Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-09-19

PECULIAR EPiTAPHS
oss's@s nsas-sasa.s sa the c.sAslls
eesaessss % fttt.aela. Mss.
IL 70 weli worth q trip 30 this town
10 spead q half dAy In IL Catholic
oemetery. Here may be seen. perhaps.
the largest collection % head-stone- IA
the country. They are the life work
Of rosy faced. unctuous little Irish
man. who was not only versed In the
three ks" but was also gifted wl,h
vein Of doggerel and q genius Cor
carving that. had both been cultured.
nigh, have made him q sculptor.poeI
generation ago people In search Of
lapidary solace we're attracted 10 his
shop By tbs Sign
scalptured mArbls hers ysu anA.
To salt the fancy 81 ths most rrnned
very probably the sympathetic pro-
Pris'or after Questioning the mourner
on the circumstances attending the
death Of the deceased. promised not
only 10 write but also 90 illustrate .
fitting epitaph. What must have been
the delight and surprise Of one set u
hercaved ones, As they beheld the I'm
age Of the dear departed. dressed Ia .
claw hammer coat with buttons as
large n bis head. aud even the seams
down the back. holding a pole - that
the line fell from Il n an angle 81 ten
degrees. and utterlng the following
pathetic wordsg
disd hshing. as this picture shaNs
Ahd ief thas worid. with al us woss
~ another Fesion took ny ghL
ln 90 STA anssis aaoring Chrst
The action OF a former parish priest
la causing a woman Who died while
drunk 10 b. buried m uneoasecratod
ground. inspired the following indig
nAnt words.
: hops rTht vita goa. me rung with man.
Lnft tn . inns csrnHF hers I Am
leave sh ~ Goa, - a. alone praY
fhai asaoaS Ms iamha an be IhAi aay
Here 4 n swecter siraini
Ersgtsd - her father M'Carthy.
TIE prats 80 the poesF a Old tsartnomonourA
sac lett me her father and mother - moan
Forever NE los q Ger daughter oehene
These lines have certainly one ele.
msnt Of sublimi,y. namely. obscurity,
aasasna Lora 10 ne eternal praise.
rhai fss1sF Ana mother b happy Doth ms
waya
Mullanney puts the following dis.
putatious words into the mouth Of
'Amous DOrman. u Oucc:"
Aims. Yankse. have I not fail FiFht
On my owu waY 10 sesk my Tod through Chr.st'
Ia not - faetioa eternal hone
iouad 10 shelter u the Church q Rome
In the lines below he records q most
extraordinary case;
Here les tuo SISTERS e0sh virtsous, tar and
wlo a.sa. ssnsraliy regretted Ia ealla.Sir,h Of
sou.
They together crossed ne oceaa.
VIA mutual love upoa me wsT,
I hope the twan are happys
Gusd Christians. Tor them PRAY
What q delicate tribute the poet. Ia
these lines. imagines husband paying
% his wiies
Here iies AaE no eFax soth fsir Aad Young.
Aua also Ann, our dsar AMI euiy child.
n uod cunsidgred eur love and uhtty
sanc hundred years he'd leave theui yet q M
And how touching l. this epitaph.
So ordered - b buried nsnt - Mr. MaoEey
But ths verbal displays on the-s
stones can not hold q candle" 90 the
designs upon them. Under ''Amous'
norman's inscription a horrible earl
cature Of a Bishop. long-waisted. short
legged and ooarse-seatured. i baptin-
Ing kneoling man. who. we're he b.
rise. would bear the same proportion
b the divine that the ordinary-sized
man bears 70 dwarf The converts
hat lying on the ground. must have
fitted over his shoulders In another
place man. perhaps the deceased. il
present 10 nineteenth century clothes
among the toga-aitired apostles. Al
the crueihxion. The angels on all
these stones are-ws can not say
pers0nihcatlons Of Awkwardnass bui
they are the spirits Of "a, and
all the wAll-eyed little girls that se-
company their weeping elders 10 con-
ventional monument scar pantaleta
On one stone may be seen this simple
design. Angels. cross. harp Of Eriu
and lamb. Every lamb On these old
stones has . body the sizs q q pig's
and head about the slzs Of o cat'a
But the masterpiecs-the work 10
which the sculptor reached the apes
Of his genius. l. The Last supper
This beggars description hope u IL
not wrong 10 cay that the apostles look
like gnomes. and that there are feet
enough for only nine Of them. Pitts
Geld (MasA Cor. Boston Herald.