Tombstone epitaph., 1891-02-08
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FessIs whs Were FaaIshsa Lsas Aes ks Bzxisx Their HesrsFs Hezssesa.

ressIs Whs Were FuaI.hsa Lsas Aes k
 Bzvisx Their sesrsFs He@seea.
 Any EnutiiAfion of the ear which fa. -oived the los of a portion or eil of it has always been a mark of disgrace. fn one of tfie statutes of Edward VI the penalty afiKee for its violation is the ''lcss of an ear and perpetual infamy. in those days tie eslluioid ear bad nos been invented and the loss of one Of these nsesaats.rs wa pellsiie h.Aase cf shame for fife.
 Follcwing she rekribativs law of Moses, probably the punishment originated in the ecclssiastical courts IL Is first U5en- toned in tlle trizls of offences against She church and sOue of tie eSriess cls.ricsts were noted men. The sentence tu Jhe pii.ogy frequently had the additional pun .Shment ol the l0ss of oue or bdgh ears added Daniel Fooe. or Foe, later in life known as Daniel Defae, wrote a pamph- ies called 'sThe Shortest Way with the 0lSsenEays. and iosI ilis ears. Pope, iu sts 'Dancisd, '' speaks of ths author of
 Robinson Crusos:'' ..Earlesz on higb stood unatashsd Detoe"
 He ~ss placed in shs piIlory three times That instrument being on raised platform explains the line. in DefOe's Case, howeyer. ss in many others, his paniskmsst was rather a zlartyrdom, and lifted him in the esteem oT those who believed ss he did. .....
 Dr. Bastwick, who published more pamphlets than pills. concludes one os bis essays uith: 'From plague, pestiIencs and famine, from bishops, priests and deseons, good Lord deliver us" This was 50 serious an sfiront that the doctor was sentenced to the piilOey ard to lose both his ezrs. The execution of his zen teHce was sort of public fets. Hs friends gathered before the piliory and shouted words of encouragement. Ills wife climbed upon the Pillory and kissed hirn- When his ears were cut of 'Astls put them in a clean hankksfehief' and carried them home. The celebrated PTynnH suffered z similar punishment
 The names of lesseF criminals have e=ss>->fc- e=>-sfc- :ssi5 iSETElssfiss4S FrcufSi=, Dut Blackstone mentions number of earLy English parliamentary eBaetnents ulak. ing the loss of an ear a penalty in law. Fighting in . church or charchyard es acts passed during the fifth and sir.L years of the reign of Edward VT meant the loss of both e2Is- If the prRsoneT hsd no ears-which implies that there were habitual criminals $50 years ago he vas to be branded with the letter r in the cheek. In the second and tltir,l year of the same monarch combinations among Tictualers and artificcrs to raise khe price of provisions or tie rate of labor for tue third ofsnse was punished by the PillOry and the loss Of aa ear. The statute not only extended to the combinations to raise Hages, but tO reg alate tils quantity Of work or tu .essen the hoGTs of labor. In this degenerate age the trusts and other combines. with the different labor unions, # these jaws were ensorced- srOeId give the public sxecutioner active employment
 In later years the loss of an ea- or rrart of one has also been regarded as imply. ing disgrace The ear Is not easily lost Any accident that destroys the esu usually destroys the person wearing t. One oz the fsyoTite ways of mutilating an enemy in rough and tumble fight is to bats of his ear. In disseputabIe brawIs and in low resorts brute instinct makes ear nnutilaGiOn it revenge for almost any wrong. Jack Slade, the notorious desperado. in ht Of rage, is said tO have cs:t Of the ears Of R man he had ulur. dened. He kept them in his pocket and bcsstfUlly e&aIbIDaI them vyl4en in drunken and dangerous mood When he saw on the poker table . stake he wanted particularly Jack played the ears Riinging them on the table they beat four aoas CT . straight flush. for Jack had . pistol in each hand the next instant. le always took the pot os the play.-Cii- ago E~wa