Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-16


| Nut him can never more como back 10 we.'
| A little In tho same vein II tho foilowin
/ from u small town In 1oNa-sont by "A Dos
| MoInes clergyman 10 a literary friend ~ n
Il curiosity:
"Bononih this elm tree,
buried would he he,
because hts tathur, ho
Planted this elm tree"
/ The battle OF Pine Mountain took place
Juno "a, 1884. Near the battlefield, on rude
i slab was carved this tribute
| Here lies William More,
say no more;
IeaeGed ne golden shore
Junsli, % w
In some epitaphs there Is more stated than
Il IN absolutely necessary. For instance, In the
old Grantham burying ground wo ind
"John Palfreymac, whpis buried here,
Was aged four ana twenty year;
Aud by his side his mot her lies.
Likewise his father when he dies"
1t appears that John MiIedge, who is
buried at bridgeport, Conn, had largo wen
on the top OF his head
"Our father lies buried beneath the sod.
Ills spirit is gone unto his GOD
We never more shall hear his trcHd,
Nor see tho wen on his dear head
Very remarkable IL the following authen-
tic transcription OF AN cpitaph made by u
tourist in Devon, England, from II stone in
the churchyard at bidtord, and printed in
tho New York EUcniRg i0st
"Here lies In horizontal position
The outside case OF
George RaughlCigh, Matchmaker,
Whose abilities In that line were an honor
Ia his profession.
Integrity was the nnainspring aud
Prudence the Regulator OF all tio
actions OF his life.
Humane, generous and liberal his hand
never stopped until he had relieved distress.
80 nicely were all his actions balanced that
ho never went wrong except when set going
by people who did not know his koy. Even
then he was easily SGT right again. He bad
the art of dispusing of his Time 50 well that
his hours glided away In one continual round
Of pleasure and delight, Till an uulu"ky min
ute put period to his existence.
lie Departed this Llfs Nov. Il, l-ra
Aetato7
Wound up In hopes of being taken in hand by
his Maker and OF being thoroughly cleaned
aud repaired aud set going In tho world to
come
This Is worthy ul place ia tho columns Of
humorous paper, but 1t was actually aP.
pended to the death notice OF a woman who
died in Monroe county, Pa, in lS's:
Some have children, some have none,
She was the molhor oftwenty.one.
This gom was actually printed IN au East
Tennessee paper, headed "By Request OF
Friends, and was part OF an elaborate NJ
tice
"She lived a live of virtue, and dod OF the
cholera morbus caused from eating green
fruit In the hope OF a blessed immortality
at the early age OF thirteen years, seven
months and sixteen days. Reader,
go thou and do likew ise.'
A descriptive writer thus concludes an
affecting obituary in a Sussex county, \, j.,
paper
+" ToaII his friends ~ bid adlou,
more sudden death one never knew,
A. ho was leading his horse TO drink,
she kicked and Killed him quicker than wink
An odd, yet uubeautiiul conceit ia found
on the lines to Miss Todd, in an Orange
county, y. V, churchyard
"Underneath hts stone doth lie,
A. much OF virtue as Could die;
Which. when alive, did vigor give
Toas much OF beauty as could live
The following was composed by Lord By
ron, by special request, tho deceased bUupg
a carrier who died Of drunkenness
"John Adams lies here, OF the parish of south
4 carrier who carried his can TO his mouth well
But he carried 80 much ana he carried 30 fast,
lie could carry no more so was carried At last:
FOR the liquor hc drank being too much for one,
He could not carry or 80 he Is now carlton ''
1t quite probable that Mr.. Adams family
felt inclined to carry on when they read this.
II IL not much worse, however, than the sar.
castle inscription that was placed over one
Doctor Stafford who was very corpulent, and
also very unfortunate IN that no lost most of
his patients:
Take heed. oh good traveller
And do not tread hard
For here Il,- Or. stafford
In all this ChurChyard
quite blt OF family history may bo gath.
cred from the following, which IL found at
Shippensburg, Pa, ON a moss covered
stone:
This lovely hoy, near years old.
Lies buried with his brother,
His sister lies ON the one side
And his nephew on th1 other
This is certainly not to be omitted, iOr II ~
genuine curiosity. 1t appeared in the
Washington star exactly as follows:
FATcw ell dear little Robert Allen,
Gone to meet his dear departed Pa,
Iu yonder lovely world up higher,
where by the golden throne OF blazing iTC,
lie waits for his little brothers and his sister, ana
HIS MA
Il is clearly a case of plagiarism from "Pina-
fore"
The next, and last, is from the StrUuds-
burg, Pa, Democrat, ~ follows:
"Cora B. Starks was transferred from the
Delaware Water Gap u Heaven at 1870 this
afternoon, surrounded by loving friends"