Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-04-20

chiefly 10 the old parish church. We came
10 u AZ some service or other was breaking,
and the Beadle In full costume gave ne ali
the information hecould, besides volunteer.
ing 10 run for the parish clerk, whose bust.
parish records. The Kind hearted Beadle
found him, and very soon we had the I'M
wonisd qualification Of looking upon and
inhaling the musiy odor Of parchment rec
orda OF centuries a. far back ~ the middle
Of the 10th. They are carefully preserved
In an iron box and beside Il Is its mate, CON
tanning the church plate, Of great antiqui.
~ The latter IL OF pure, massive beaten
silver the Youngest piece in the collection
being = chalice Of 1927. The others are
sixteen hundred and something. The cups
are models Of beauty aud elegance. All,
alms-dishes and bread-platee included, are
gifts from godly people OF the past, at vari-
Gus times, and invaluable az relics.
The old church was built in 1850, and
although added TO, the structure remains,
UNCOVERED and time-honored. OF course
Il was built by Roman Catholics and the
friars who ministered are buried, some OF
them, under the stone flags. One ancient
vicar records the fact on his funeral tablet
that bv his special desire his bones are 10
be deposited side by side with the good
friar who was his predecessor, and, In Lat.
IN, sends down 10 following ages his con-
viction that the LORD accepted the friar
as we'll a. himself, end that they would
both rise ioyously together In the last day.
This good vicar, who died 1854, seems 10
have ministered in the old church a good
while, and for long time acted a. clerk
in writing up the resords, owing TO the de-
lection OF Richard Smith, the regular OIL
cial; and one page Of the ancient vellum
record ia taken up with an explanation, In
very quaint spelling, Of the gap in the
records, where the aforesaid Richard bad
neglected his duty, although profuse in his
promises 10 write up the records, having all
the requisite memoranda at hand; whereas.
when after long delay, being fervently
pressed by the vicar TO delay no longer, IL
came out that he had not a single scrap TO
show, and 80 the records Of births and mar.
riages for quite space went by default.
All Of which the good vicar deplores and
puts the blame on the right shoulders, that
posterity may not hold him-William
Quelch-responsible but the Aforesaid de.
hnquent, Richard Smith. As Smith died
the next year. let MS hope that he was not
hurried TO his grave by remorse for remss-
ness in duty, though a minute Of the vicar
would seem 10 imply ~ much.
Good VIM. Quelch was a bit Of wag,
too. In his angular handwriting appears
this record in 1912: This yeare, Of mar
riages, not one; 40 toy, ricur g'-hinting,
not oliscurely, his grief at the failure in
receiving certain fees, that then, IA now,
tuta
ton with the holy ordinance Of matrimo-
ny. Cromwelrs "lronsides" stabbed their
horses in the old church during the wars
of the Commonwealth, and the great win
dow at the back Of the altar was then
bricked up and has not been disturbed
since. As there is thickness Of nearly
three feet occupied by this brickiDg.up,
the present parish clerk, who is quite an
intelligent antiquarian, thinks that there
is an elegant window and perhaps ether
treasures paintings possibly secured be-
tween the two walls Of brick. The vicar
however will not consent to an investiga-
ton and nobody knows what is there.
Carshalton Church is very proud Of an
ancient "brass," as il is called, than which
there is but one more ancient known in
England, and that in York Cathedral. A
brass" is a braEen plate let into the solid
stone, with figures and lettering curiously
wrought and often very elaborate and cost
ly. This funereal gem OF it, kind in Car
shalton Church bears date 400 -commem-
Grating the demise Of Nicholas Gsynsford
and Margaret his wife" Another, 1858, is let
into the stone aisle which besides the inscrip-
ton telling the age Of the buried lady, has
also the figure Of female with hands clasp.
ed, and scroll proceeding from her mouth
bearing these words: 30 Blessed Ladye Of
piie pray for me Vt my soule may saved
be-" The graveyard is exceedingly ancient
also in its stones and Inscriptions | have
only space to copy one among many curl
ous epitaphs The whole place is an anti
luarian study. Here is the epitaph:
''TOm Humphreys lies here by grim death be-
guiled.
Who never did harm TO man. woman or child;
And since without foe none ever vas known,
Poor Tom was nobody's Toe but his own.
Lay light on him earth; for none would than he.
Though heavy In bulkl trip it lighter on thee. !
September a, i7t2-Aged "a years"
In this old church my father and faith
IRA father were baptized; and the record Of
he past generations Willie and | hunted |
ip in the old parchment volumes to our
hearts content. But the results Of our |
eareh are not Of general interest, aud l |
will close, just in time to catch the mail.
Ever in Jesus, GEo. o. BARNES
Z. SO, how stoTriRg hungry We are for |
etters, none OF which have put in an APP /
,sarance vet "Hope deferred - Nc