The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-12-12
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ssa 1'sfe so.sriksA ls Amrihs shyns ssss
all the Virtues HpuHHi
~ sinels fsaii N blsmshsa lifs' % sess
Tvs. I piain ,est these ~s,s sswpl. ssls,sl %
slnners there had died.
The sgu -. lo~ he sci ao~n bsnss'h . IN
To meaIisls he. strange n w~ that such .
when, looklng w, II once he ssw the asy hss
changed ~ ntHht,
And osr saeh stone Ihsfs shows sissm u
whed "esRnSs'' "slliss svIf, fs ron stone 10 note
us found thai ser each tsst thereon had
come uondFsus change.
the asnron : grave, witch bu, tina, dsy pro.
claimed perfect lamb,
was "aaercd aow 40 one Who lived hype
urit and shamf"
whila nn a banker shaft where praise seem.
was sravedaIIe piled his shesels upby piuss.
Hn nelshbsf~,o The hesdstoss ssla-hsa
Ana arar @sS ss ,sGs e@s 'Ss p",sa youns from
yanity'a delnsivn'"
Another, where q pastor iss, said he wn
wun, 70 mock,
And pride himself because he led the fAsh'
ionahle h0ck,"
while Ger u merchant laid 70 rest MIA uni
yerHal inoans.
Hc read, Poor man he pledged h's soui for
pelf aud mortgage loans
Another, Here lies Deacon smith, who also
lied ON oafiht"
And 'Parson PortsQul. who enjoyed reoa
brandy from hls birth"
80 everywhere the reader ssrolicA his soul
was more dlsmnyed,
unaavory things on lofty tombs wore svesy.
"Hcre lies NAV Who dodred bic debts and
often Ayly eworu,"
"nsre rs.,. saint wso'e pIe'y vas worn
hindsidc before,
"Hcre sleeps sinner who for years passed
for ohnrchman true.
"Hrr rests IN peace one who, ull deeth, ns
peace with neighbors knew"
"Herc lies sirl who died OF lace. Thin shoes
and corset et-pinching."
"hefs sleep, man ,r,o.n,ns wno snns' ." n'
"IIere pause awhile and think or one VINO
never blessed his mother"
And Here IL one who captured wealth ~
fraud against his brother"
~
llfc led by the Demons tether"
| And Here a soul whose principles were
ohahgrful ~ the weather"
One stone contained In hong array list Of
One told Of death encountered In deriuu
| tremcus crisis;
white some announced with simple truth
| 'IIr died Of over eating"
And many said ms vice was great, bis vir-
| tues pOuf aud feeting."
30 some oi fashionable faults" some from
"M rs prescription"
Aud some from 'Tempers too intense, ant
some from Plain connipuons."
OF ono Il said "Hls sins were bold. his pietl
most scary.'
Another rHc preached patience Oft, a
home was mos, contrsry; ,,. ~,,
many n eynic question"
Another had "An acid soul. which turned u
| Indigestion"
A poli,iclan died. u seemed. from "lons con
One snapped the silver cord to reach be
yond his true condition"
Recorded there were faulty traits Of sverl
kind and messurei
"A rush q sasy % the heart" Of "Anssr II
"Ausnton 70 Nc SOUL ana stnosufs
the Fiszard,-
Construction Of The pocketbook." "0onstris
ton sore OF Kindness"
Congestion Of religious shousht" an
ENVY turned TO blindness"
Along with each was craven lisss OF qualitis
fcdeemins.
And these were numerous on graves - moe
where pI'i pai ! .ssa,y stone bespoke some p.s
per form reciinisE.
The phosphofescence on long usss ~ eoe
was brightly bhiniHT.
30 on be stroiltd amid tie graves, plunge
deep In meditation,
And much he maryeIed as be rsal saeh ns'
aud strange crcstoa
f1rcd out at last. be lat< him down anl slsy
nntil The nOrninHs
with woven bars Of sunny goId vos eoc
white shaft aderning,
But whes he rad the craven words. u
olier nbs were Tisauinx,-
And half convinced. ye1 MN IN doubt.
thought be had bees 6reAmins.
Yet. When he balanced up accounts, b
laughed in strange dsrisioa,
And wondered whether graves would bee
the lsst OF such vision.
Nor docs he make Of tombstonss nov . stan<
ard of precision.
II Edoar Josss. sH Dossos TSamsevtp<.