New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-25
.tT THE GH.n'E or PENN.
THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS HOLD SERVO ~ ~
THE JoRpAN> NIEriNrHot>E.

THE JoRpAN~ NlEriN"Hor>E.
From The London Daily New Of MAY 20.
YcsiCrdi, there was some silall siir IN N" l'aiv
lnno, o Baokinrham,hirc. III ih' n,iSippi n''" W
vice Of the society o Frieud- in III" h"m"l, mc'ilns
house NJ Jordan. hy %" Id, OF ne fr'm COZ ",t,
many of III family have h.in In pcacc for p-rl OF ,M%
centuries. Too few londonrrS Know I'M, sec 'uu''.
spot and H. rich historical --"'iaiirs bt l"k ~
The nance In tho visitors book Al the old m""iins
house. The word shrine SHni> oid IN "Ns"'''"
With the Friends hat YOU will see that lorian, ha'
rcally become a shrine. 10 which pcrimae's al" mao
from over The sea Naturally. ia" pilgri nr" rio,'
of HI I'D Ruchincham>hirc Quaker, w"r" ie ny Nii
lam Penn. one Of The recent entries IN ~" f"o, J,
proudly adds 10 her autograph INA, 1ho - H., ,Nn a.
descent from Isaac and Mrv Pennington. y" H.
the green Enclosure, bordcrcd and shaded with nouIi
Ing linz trees ar" the graves ol Mary lnmhF'"m ~"
her husband lsanc. But on" green mound rpar yes
mound cN her daughter by former m1rIiigr-FI,o,n
nrs wife. the beautiful 'ulicma sprinG1l li,rn
com" in rich literary a.socia,lons for 'h. %,,'
said 10 have sung and PLAYED to John Milton IN me
cottage Mt the other chalfonl-, halioni 81 Gle III
The days when IN retreat from the pnIu' be p'"".
fully went on with his great poem P'ri'llSr l",,i
Cults memory connects Itself with Milton w an"ih"r
way, aud 'hromch TN, bnal irnEnd to- ior hrr 49,
family and who bel eyed TO De- her admrcr ''for"
Penn came aud aud conquered. and docs any one
Milton. fii'ni. thcu hast viill'n m"rh ~ IL" I,,
lost what hast thou To say OF Paradise found - ON
MI, hint Wilton Wr",% as3," ana Mr"s ' IL r ,
Friends nicotine Yesterday pissed "a their way The
cottage where Milton spok" with Ellwooh, and after
ward made their pilgrimage 10 EllwOod'S grave
There are hundred, OF Quak"IS' gravr' In this Sc
cnded corcr of Iuc.insh1mNhIre which an American
hclr, 10 find 10, -ignposls and directions put mp ~
his expense but there arc not score ~ hradNtonc>
and these the ralnc, and III" tinI"S Of tables not
rising much higher than the mound, they mark The
demand for Indication of such graves ~ thr'"
has length oyerornc ne Quaker rcNol, against the
vanity Of hcadStonrs. hut thor" + studied severity
IN the concession. II sccm, that accuracy In th"
name. AMI dalc has not received an equal amount OF
study and the society OF Friend, Is aware that there
are one or two errors 10 correct
II has been supposed that William Penn mar.
ricd In the meeting house adjoining the burial ground
Of the Friends hut Til, house WIS not erected I'LL
1853 and Mr.. summers. the conerceatlonal minister
authority on william Pcnns liuckinshamsr history:
~ got at The trnth about III" marrlas, win Gnll
meeting house Is to-day pretty much what It was In
ldss-a red brick building. pnncl"d within half way
10 and over The ce'linr. rhe ancient lntcIcs ana
hinges are all carefully preserved Whatever the ag"
Of the windows. they are not modern. The small.
diamond shepci plnoS framed IN lead give force 10
the npo,iolir metaphor as 10 seeing through a class
are Of the ORIGINAL lead rrm'ltcd ana carefully re-
stored. The building has now high red Tiled roof
One end Of II has become the carrtakcrs house,
which can h. thrown open. and was thrown open yes
tcrday both upstairs and down. 50 rs ,ii 10 accom-
MEDIATE OVERLOOKING congregation. II Is curious to
the partitions drawn back disclosing part Of
the congregation sitting on the bedroom chairs and
on the bed IN the upncr apartment. At side
the foundation, Of the building descend into dell. and
room i found underneath the meeting house for
excellent Sablng. Ia which the Friends put up their
horses. II Is natural bat probably mistaken, fancy
that II was In this del" that the OuakrrS Of Pcnn's
time wor,hpp"d. and that this accounts for the meet
Ing NJ Iordans generally escaping the rude dis
urance TO which other gatherings OF the Kind IN
these days >ub,rrtcd Iiui Rus~cil'> iarn a!irrw1ri
vandcrwas. was really the meeting place before the
house was built In I6aS. manuscript journal kept
by one Rehecca Bniterfed. who lived NJ III" adjoining
farm Of Stone Dean has recently been disclosed 10
Mr.. summers The records II contains Of funerals AT
Jordans ILLS up hiatus IN tho documents ~ the So
Ctety " pNidepcp liar,
Penn's John. formerly supposed 10 have been
buried at Stoke Pogs. really lies At Jordans.