The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-12
I'm shot.

1t was i'm the Grafton cemetery that We
found One of the very oldest Of our stones.
IL was i'm three sections, two large STONES
Of the large stones was an angels head,
with Sits for the eyes. nose and mouth,
and two enormous featliercd wings grow
ing from the side of it's head at the place
where the ears should have bcen. On the
small stone WAS AN exact copy. OF this in
was a weeping willow tree. with twelve
branches, at the end OF each branch,
hanging like a great, round apple, being
and u~nconnected style of the very early
pioneers i'm the art of carving COMMISSIONERS.
ory OF Thomas Parke, jr.; one of the
larger stones was i'm memory OF Mrs.
Thomas Parke, sr., and the other was sa-
tired 70 the memory of her II infant chill
siren. The inscription read:
s'sspF ssIr I.gss Children ri i"S with with G n. lie.
Nee their faces how they shine
Like blossoms On u fruitful vine.
The story runs that am old slave Of
freedom, and not obtaining IL, died curs-
ing his then youthful master and praying
;hss bis s-s SaildT All d height rs i S,s ssio asd o o%fy
Thomas jr., reached his second year; hut
whether h slaves curse had anything to
ion rather than of history.
In a sunny corner of the Vernon ceme-
terry lie the three wives of Abijah Rogers.
The first died in lisa. and her tombstone
Look down ON me-; ] slumber here;
And think Of death. that's always near.
Five yea r later III tin. second Mrs. Rogers
died, and the widower buried her i'm
friendly neiRhborhood to the first. and,
ninecd on her iomhstone precisely the
same stanza, though dignifying the per-
sonal in the first line with a
has u more touching cpitaph than the
others.
unRraInm aticaI statement carved in
My stan and stay is took away.
MS Husband dear. Who was 80 near.
Is took away and gone.
ground that were found the graves Of
eleven children. over each OF which was
"a marble lamb. The father of the eleven
alleged, purchased the lambs at whole
sale. There was still one left of the dog
en- he bought, the story went.
follows:
His lansuishing head is at rest.
Its thinking and a, .rn,ng are DER.
Will heave to fiutter no more.
1t is strange to see. how some one NOR
tuary stanza would have a run. SO Il
speak, i'm the n~ciGhhorhood. Here il
sickness sor. long time I bore:
hhE .a, r.; six. shiI, ., WA; YAM. ,r,.,,
To ease me- 81 my Pane.
And here is another favorite:
stranger. ualss AS you pass 10y:
As you are now Sd once WAS l:
As l ann nowso will you he:
Prepare for u.tth and follow me.
On one stone an irrcvercnd way had GU
underneath ills stanza the following
verse:
To follow your am not content
Unless ! knov-which road You went.
For modesty this is irrcproachable. ]
was not seen by this party. but wa
vouched for byone of the villagers:
a God, do THAI to Allen Ellen Raid
As Allen Ellie Ra.ii would do to God
Were t:od butAllen Ellen ltadd
And Allen Elm ltadd were God.
AZ Vernon is smried Mrs. Jemima Tut
whose history y thus told ON her toni
stone.
Mr.. .Jcniima Tute.
Successfully rclict of Messrs.
william itipp>. Caleb HAVE and
Amos Tute.
The two hrst we're killed 10y the Indians
PhipIs>Iuly 3. A. II, I.S3.
Hays June "a. 1.is.
when HAVE WAS killed she and her children.
Then seven In nunprr.
We're carried into aptivity.
The oldest dauglte went la France
And WAS married t.a French gentleman.
The youngest was trn from her breast
And persisted with anger.
by the aid Of some benevolent gentleman
And her own personal heroism.