The Grenada sentinel., 1889-03-16

twenty-one sixpences on certain lady'f
grave. The money is picked up by the
same number of widows kneeling, hav-
ing previously attended services at the
church where a sermon is preached
The details of the other charity are
singular. Peter Symonds, a native OF
Winchester, who followed the trade of
mercer in London, by his will, dated
1886, left sum of money for sermon
to be preached in the parish church of
All-Hallows, Lombard street. London;
and at the close of the service, sixty
scholars of Christs Hospital are to be
presented with bunch OF raisins and
a 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 covers the
site of his tomb, and the, bread is dis
tributed in front of the schoolrOom in
Bishopsgate churchyard.
Robert Dove, on the Sth of May 1905,
gave to the vicar and churchwardens
of st. Sepulchre's Church, London,
fifty pounds on the understanding that
through all futurity they should cause
to be tolled the big bell the night be-
fore the execution of the condemned
criminals in the prison of Newgate.
After tolling the bell, the sexton came
at midnight, and after ringing a hand
bell, repeated the following lines:
'All you that in the condemned hold do lie,
Prepare you, for tomorrow you shall die:
Watch all and pray; the hour is growing near
That You before the Almighty must appear;
Examine well yourselves; in time re pent,
That you may not to eternal flames be sent;
And when StSepulchre's bell tomorrow tolls.
The Lord above have mercy on your souls!"
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 nfor-
tunate criminals, and at the same time
the passing-bell tolled its mournful
notes.
Sir Roger de Tychborne was a valient
knight who lived in the days Of the
second Henry. He resided in a 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 ill., petitiohed her husband for
the means of establishing 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 certain brand or billet was
burning, supposing that, from her long
infirmity, she would only be able to 60
round q small portion of his property.
The venerable dame, however, ordered
her attendants to convey her to the
corner of the park, where, being de-
posted on the ground, she seemed 10
acquire renovation of strength, and to
the surprise of her anxious and admii's
ing lord, who began to wonder where
the pilgrimage might end, she crawled
round several rich and goodly acres
The field which was the scene Of her
extraordinary feat retains the name OF
the "Crawls' to this day. 1t is sit
uated at the entrance of the park. and
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, she
predicted the prosperity Of the family
while that annual dole existed; and left
her malediction on any one of her de-
cendants who should be SO mean or
covetous as to discontinue it. prophesy-
inc that when this happened, the
family would become extinct from
failure of heirs-male, and that this
would be foretold by generation of
seven sons being followed Immediately
after by generation of seven daugh.
ters and no SON.
Mr.. luke of Wath, near Rotterdam.
died in the year 1910, and he bequeathed
one penny to every child that attended
his funeral Nearly seven hundred
were present. To every poor woman in
Wath, ten shillings and sixpence. In
structions were left by him for the
ringers to ring one peal of grand bobs,
which were to strike off while he was
being put into the grave. He left seven
of the Oldest navigators one guinea for
pudding him up'' in his grave. Sew
eral other bequests were included in
his will, including forty dozen penny
loaves to be thrown from the church
leads at twelve o'clock on Christmas
Day for ever.
Doles of bread are given every Sun
day in the parish church of Hesole and
in several other churches in the neigh
bnrhood OF Hull. We have observed
the same custom in other parts OF the
country. chambers Journal.
GOOD AND EVIL.