The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-31

1t Is wei! that writers OF epitaphs recog-
niZe the value of giving to the world the
history in brief of those they celebrate, else
\ great deal of valuable information con
corning people. in the things of this transit
tory existence, would be lost Certainly we
could ill-atfurd to spare the following, from
Bath Abbey, England, in which wit and
Here lies Ann Mann
Sh lived an Old Maid
And died ;n>od Mann.
In Ockham Church, Surrey, England, we
fall i'll with this tiptop description of ::
falling leaf ticm the tree of life:
The Lord saw good was lopi in OF wood,
And down fell from the tree.
met with Il check ana broke my blessed
neck
And so death topped of me.
Coming nearer homt We drop into poetry
IT Bid,lefiorl, Nc, and regret that the mar
riage feast did col,lly furnish forth the
funeral table:
The wedding day appointed was
The weddin" clothes provided
Bat ere that day did come, alas.
He Sickcned and he dieded.
1t is,vident that the Swan did not sing
this strain from the churchyarl at STRAIT
t"ri-Avon, though he probably borrowed
from il the idea expire ssed in, He was Il
man take him for ali in all, etc"
Mike was in temper and in sole Sinscrc
Ann Husband tender and q Father deer
He was Il father kind
And modiSt i'll his mind
y Grcctcr hles>in to Il umman
Never NOR was giv'n
Nor Il sr,.s.tcr loss ellSept the loss of Heav' II.
The lady referred To in these lines may
not have been a relative of the banker
Coutts, but She WAS certainly quite as
familiar with vaults:
In this church yard lies Epi'ie Cnntts
Either here or Hereabout
Bat whaur il is none can tell
Till Eppie rise and tell herSel
Here is rare example of fortitude, which
WAS finally overcome by tender recollection
| of the Il ceased:
Her husband never dropped Il tear
| Till he had placed her body Lc.c
| anu liltll Nv iillbit'ltit llhf SIt.ti ibut
For fear she'd scratch her passage ont.
Fifty years is Il comparatively brief sep
arltion when eternity Is taken into con-
sideration.
| am anxiolsly expecting you-A. ID. 1927
Here ANA. ID. 1857.
We do not assert Tint the lady So touch
ingly, dramatically and automatically re-
called below was Il pc,iestrienne, but it i:
reasonable t" suppose that She might have
been. from the way she Went out of thu
world:
Poor Martha Smell: hers gone away
Her would of her coall but her coul,ln It sta,
Herd two sore legs and Il htddiSh cough
But her legs it waS lis carried her oil.
The evil effects of drinking water ;dvrrte'
TO in the suhioinei will give comfort (
many Il stimulating soul:
Here lie, | and my three. daughters.
All from drinking tn. Chcltcnh;m waters.
If we had kept to the EPSON salts
We shouldn't have been in these here vault.
Cur friends, the druggists must look npo
this charge rs Il base libel 1t is no doubt
weak invention, aud the child alluded I
probably died of natural causes:
, In this grave re;,uStS Il dear little dead
Susie Lee her name and her age just OIL,
> wear:
She died OF drug StuttI in too large dose,
Which threw her in its and made Ii,
, vamuap.
= We, too, have ran oar race, As far rs gray
, subjects are concerned, and it the collectio
5 we have offered is not rs deep as tom
nor ns musical rs Il church bell, we CT
i, only hope with Mercutio, that it will do.