New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-15

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fellow beings would entertain about his future rate
and condition. The inscription reads:
| Here es-who do you think? ,.
George A. Hollister Whatl you drinK'
| Where he's gone or how ne fares'
| Nobody knows. and nobody cares
A whole tale OF marital infeliciy Is exposed IN
the coupet
| Beneath this stone my wife doth lie;
She's now at rest. and so am l.
The complement OF this Is found In an Inscription
| nm an old tombstone In Bridgeport Conn.
| She lived with her husband fifty years. ana died
In the confident hope Of better HE
Another epitaph from the same locality. with
| similar implication runs:
| Here lies the mother Of children nve. ,,.
OF whom three are dead ann rTo rather
To die with their mother than live with their father
Her warfare Is accomplished
Another gravestone in an old cemetery at Penn
berton n. j.. bears an inscription rather cheerfu'
| In tone and practical In advice:
0 Johnny my husband.
Don't weep for your Lou;
am happier here
Than could be with you
Your sorrows and troubles
BE kind 70 our children.
And get a new wife
A solemn warning to fashionable young women Is
to be found on a tombstone in the same cemetery:
Here lies proud and stylish lass
Who dearly loved her looking glass; .
Tight lacing killed the thoughtless maid.
And laid her In an early grave
At Frankfort KY substantial monuments have
been erected to the memory Of Daniel Boone and
his wife. Rebecca. In the carvings. emblcmatic OF
pioneer llfe that strikes the beholder with sur
prise is that OF Rebecca milking cow Just why
this particular act is selected to adorn monument
to the good woman Is not apparent
In the quaint old historic town Of York. Me-.
close to 'the sounding sea-. Is the First Parish
Cemetery. which dates back to ls4S Here lie the
honored dead OF centuries. their resting places
marked only by Undiscovered and crumbling tomb
stones with their half eraced inscriptions On q
little tablet OF slate is seen roughly traced cpl
taph which embraces a higher tribute than any
studied eulogy:
MERCY w, wA; ~
She good to all.
The forefathers were fond OF extolling the virtues
OF their worthy townspeople. An inscription of n
later day reads:
In memory OF Edward Emerson. f.,
Who departed on October A. A. D.. 1905
Capacous was his mind
Benevolent his heart
Spotless his character.
Generous, humane and Just.
Among so many virtues what weakness Is i'm
piled in the last line Is left to the conjecture OF the
passerby In an obscure evidently rests
the dust Of some ancient cynic. There is no name
nor date, only a caustic rebuke to curiosity:
was somebody.
Who. Is no business OF yours
In the ancient cathedral Of Lubbock. in Germany.
there Is an old slab with the following inscription:
Thus speaketh Christ our Lord to
Ye call me Master and obey me not
Ye call me I;sht ana see me mot;
Ye call me Life and desire not:
Ye call me Wise and follow me not;
Ye call me Fair and love me not:
Ye call me Rich and ask me not:
Ye call me Eternal and seek me not
Ye call me Gracious and trust me not;
Yc call me Noble and serve me not
Yc call me Mighty and honor me mott
Ye call me Just and fear me not:
II condemn you. blame me not.
1ere couple OF curious eptap hs from Woot-
ton Church On stone. under the symbol Of skull
and crossbones and an hour glass with wings
rising from It, is cut:
MY breath IS stopt.
My glass Is run.
And | have done.
The second Is from brass:
In Wootton porch among these stones
craved leave 10 lay my bones
Erasmus Stanhow interd is heere
The October the Is year
This is confirmed by the registers, which state
that Erasmus Stanhaw OF st. Margarine In SUI
folk buried here Oct. We LIST. l6fs."
In the register box torn piece OF paper.
which proved to be interesting momento Of
the time when, In order to give encouragement 70
the wool trade. every corpse must BY law be
wrapped In q woollen shroud. Here Is a copy Of
II:
Elizabeth Wirr made oath 10th Jan. 1855 that
the Body OF Anne Squire Deceased and Buried In
the Church OF Wootton was not wrapt or Bound
that the Coffin not lined Faced with any
thing but Sleeps Wool only.
Sworn before Francis Johnson Vicar Of
I'm presence OF ANNE CHURCH
The largest single grave In the world occupies
Just exactly one acre OF ground Ii is surrounded
by an iron railing and is located at Puerto Cortez
In Spanish Honduras II Is the burial place OF q
The tombstone occupies tho centre of
the ground inclosed. and several wooden figures
representing the deceased arranged In statue |
like form In different parts OF 'he inclosure
The woman I'm her will had specified the amount
OF ground to purchased for her grave and the |
manner In which II should be decorated.
A more modern epitaph. and yet curious enough |
attract the attention OF the passerby. 10 TO be
found In the cemetery at Winthrop. Me. The mon |
ument marks the resting place OF father. mother |
and SON. the former dying In 1857 the son. soldier |
In the Civil War and the mother I'm 1892 The |
latter probably the author OF the lines. as IL
evidenced by the nnal change from plural to singu-
lar
Broad was the which drifted
Our thoughts were free and unrestricted.
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