The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-22
CHURCH OF ST. JAMES.

ries ago. 1t stands now in the midst of .
dense forest, a little footpath alone leading
to the door, where in olden days stately
danes in four horse coaches alighted,
while their attendant cavaliers threw their
reins to the Wallets and fastened to do the
bidding Of these aristocratic ladies.
Then the II high backed mahogany
pews would be filled with these stiffiy
starched and much bonneted grand DANES
while their cavaliers, in powdered wigs
and short clothes, would go for a lively
race on their thoroughbred steeds. The
church has four arched windows and a door
in each side, with a cherub in stucco on
each keystone. Over the main door is q
pelican, her beak tearing her breast to fur
nish her young with food, thus symbolic
ing, it is said, the mother church" of
eEngland, which feeds the lambs of her
fold, though so widely separated.
The sides of the altar are adorned with
four corinthian pilasters, supporting a
cornice, and between these are marble ia
bles of the Decalogue, Apostles Greed and
the Lords Prayer. The roof is supported
by four doric columns on each side. Above
the east windows the cornice is finished
over the entablature with a pediment,
reaches the apex, is scrolled under, leav-
ing an opening in which the royal arms .:
Great Britain are finely sculptured in re-
lief, as perfect as when placed in position
nearly two centuries ago. This decoration
doubtless saved the little church from de-
struction during the Revolution.
The floor is of stone. Set in just in front
of the pulpit a tablet bears this inscrip-
ton:
ITO the memory Of Rev. Francis lie
Jau, D. D., of Trinity college, Dublin,
who was the first rector of the parish and
died in 17l7."
The lizard Ratchment.
At one end of the church is gallery,
against which still leans the old lizard
hatchment, said to be the only one in the
country Emblazoned upon this quaint
relic of colonial times is the coat Of arms
of the lizard family, which was borne into
the church before the body Of Ralph lizard
and left there after the funeral, according
to the custom of the age
This Ralph lizard, whose hatchment IL
still seen, is the same who, when Comno-
dore Gillon was sent from South Carolina
to Europe TO purchase frigates, and for
that purpose TO obtain loan which he
could not effect on the security of the state
government alone, came forward and
pledged his entire estate, which settled the
business He IL was also who Influenced
Washington to send General Greene 10
take command of the southern army, from
which time change Of affairs took place
that led TO the surrender OF Cornwallis
and the termination of the war
He was minister 20 the. court OF the
Grand Duke OF Tuscany, but persistently
refused being presented at any court be
cause as a subject he would have 70 bow
the knee, which, he said, he would never do
TO mortal man. He was delegate TO
congress from South Carolina in ISL He
married the beautiful Alice de Lancey,
daughter of Peter de Lancey OF Westches-
ter. y. Y, who was lieutenant governor
Of the province Of New York. Lord VII
liam Campbell, brother OF the Duke Of
Argyll the last OF the royal governors,
married Sarah, one Of the lizards Henry
lizard a descendant Of Ralph lizard, built
an attachment 70 his manor house, The
Films" in the form Of q lodge, which he
called Lafayette Hall. IL having been
erected for the reception OF Lafayette
II was on Carolina 5 shores that Lafsy-
cite landed nearly s. years before when
he came Is an ally - the colonists, and it
was BY South Carolinian, Major Hage-,
that he was then received SiDgula-ly
enough, il was by son Of this same As