The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08
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scrap Of History From the Town OF
: 00-1 cuvton IN EhUgham.
hack IN the good colonial year Of
a. Zschariah White was one Of the
~ ,..,,.1tislly wealthy men Of Eastern Geor-
sll' "a ovued about ell the land around
g''.-ssent town Of Guyton. then called
y !, ellie in honor Of its principal landed
elL.-,otor. According to the custom OF his
III White was reputediy an indus
ull., 81 thrifty man and lived long and
nlTI and died prosperous and presumably
tspPy. Ill 81 his oonspicuous prudence
IA soDire. By some fortuitous chance,
L.i.ctad 20 accumulate any heirs to wrau-
hss,-o- bis estate when he ultimately closed
ee...-ros.rial accounts and submitted his
lLp,cbers TO that great intangible court Of
~ fecree. Nevertheless he died and the
merry NE survived, and the county under
III the responsibility Of owning it by
riCht Of reverslon.
IA ont and snugly deposited
., o, his own premises after
W fashion then prevailing, having
I..o.oa,,,ilv expired from that ''complication
= cSuse," that is 50 well known to the
rid Of medicine. But by peculiar proc
W ~ the transmutation Of vitality and
~ reversal of established usage the town
" Grvton was ''laid out"-though not for
Srrial-aud it lived and flourished ever
after.
merely TO show how much the death OF one
aold aud respected resident" may benefit
locality it still becomes necessary to the &C
crrsoy of a true narrative to state that the
nd ms . oil U
and expanded its limits until the site OF the
rave OF tie silent lord of the land was en-
Traced. Even his typically solid, though
noyjeding and antiquated tomb had to
give way before the impetuous advance Of
Progressive improvements and growth.
Thus It eventually came about thai in
the regular course Of their business the
county commissioners parcelled out the
property aud sold it to pay the accrued
owe. due taxes and charges against 1t. And
when it had all fallen into the hands Of an
unsympathetic younger generation, to
whom the memory OF the old squire was but
stradition, they did not even reserve for
his crumblug bones-amid "the voiceless
silence Of the dreamless dust"-a sufficient
resting place. Consequently when public
liberation of their depressing presence with
in the municipality of Guyton terminated
about six months ago the surrounding tomb
vas ruthlessly relegated TO the county
cemetery by certain vaguely potential per-
sopazes popularity known as "the authori-
ties, though the somewhat helpless "old
resident was not personally disturbed.
Yetin despite Of that consideration shown
10 mar who would really to have had suf-
fcient time to remove his immortal soul TO
more commodious and agreeable quarters,
and Notwithstanding the prevailing thrift
Of the town, there were apparently enough
people not directly interested in that par
ticular building site to strongly protest
against the removal of the sentinel stone
from above the isolated and lonely grave in
order that some might build upon the basis
Of the historic bones.
From the Indignation thus aroused came
more or less graVely disturbing conse-
Queuces. Here is one Of them:
TO TEE PUBLIC.
Here lies the bones Of Zachariah White,
Here let them rest, for this is light.
lis here his buried bones are found
and not in yonder burying ground.
Kind friends erected these two stones
To marx the resting Of his bones;
IT'S here those bones can now be found
And not in yonder buryinE ground.
What said these stones at that false mound
As placed in yondeT burying ground?
Hush Twas only one of those mistakes
That mortal man so often makes.
here let the stones and bones remain;
He sleeping in his own domain;
hes broken no law of church nor state
Though here he's been since thirty-eight.
CONNIE IL FAUT.
These exquisitely "teching" starzas were
found Yesterday morning attached to the
wandering gravestone at its new location.
IN measure and rhythm they sound suggest
i've OF the gloomy tragedy lines in the
alleged libretto of Corinne's comic opera.
Evidently II must have been the same
sympathetic heart with hand attached that
Inscribed the following observations upon
we fugitive gravestone at its new location.
~ was surmounted by a practical footing
IN iorh that is supposed to have once been
tne property Of thesigner thereof. Thus it
funs to those who read:
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