Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18
INNOCENT EUGENE ABROAD.

Col Field Visits Bunhin Fields and witt.
7" inc Folks at Home About 1t.
Just before leaving England for Ger.
many went down to Bunhill Fields tn
see the graves of four very great men
btunyan, De Foe, Watts and Ritson.
Inc cemetery is a curious spot, as full
Vi interest as 1t is full Of bones-the
name originally was Bone hill One
hundred and twenty-five persons have
oeen buried here. Ritson's grave can.
not be identified; the antiquary re-
quested that no mound or slab should
Dc raised above him, and that wish has
been complied with. ''He was buried
somewhere in this corner"-that is all
the information the guide has to give
DE Foes grave is marked by stanch
ooellsk, for which his youthful readers
nave paid. A comparatively new monu.
ment stands over Bunyan's grave; the
old slab was fairly hacked to bits and
carried away by relic hunters
Il fancy" said I to the guide, that
many of my countrymen visit this saint
ly spotT'
"Oh, yes, sir, said he; ''they come
mere in droves during the season"
Can it be possible" I asked, that
this cemetery has a season, the same as
seaside resorts and water cures haveP'
"Oh, no." he answered; II mean
that they come here in summer, for In
the summer mostly Americans come to
England"
II am proud" said I, ito know
that my countrymen are disposed to
pay the tribute of their reverence and
affection to the memories Of these saint
ly dead Could you tell me which of
these hallowed spots they seem to seek
out more particularly Either Bunyan
or Watts would be likely to appeal to
the average American, suspect"
mo, SIR" replied the guide; ''how
they find out about it | can't say, but
nearly all of 'em come to see the tomb
of that lady over there, and they al
ways make copy of the epitaph."
proceeded to the spot designated.
1t was the grave of worthy but not
noted lady, who 'in sixty eight months
was tapped sixty seven times" and had
2GG gallons of water taken from her, :"
all of which she endured without re-
pining at the dispensation of an inscrut-
able Providence
Across the street from Bunhill Fields
is the chapel behind which John Wesley
tiaa htrt-i nd b 10. L.,
simple shaft erected in 1910, think,
upon which is inscribed as touching, as
eloquent and as dignified an epitaph as
| ever read. This whole locality has
an inexpressible charm; here, in the
heart of populous city and grit about
with vice, is a quiet little tract where,
in the presence of the master minds of
our faith, we may commune with the
sweetest of memories.
The unpleasant feature of it all is
that as you leave the spot you are
swooped down upon by hawk nosed
female who inveigles you into sort Of
lodge and worries you until you pay
her two shillings for a series of twenty
four pictures purporting to illustrate
the life of Wesley.
You'll come down tomorrow and
attend service. won't YOU" asked this
old griffin.
'Inasmuch as live about five miles
due west of here, said l. sit is likely
that if l attend service at all shall at
tend service where a cab fare of two
and six is not involved"
But aren't you a Noncomfor1nist
divinef' she asked.
Madame" said l, seriously, 81 have
been mistaken at different times for So
Smith Russell, Nat Goodwin, Harry
Dixey and Bill Nye, but never yet have
I been told that looked like preach
er. No, my good sister in Adam, an
not a clergyman-I am by predestina
ton, preordination, prepossession, pre-
objection and profession an ungodl!
newspaper man."
"Lor' mel" she exclaimed, and {
shade of disappointment crept into he
voice; 'thinkin' you was a divine
knocked off sixpence on them pictures ?
Eugene Field in Chicago News.