The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-27


II was in the Grafton cemetery that
we found one of the very oldest OF our
stones IL was in three sections, two
large stones with smaller one IN the
middle. On one of the large stones
was an angels head. with Sits for the
eyes. nose and mouth, and two enor-
nous feathcred wings growing from the
side of its head, at the place where the
oars should have been. On the small
stone was an exact copy of this in NINA
turc. and on the other large stone was
a weeping willow tree, with twelve
branches. at the end of each branch,
hanging like n great. round apple, being
a cherub's head. in the typical unadorned
and unconnected style OF the very early
pioncers in the art Of carving tomb
stones. The small stone was sacred TO
the memory Of Thomas Parke, Jr.; one
of the larger stones was in memory -
Mrs. Thomas Parke, ST., and the other
yas sacred 10 the memory of her twelve
infant children. The inscription read;
Stranger, pause as You pass by;
Ny thirteen children with me lie.
See their faces how they shine
Like blossoms on a fruitful vino.
The story runs that an old slave of
Thomas Parke, ST., had been promised
his freedom. and, not obtaining it, died
cursing his then youthful master, and
praving that his children might die be-
fore they were grown. All died in in
fancy, and only Thomas, Jr, reached
his second year; but whether the slaves
curse had anything to do with their sad
deaths is matter of opinion rather than
Of history.
In sunny corner Of the Vernon Gem
etcry lie the three wives Of Mr. AbiIah
Rogers. The first died in 1884, and her
tombstone bore the following epitaph
Look down on me. slumber here;
The graves become my bed
And thini. OF death. that always near
Tor life uey quickly fade.
Five years later the second Mrs. Rogers
died. and the widower buried her in
friendly neighborhood to the first, and
To avoid all appearance Of partiality.
placed on her tombstone precisely the
same stanza, though dignifying the per
sonal pronoun in the first line with a
capital letter. The third Mrs. Rogers
has moro touching epitaph than the
others.
I'm another graveyard was found this
ungrammatical statement carved i'll
stOne
siy STAT and stay Is took away.
And am left alone.
Ny husband dear, who was so near
Is took away aud gone
LANES At WHOLESALE.
It was in New Hampshire burying
ground that were found the graves OF
eleven children, over each Of which was
a marble lamb. The father of the eleven
had. after the death of the seventh, 1t
was alleged, purchased the lambs at
wholesale. There was still one left OF
the dozen he bought, the story went.
One of the Grafton epitaphs reads as
follows:
His langushins head Is at rest,
&C., thinking and aching are Ger
His calm, immoyable breast
VIII heaye TO nutter no more
II is strange to see how some one NOR.
tuary stanza would have run, so to
speak. in the neighborhood. Here is a
favorite one:
Sickness sore long time bore;
Physicians skill was Nane
Til God did send death Is friend
To case me Of ny Pane
For modesty this IS irreproachable. 1t
was not seen by this party, but was
youched for by one OF the villagers:
OGod. do Thou to Allen Ellen Radd
A. Hen Ellen Iadd would do 10 God
Were God but Allen Ellen Radd
And Allen Ellen liadl were Cod
4 fayorite couplet is that which closes
an inscription found at cemetery in
Vernon:
When living men my bones 90 view
Remember we'll Here - room for you
Here is an epitaph that adorns the
tombstone Of a wife and mother;
[: in after years beside thee sits another ia ms
chair
Though her voice be sweeter music. and her face
than mine more fair
II cherub call thee father. still more beautiful
than this.
l.ose the little one. my husband; turn not from
the mo,heriess.
To complete the story it should be said
that another did sit in her chair not lons
aiterward, and that in time twelve little
cherubs called him fGther.
In Vernon this simple tale Of womanly
..eroism is simply told:
The room below famed Ike a stove
Anxl,us for those who slept above,
She entered on the trembling lioor,
She fal. she sank. she ross T. more.
-.-Drattleborough (Vt.) Cor. New Yori
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