The daily gazette., 1881-08-06
From the Cecil Whig.
A MISTAKE OVER A GRAVE.
An Amusing EpisOda that Recently
Occurred at Pencader Church,
(sIRaQOw.

An Amusing Episoda that Recently.
Occurred at Pencader Church,
Glasgow.
In March, 1878, Mrs. Thomas B. ELI
son, highly respectable lady, living in
the neignb' rhoood of Glasgow, lost an
infant but few weeks old. II was bur-
led in The Pencader church yard, Mr..
and Mrs. Ellison being membsrs of the
church. No tombstone 1t seems had been
erected to mark the earthly resting place
of the baby, by its parents; although the
grave mound had been we'll preserved,
and Mrs. Ellison, wi ho is lady of strong
maternal affection, had several times
visited 1t, over which 1t was her inten-
tion-as soon as means would permit
to erect suitable monument. Imagine
her surprise then, when last April, more
than three years after her infants death,
after service one bright Sabbath morn
Ing, she strolled out into the old grave
yard. to find white marble tombstone
erected asthe head of her cbilds' grave.
Her first emotion, as she approached 1t
was that of thankful gratitude to some
unknown friend who thus sought to take
her by surprise. Her emotions Of grati-
tude, however, were quickly changed in
TO one long breath Of indignation and
surprise when she read In sculptured
phrase upon the commemorative stone,
not the eudearing name of her lost one,
but that of another named Brown, that
had died some nine years before. Scarce
ly able to control her feelings, Mrs.
Ellison hurried into the church and in
forming Mr.. Jacob Cazer, a prominent
gentleman of the neighborbood, Of her
terrible discovery, Immediately "inter-
Viewed" Mr.. Brown, the alleged owner
of the instrusive tombstone who also
hapren to be at the church. Mr.. Brown
cooily informed her that he knew his
babys grave from any other mans babys
grave, and that he meant business when
he put up that tombstone, and that he
intended 1t to stay just where he put it.
Seeing that Brown was disposed to
maintain his ground and resent any at
tempt to remove the obnoxious monu-
ment, Mrs. Ellison had recourse 10
church authority, and the chairman sum.
moned on the spot meeting Of the
Trustees who proceeded to the ground
to "view' the dispated slab. The testi'
money of each side wds heard Brown
insisted that the grave contained the de-
, creased remaius of his infant child som
nine years departed. All this MRS. Eli
son disputed she with equal psr.inacity
insisting that the real grave OF the de
parted Juvenile Brown, was an lily
marked one some six feet distant from
!, her own child's. This theory Brown In
dignantly spurned, and like his scriptur
, al namesake and prototype the "doubtine
Thomas" would believe none OF 1t, anC
: threatened with prosecution any desecra
l ting hand thai despoiled his child
, grave.
0 Here was a dilemma. Thu trustee
adjourned to consider the matter for
d week. They met the Sunday following
o aud agaio adjourned without acting
: but finally selected the ensuing Frida
i for final decision. Mrs. Ellison wa
Q promptly ON the ground; Brown refuse'
: TO attend, the novel contest having at
: tracted crowd, and having become th'
i subject of general discussion In th'
Q neig ighborhood. In the meantime Mrs
L Ellison had taken legal advice, and jus
v tice Ray, of Newark, had thrown daz
i. cling beam across the subject. Then
"a was that mothers intuition suggested
: solution for the trouble. "Let the grav
Al be opened 10 the presence of the people
n sobbingly said Mrs. Ellison. The trus
IA tees, however, were not uisposeu
,e touch the tombstone, Brown having bee
in in SO coolly positive; but consented ths
- the unknown and unclaimed grave clos
20 ~ by should be opened at Mrs. Ellison
"a "a expense. Not many minutes elapse
~ before the bottom of the grave WI
70 reached when the assured mother ha
the evidence before her that vindicate
her theory, for there sure enough, 10
the coffin which MIR. Adair, the unde
( taker, recognized as bis own work, an
as In which he had seen decently entombe
OF nine years before the remains OF Brown
m baby. Brown was hurriedly sent for.
ry 1t need scarcely be told what followe
la, The evidence was too convincing; b'
no to settle all possible doubt, then 1t wi
tR tina. Browns tombstone was taken dow
IL from its mistaken grave, which betI
opened in turn disclosed the .lny 7
maids of Mrs. Ellison's child. A mot
er's affection, females intuition, and
woman's vital combined, were T.
ba much. Any one of them was enauI
for any one man done Brown.
his