Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-05

can add something to the collection Of
queer inscriptions already placed before
the public. A writer in Chambers Jonr-
nal hit upon some Of the most unique
vet heard from in rhyme IN d Devon
shire church yard he found the following
relating the married experiences Of )
worthy man:
Beneath this stone, in sound rep0se.
Lies William Rich Of Lydeard Close:
Eight wives he had, yet none survive,
And likewise children eight times five:
From whom an issue vast did pour
or great-grandchildren five times four
Rich born, rich bred vet fate adverse.
His wealth and fortune did reverse.
BE lived and died immensely poor,
July the 10th, aged ninety-four.
a Cornwall churchyard is enriched
with the following dainty verses:
Here entombed one Roger Morton.
Whose sudden death was early brought on:
Trying one day his corn to now of,
- razor slipped and cut his toe OF.
The toe, or rather what il grew to-
An Inflammation quickly few TO
The parts they took to mortifying,
And poor dear Roger took to dying.
A Welsh husband thus sings above the
grave of his better-half
This spot Is the sweetest I've seen in my life,
For it raises my flowers and covers my wife.
And in EIdon churchyard another great
~ relieved individual says
Here lies my wife in earthly mold,
Who when she lived did naught but scold.
Peace wake her not for now she's still
She had, but now have my will
In Worcester churchyard is the follow
ing affecting double kind Of compliment:
Martha and / together lived
just two years and q half:
She went first and followed after
The cow before the calf.
The following punning verse Is on a
tombstone in a Sheffield churchyard,
erected above the grave Of John Knott. q
scissors grinder:
Here lies a man that was Knott born,
His father was Knott before him,
He lived Knott, and did not die
Yet underneath this stone doth lie.
Knott christened,
Knott begot
And here he lies,
And yet was Knott.
At Fling, near southampton, is the
following circumsta2tial statement:
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What caused my life to terminate;
For thieves one night when in my bed,
Broke In my house and shot me dead
The following, which is rather hard
upon the deceased lady, is said to adorn
some churchyard in Manchester:
Here rests in silent clay
Miss Arabella Young,
Who on the 2lst OF May
Began to hold her tongue
This other one is slightly invidlous:
Here lies Margaret Sexton,
Who never did ought TO vex one;
Not like the woman under the next one.
At Kirk-Santon churchyard, the fol-
lowing epitaph is placed on the grave
stone of man named Daniel Teare:
Here, friend, is little Daniels tomb.
To Joseph's age he did arrive;
Sloth killing thousands in their bloom,
While labour kept poor Dan alive.
How strange, yet true, full seventy years
Was his wife happy in her tears.
At Ockham, Surrey, wooJ-cutter
thus describes his final exit:
The Lord saw good; was looping of wood,
And down fell from the tree;
met with check, and broke my neck,
And 50 Death Topped of me-
A photographer has this rather pat In
scription over him:
Here lie, taken from life.
In st. Peters churchyard, Isle of
Thanet. is an epitaph written by some
elegiac rhymster, who was very careful
not to stand committed to the facts:
Against his viii,
Here lies George Hill,
Who from q cliff
Fell down quite stir
When it happened Is not known.
Therefore not mentioned on this stone