West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-04-21

maze Christ comfortable 10 would not
have been az sad story. He asked
bread they gave him stone. Cnrisf,
like most of the worlds brnciactors, was
appreciated better after he was dead
Westminster Aboey AID monumental
| Greenwood are the worlds attempt TO
atone by donors for the dead, for Vrungs
'o the living. Poets col ncr, in Wes,niDs-
Ser Abbey, attempts 60 pay Tor the suffer
poets cornC- IA Westminster Abbey.
There is Handel, the great musician, from
whose music We bear to day but while
! look a; his statue cannot nelr but think
( - The discprds with witch tis fellow mu.
sicians tried To OestrOY him. There Is Tn,
tomb uf John Dryden, beouiifu' monu
ment, but cannot help but think at sev
eniy years ct age he wrote If his being
oppressed ia fortune, and Of the cOntTac,
I he had made for "a thousand verses at six
pence lIue. Ano there, TOO, you hrd
The monument Of Samuel Butler, the u.
thor Of "Hudibras," but while ! look .
this monument IN Poets corner | cannot
but ask myself Nn-co nc died. Ia gar
ret. There . the coatlY tablat in the
poets corner--the costly let TO NO
of whom the celebrated W. yer wrote,
The old blind schOolmastor, John Iii
ton, has just Issued tedious poem on the
fall OF man. Ii the length IF il be no
virtue, II ha3 D.De." There is beautiful
monument TO Sheridan. Poor Sheridan.
IL he could only have discounted that
monument fCf a mutton chop. O, You
unfilisl children, do not give your par
ents so much tom stone but few more
blankets, less funeral and more bedroom.
II i've per cent. of the money we now
spend "n Burns banquc,s could have been
OK ended in making the living Scotch poet
comfortable, be WOULD not have been hsr-
ried with the Crudgery of 40
excise man. Horace Greeley, out.
rageously sbused Willie living,
when eeac is followed toward Greenwo
by the President If the United States and
the leading men Of the Army and Navy.
Massachusetts tiles To atone at the grave of
Charles Sumner for the ignomlnious reso
lationS with which her Legislature de-
nounced the living Senstur. Do you
think that the tomb at Springfield can pay
for Booths bullet, or the monument 70
cost sec, 600 on the bank Of Lake Erie Can
atone for GaTfield's assassination -? Oh, &c
justice to the living All the justice you
do them you must do this side the gat et
of the nocrUp' liz. They carrot wake uI
t. count the lumber OF carriages at the
obsequies or 10 Ii, tice the polish of the
Aberdeen granite or 10 red epiiapha
cOmmemorRtion. Gentleman mau. ol -um
in the suburbs of Jerusalem caLnot pay
for Bethlehem manger and Calverean cross
and Pilates ruffian judiciary.
Again, standing in this garden Of thC
new sepulchre l am impressed with In,
fact that floral and srbOrescent DECORATION
are appropriate fer tue place of the dead
We are glad that among the flowers anC
sculptural adornmenis Cnrist speut tn,
short time of his Inflammation. | csnno
understand what | sometimes see in th,
newspapers here the obsequies are an
nounceo and the friends say in connection
with them 'scnd 20 flowers" Rath r, II
the means allOW-strew the casact with
d)wera, the hearse with flowers, the grave
Sith flowers. Put them on the brow-jl
will suggest coronation, IN their hand, il
will mean victory. Christ was buried in
a garden. Flowers, mean resurrection.
Death is lad enough anyhow. Let cnHser
Vatory and arbOretum contribute to it's ale
Walton. The haTebell will ring far victo
ry. The passion flower will express The
sympatby. The dlffodil will kindle lis
lamp and illumine the darkness. Tue cluf
ter f aslrrs will be the consolation
Your little child loved fl ~rrs when sh,
was living. Put them in her hand now IL a
she eau 90 forth NO more and pluck tuem
Tor herself On sunshiny days take a frest
garland and put it over the still heart.
Brooklyn mas NO grander glory than i'd
Greenwood Hill; nor Boston than II,
Mount Auburn; nor Philadelphia than in
Laurel Hal; nor Cincinnati than It's Spring
Grove; nor San Francisco than its Lone
Mountain. But Mt shall we say OF
those country greveyards with the vines
broken down and The slao aslant, d the
mound caved in, and the grass tue pastur
ground for the sections cattle Z Indeed
we're your father and mother of so littl,
worth that you cannot afford 10 take car,
Of their ashes Some day turn out al
hands and olIa'Sbtsn tue slab and banl
up the mound, and Gu away the weeds
and replant the shrubs and flowers. Som,
day yoD will want 10 he down 20 your last
slumber You cannot expect any respect
for your bones If you have no defereuc,
f'r 49, bone8 Of your ancestry. Do w,
think these relies are OF no importance,
You W. see Of how much importsnc,
they are IN The day when the Archapge
takes on, his trumpet. Turn all YOU
csmoie-iea into gardens.
Again, standing al this new sepuicbre
am Impressed With The dignity of privat
and unpIetending obsequies. joseph wa
mouner, sexton, liyeryman had ,ptir.
charge ofevorything. Olly four At the b1
rial Of the King Of the Universe ObIettbi
be coDsolaiory % those who, through l.cl
Of large acquaintance, have but little dem
onstr,ti3p Of grief 10 the graves OF thci
loved Outs. Long li0e Of gliitcrigg eo1i