Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10


ceased was mother who was buried IN
1872 with 10 of her children by her side
who all Died Soon After they ware Born. y
This must have been the veritable 'old
woman who lived in a shoe, she had so
many children she did not know what to
do
Another epitaph the oldest in the ceme-
terry, of Captain Thomas Bull, who died
Oct. 1854" and who was well sick dead in
one hours space. Engrave the remem-
brance of death on thine heart whenas
thou dost see how swiftly Hours Depart"
Another, dated 1857. is:
May faithful Angels guard thy Wondering Dust
tntil the general Meeting of the Just
Then rise Triumphant from the dark Abode
To Realms Of Light to Love and Praise thy God a."
One of the date of 1903:
Death is debt
to Nature Due
which l have paid
4 So Must You
One of the date Of 1777:
Time like you l life possessed
And time shall be when you will rest"
Another, of the date of 1888:
Behold my Friend as you pass by
as you are now, 80 once was l
as am now you must be
Prepare for Death and follow me-
| But the gem of the collection was an
epitaph above the grave Of q young mar
ried man of twenty-nine years, who was
drowned Al sea:
Drowned in the glory OF his years
And left his mate
TO drown herself in tears"
Leaving the old churchyard and its ST.
lent tenants, next morning I sped to Say
brook, at the mouth of the Connecticut
RIVER, TO await a Shore Line train. Say
brook was the original location Of Yale
College, and near the river brink stood an
old fort. Its first commander was Col
fenwick. His wife, Lady Fenwick In her
| own right, was the first white woman to
| die in Connecticut. She was buried on the
| edge of the fort in 1913.
| But time passed on; the railroad. that
destroyer of the antique and annihilator of
| the past, came to Saybrook. The fort was
demolished tC make way for round house
Lady FenWlck'S grave was deSecrated Her
remains, consisting of the larger bones and
her plated hair in a wonderful state of
preservation, were removed TO the old Gene
| terry on the hill, and above them placed the
| old COMMISSIONERS. semi-oyal slab upon sew
| era! vertical supports, with the Inscription:
Lady FenWiek 164S''
In this cemetery are many old grave
stones with inscriptions nearly obliterated
| one in God state of pI eservation is this:
| Here Iyeth the Body of the Reyd
Mr.. Azariah Mather Born at
Windsor August 10th, 1885, Expired in
Saybrook Febry II, 1896, Aetatis suae g.
| He a faithful minister
general scholar an eminent
Christian very great sufferer
But in glory a trumpher.
He many weeks felt Deaths attacks
| But fervent prayers kept him Back
| His faith and patience to try
& learn how Live and Die
Haveing the wings Of faith and Love
| & Feathers of holy Dove
he bids this wretched world adieu
& swiftly up to Heaven few
Disturb then his Precious Dust
With censors that are most unjust"
If the deceased had been Il general
| scholar it is safe to affirm that he did not
| write his epitaph: and yet, standing in
| this old-time graveyard with tht dust of the
| forgotten forefathers molderng around the
| man of today must overlook the faults and
| errors of composition in the epitaph and
consider only that old-world spirit which
looked up through the mist Of death and
| saw the clear light of the hereafter. S.
| Many birds form their sounds without
| opening their bills The pigeon Is a we'll
| known instance Of this. Its cooling can be
distinctly heard although it does not open
| its bill. The call is formed internally In the
| throat and chest and is only rendered audi
bic by resonance. Similar ways may be OBJ
served in many birds and other animals
| The clear, loud call of the cuckoo, accord
| ing to one naturalist is the resonance of a
! note formed in the bird. The whirring Of
| the snipe. which betrays the approach Of
| the bird to the hunter, Is an act of VEN
triloquism. Even the nightingale has GER
| tain notes which are produced internally
| and which are audible while the bill is
closed.
A scientist by the name of Calladon made
some experiments on Lake Geneva, Switzer-
| land, to demonstrate the power of sound to
| travel a long way in water. A clock was
made to strike under the water, and was
heard to a distance of twelve miles. In
second experiment the striking of a clock
| was heard to distance of twenty-seven.