Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-10

vice, WAS buied in o style singular enough,
though not outrsgeously ,xtfavsgsot. lie built
himself house 10 eccentric fashion at Nli-ssL'
dec. 10 Buckiog ham>h hire. liuesnd, and made
aptici patury srraugemep;s Tor his tuneral, cer'
tany naked by no great reverence for estah
| iished usages. IL will have Dnthing to q With
the church or he church yard; bury me 10 ny
| own wood 90 tie hill, aod my sword With NE;
and In detv ali the evil spirits IN ,Xstrnce TO
! IL lure NE His remains Were deposited &C
cUrdiog to his will
A kind Of dwarf pyramid of dps and brick
work Was constructed, about elevan feet tquare
| by fifteen teet high. with small Gothic ~lo-
dow Oh the north side and another on the south.
Being par y overgrjwD with ivy, and 10 thick
plantation 90 he top oil hill. II is about as far
| removed from The eye of a passing stranger as
monumeut can well be. The cof6n is PLACED
uptiah r 10 the tomb. and the csptsin's word
% he trp OF il. Oac of bis DR. sc-ndants. some
years at erward, wishing to coosult public SEQ
timent ltIle more closely, had the ccthu qnlc'
y removed Irrm .he pyramid and interl,d 10
the parish chuIchysrf
TIE R@v. Laogton Freeman, who Was rector
OF Billion, 10 WsIwieKshire, about century
ago, did his hest to obtslu for his OVID tuueral
|
cartaio clauses 10 his will. Fer four or i've
days after my decease, and until my body grows
| offensive l would not be removed out OF tue
b-d or place may die in. And then you'd
bs carried ia the same bed, decently ana pm
yn.r5 10 The summer house now erected IN TIE
gnrI.n bslonging 10 the dwelling house where
now ihhsbit, and TO be laid in the same bed
there with ali the sppurtensnces thereto brlOhg
ing; aud to be wrapped up in strong double
winding aheet and 10 be in all other espects In.
rrf,I ho thn rIT,fI uyn
read in holy Scriptures of our ssviours burial.
| The doors and windows to be locked snd oolted.
and TO be kept Sc lear in the same manner and
state they shsll be in at the time OF my DE-
Cease And | desire that the building or summer
mouse shall be planted around with evergreen
plants. and fenced off with iron or oak pai!!ugs
and painted OF dark blue color. And tor the
due performance OF this in manner aforesaid,
and for keeping the building ever the same
with the evergreen plants snt The pslEgs IN
proper and decent repair. give TO my the%,
Thomas freeman, the manor OF Wnitton, ETC
The wishes Of the teetstor were duly cs!;ie1 INTO
effect. When two or three generations, now
ever, bad passed away, sni the tomb was well
nigh forgotten, 81 entry Wa: effected ! :! making
hole through the rCo' and there the body OF
the old rector wsG found nesry dried up. OF
course there is no entry Of so very unceclcsl
burial IN the parish register, for his successor IN
the pariih could net have signed i II be would.
How IT VAS 10 order to fully appreciate
the following article, the reader vii! bear 10
mind that the Uoiou is az CID fashioned demo.
cratic weekly, and that every editorial aud
political paragraph 10 the las, ISSUE, from which
tie article 10 Iesi1u is taken, sre ioterseIy Ee'
publican.
lF,yeue County (I3Ws) Ulioo, June 26.
TO THE PUBLIC
We are r quested by the editor of the UoioD
to take char.e OF the paper dullng his aoseoce
Oh the editorial tXsursion 10 Manitoba and TO
conduct it columns 10 proper maunet aod as
I'VE thuught best" We have conscieutlousy
eude.vor. to do SO. FeeioE that change OF
heart as we'll S. pvltics would purify it, even if
| it we're DOLLY for week, We have sttlVep to
mske good republican sheet out OF it. We
appreciate the wrath 10 CINE as we'll as the ter
TOR that the black cane that ye editor always
csrrIt will inspire. 10 say oothlog OF his No. 3
boot. Sill, We feel secure, Tor d time, at least;
for. Ike tho War horse If General McClellar,
We will sniff The smoke Of the battle altar II.
We are qul,e positive that about the llue Nc
| Cliccck comes back We will bave business 10
the East. 70 states that will detain US fur s'me
weeks. We know what became Of Joho
| p e tx, If California, who transferred wing
to d, mocrat sheet, but uuI'k4 him, We have
90 rs ears or noses 10 lose. We have
imply done cur duty from literal inlerpreta
tlou of the edlIor's parting il junction 10 'cou-
| duct be paper as We saw best. We further
wish to say that We are not responsible Tor the
preViru, political en- leXlou or uttera9ce OF
tits paper, aud, II IS unnecessary TO aid, TOR rs
iu ure pos,too. We also thitk 1t supcifuous
to Soy that the editor is DOT responsible tJr It's
political sayicgs this week. 1t may be case Of
'mi5psc ID cou6deuce," yet We emphaicalIy
believe 10 the old saying, With single sdd'l"o
that all is fair 10 love, war and politics. We
would like to place At the head ofthes- columns
the republican, state ticket ADD platform. but
Mr.. Cliurock, who never does auythiog bY
halves, has ec'rptyDed his Owl platform and
ticket. naiird, soldered aud weighted 10 The
form, so the readers will have to take the will
for the deed. If there is anything in this l.
sue but what is good republican docirioe the
reader must kuuW that there is "somefhlos
prJpy 10 Denmark" and that the devil" has
surreptitousIy inserted it, or that the editor had
retured and We are Knocked ino ''pi.
ED. PaO Ten
GRANTS DINNER AT CANToN.-lt would
occupy entirely too much space to describe to
you the diouer 10 detail, even if could do it,
for assure you the task W uEd be dificu
one, so numerous and extra iuary were the
COURSES and dishes. l can only give you on
idea of what occurred at The table at which
| your correspondent, with the courage that arose
from perfect fsilh in To strength of his digestive
organs Cal y Sat out over forty of the eighty
Blk &C urses placed before him, aided by Mr..
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