Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-05
CRAVE OF A GREAT MAN.
.,,,.m PENIS Peaceful Burial Place
Will IN BuckinghSmshire.
FROM tire 81. James 6aset'e'

in
E,oua the 81. James Gdsstse.
10 middle OF what are sometimes
~ Ia tho Buckinghamshire Uplands is
co. %. hnrial ground Of the Society OF Friends
TIE ,or5aus. as it is ealled-a place about
B. niles 10 the east Of Beaconsneld.
tn'. M Isst resting place OF William Penn
"a ISAAC Pennington, II forms kind OF
an1 or the Quakers Of the present
M and a place full OF interest to any
tlne mo cares at all for the history or re-
op g movement OF this country.
Atpsnn in his last days IlVeo al huscom1'
rem neastern side OF Berkshire, beyond,
Oh LII w and Waltham 81. Lawrence, and
IVY ~ doubt buried here from wish ex-
was n nv nina to be placed near his first
presand in a spot which, from the time
VIE, ho came 10 the Chalfonts and saw
TnSn springett and Ellwood and Isaac
Sul"jngton. must have been full Of pleas
-, memories OF mis- earlier years.
OF Tna Mace itself seems Significant OF the
lilly which the first Quakers expert
DDsen5 II is two miles from either of the
eIlOaIs,nta. and when 1t was frequented by
~, and the QuakeFs from these villages
ieD,st have been wild and out of the
mot Even now It seems most still
wa saoIuded. In the hollow OF one of the
suu valiavs-Or "bottoms," as they are
Is'aIIv csIied-Which are so numerous in
Vog,a5I,ntry from the Thames to the Colne,
~ w. rneds converge, from the two Chal-
t. st Peters and st. Giles }, rom Bea-
onsssld. and from Penn, the original
eating place of the Penn family, viii
,e9,s not far from the Wycombe Valley.
the corner between the lanes from
.,a Cbalfonts a passer by to-day will see
. thS ..iooa IF urn1lOd IOOlrInn a
oonsnaIly glances at it, like little orchard
70 oghich the fruit trees have died from
u or from the effects of the lines of
aaSSorshsdowing elms which border the en-
& ol's1re He will hardly take note of the
& Snre and white little building by the side,
"a tba small cottage attached to 1t, and
sho ave Will not readily catch the few low,
riein grave tones which appear among
81 ~ ,,rs.s. still, it is here that William
pam was bured-a very fitting spot for
& ora Of the first and most remarkable OF
q tbs society who made peace their watch
word For nothing could be more peace
mi han the place. A farmers cart passes
II nv or a gentleman's carriage is now and
& syain -een in the course OF the day; but
IN. coolug Of the wood pigeons in the thick
voods which stretch toward Wilton Park
~ tbe shouts Of a farm lad from the yard
& AT Stone Dean are the only sounds which
81 are often heard.
There 1s over the grave Of William Penn
q small upright stone with the name and
81 data OF his death. His first and second
81 wives. Gulelma and Hannah, lie by his
sde. and not far off Is the grave of
Isaac Pennington, whose fame has been
81 mershadoWed by the international celeb
dty Of his 5on-in-law, but who stands out
s. remarkably as any of the first adhe-
rents Of George Fox 1t seems sOmew hat
Il doubtful If these are the original grave
81 soues the figures appear TO be of too
modern character and the incisiOns too
81 clear to have withstoOd the effects of more
than a century and a half of rain and de-
B cav That. however, is small matter;
E no one will go To JOrdans to look for ar
e tstic m0numen s, as they may do 10 Che
MES. II they 20, it will be to see the bu-
Fl rial place of d man as remarkable as any
in The history OF England and America,
81 and for the purpose of recalling more
& windy than S otherwise possible the first
a DAYS Of the Quaker movement in a time
81 when il attracted the notice of the whole
English people. While on most days moth
Fl ing can exec The rural peace OF the
place whatever be the time of year-in
. spring when the hedgerOvs about are full
. Of prmr0ses and the woods and coppjces
81 which abound in all these Bucks bottoms
are blue with wild hyaclnthS; or in the
. autumn he season of all others to wan
81 der about this country, when the beech
& woods glow with color, and the cherry or
ards seem 10 be masses OF crimson
trees-on the first Thursday in June a
gathering of Friends from all parts is held,
B and due honor is done to the great Quaker.
Al ines some American travellers, with
the energy Of their nation, will find their
n way from UXbridge up the pretty 6lis.
bourne \ alley 10 this place, and spend
few moments by the grave of Penn. Once,
with an amusing absence of any feeling
fer he genus loci, it was proposed TO car
~ Oh tie bones Of Penn TO America; just
4 as II they were something that would be
pleasing or beautiful TO see, and az though
the interest OF Jordans lay in the dry
bones themselves which repose under the
grass, Bat IN this little valley they are,
ami are likely TO remain: and those who
can mud pleasure in things which may be
seen wit60utr rushing from capital to capt.
l8I VIII not do ainss 10 wander, before
winter comes, among the clematis-cov-
srtd hedge-rows and the SHADY beech
woods Of Bucks t. the Friends burying
ground by stone Dean.