from, the DrAn and chap.
ter VI ~. pAul's London, the same
year. Tomb erected In l796, and
settled part VI his estate In Middle,
sex for bcnntlfying and keeping II n
repair forever. Sir Thomas Fresh
ain, the founder and builder Of tn
FIRST Royal Exchange IN London, Il