Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-23

same number OF widows kneeling, hav-
ing previously attended services az the
church where o sermon is preached.
The details Of the other charity are
singular. Peter Symonds, native Of
Winchester, who followed the trade Of
mercer in London. by his will, dated
1886, left a sum Of money for sermon
to be preached in the parish church Of
ALI -Hallows, Lombard street, London;
and at the close Of the service. sixty
scholars Of Christ's Hospital are to be
presented with bunch of raisins and
bright penny. He further left prop
erty for purchasing sixty loaves Of
bread to be given on Whitsunday to
poor persons on his grave in Liverpool
street. The railway now covere the
site of his tomb. and the bread is dis
tributed in front of the schoolroom IN
Bishopsgste churchyard.
Robert Dove, on the 9th of May 1908,
gave to the vicar and churchwardeFs
OF St Sepulchre's Church, London
fifty pounds on the understanding that
through all futurity they should caure
to be tolled the big ben the night bc-
fore the execution of the condemned
criminals in the prison OF Newga'e.
After tolling the bell. the sexton came
at midnight and after ringing hand
bell, repeated the following lines:
s.All you that in the condemn d hold do lie,
| Prepare you for tomorrow you shall die:
1 Watch all and pray; the hour is growing near
That you before the Almighty must appear;
Examine we'll yourselves; in time repent,
That you may not TO eternal flames be senti
And when St tSepulchres bell tomorrow tolls
The Lord above have mercy on your soulsr'
Next morning. when the sad process
sion passed the church on Its way to
Tyburn, a brief pause was made at the
gate OF ST. Sepulchre's Church, and the
clergyman said prayers for the unfor-
tunate criminals, and at the same time
the passing-bell tolled It's mournful
notes
Sir Roger de Tychborne was valient
knight who lived in the days of the
second Henry. He resided in stately
Hall in Hampshire. His wife, Lady
Mabella, was the means of the cele-
brated 'Tichborne Dole" being insti-
tuted. This dame, so runs the old
legend, ''being bedridden and ex-
tremely i'll, petitioned her husband for
the means of establishing q dole OF
bread, to be given to all poor persons
who might ask for it on every succeed
ing feast of the Annunciation OF the
, Blessed Virgin Mary. He promised
|, her as much ground as she could walk
round in the neighborhood of the house
, while a certain brand or billet was
burning, supposing that, from her Ions
infirmity. she would only be able to &c
!, round small portion of his property
The venerable dame, however, ordered
:, her attendants to convey her to the
.. corner of the park, whore, being de
: posted on the ground, she seemed L
: acquire arr renovation of strength, and tt
the surprise of her anxious and admir-
ing lord, who began to wonder whert
the pilgrimage might end, she crawle'
round several rich and gOodly acres
The field which was the seene of he
: extraordinary feat retains the name 9
the ''Crawls'' to this day. It is sit
!. uated at the entrance Of the park. anO
I contains an area of twenty-three acres
Her task being completed, she was re
conveyed to her chamber. when, sum
. moning her family to her bedside, sh
! predicted the prosperity of the famil
! while that annual dole existed; and lei
her malediction on any one of her dc
: cendants who should be SO mean o
! covetous as to discontinue it. prophesy
!, inr that when this happened, tn
family would become extinct froI
!. failure of heirs-male, and that thi
= would be foretold by generation {
: seven sons being followed immediatel
= after by generation of seven daugf
! ters and no son"
: Mr.. luke of Wath. near Rotterdam
= !" d ed in the year 1910. and he bequeathe
y one penny to every child that attende
: his funeral. Nearly seven hundre
were present To every poor woman
. Wath, ten shillings and sixpenee. II
structions were left by him for tn
- ringers to ring one peal of grand bob
= which were to strike off while he VIZ
being put into the grave. He left seve
: of the Oldest navigators one guinea Il
= pudding him up" in his grave. Sc
eral other bequests were included
- his will. including forty dozen penn
= loaves to be thrown from the churC
leads at twelve o'clock on Christmi
1o Day for ever
- Doles of bread are given every SUI
II 4 day in the parish church of Hesole al
in several other churches in the neigl
. borhood Of Hull We have observe
: = the same custom in other parts OF Il
country. Chambers journal.
GOOD AND EVIL.