Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-22
COMO.
The Cemetery at Buckhorn Bap-
fist Church Recently Enriched.
Several Beautiful Slabs to BE Followed by
Othcrs-A Chapter Oh Nortl, Carolina
Forests New Industries The Birds
The Primaries Reflections.
Como. N. c., Nov. 81.

Como, N. c.. Nov. 81.
"If cobbler by trade, I'll make it my
pride
The best of all cobblers to be;
If only tinker, no tinker on earth,
| Shall mend an old kettle like me-"
The cemetery of Buckhorn Baptist
Church has recently been enriched by
workmanship of rare ability and skill.
The old Venetians possessed and prac-
ticed the secret of the mallcability of
glass-now n lost art. The old Egyp-
tians carried their embalming to such
perfection as to preserve the human
frame from decay. The marble baths
OF Dioclesian and Caracalla have not
only fallen into ruins beneath the bat
ternS rams and shock of earthquake,
but have also corroded beneath the
touch of times effacing finger. Monu-
mcntS, that were built for all time, are
in the lapse of ages unable to be deci-
phcrcd. Wonderful is the advance in
| the chemic art, in the WorlimanS
| skill
Tombs OF Parian marble are costly,
and TO those, who desire to mark for
ever the spot where the loved dead
lie. the use of cement and white pure
sand, properly mixed is doubly well
come. When the slab composed of these
is first finished, it presents but few at
fractions, though ii is easily seen that
the work is we'll and beautifully done.
Run your hand across it's dull and UNI
seemingly surface and you will OBJ
serve it has n polish and smoothness
of purest marble. Even as you linger
near the now hidden grave you will see
| n wonderful change rapidly taking
place. The soft and plastic composition
| rapidly solidiiies into Il substance hard
er than adamant, and what is stranger
still, the dark, dull, earthly gray begins
to whiten, first by splotches. until at
last, in very few days, its entire sur
face is beautifully white, and glistens
as with pearly incrustation. No CHS
| ell, no hammer blow, makes n dent upon
! it,
BEAUTIFUL SLABS.
The cemetery near Como has now
| several of these beautiful slabs and
| will soon have many more, making it
| q place OF beauty. The skilled work
| man, who has wrought this beautiful
| work. is Mr.. j. c.. Spiers, formerly of
| Murfreesboro, N. c. 1t will become a
resort in the near future where the
| sensitive can sit and mediate, as he
| listens to the melancholy sough of the
plaintive pines, and feels the soft south
wind on cheek and brow. Slabs, made
of this composition will be more last
ing than brass. more durable than
| iron, as they Will neither absorb moiS-
ture, nor suffer erosion by falling
| water.
WOODMAN! SPARE THAT TREE.
"Woodmen! spare that tree:
Touch not n single bough
In youth, it sheltered me,
| / can't protect it now
| Our forests seem to be practically in
| eXhaustible, for as fast as the monarch
oaks and pines fall. their offspring,
retarded by their roots and shade
| gather new life and grow with Won
| derful rapidity. / know fields, culti-
waited fifty years ago. which are now
thickly set with tall symmetrical pines,
ranging from sixteen to twenty-four
| inches in diameter. The second growth
upon these lands readily commands ten
| dollars per acre. Indeed many of our
/ capitalists, among them Mr.. Joseph T..
Maiette. are investing in these pine
thickets of twenty years growth and
awaiting their development. assured of
| a golden harvest.
NEW INDUSTRIES.
Mr.. w. T. Taylor. young benedict
near our village, has recently planted
two saw mills, to one of which is at
| tached q grist MILL TO the other cot
ton gin. These two plants are within
two miles of each other, in the vicn-
ity of Como. The one on the planta-
ton. recently bought by him of Mr. j.
Is. Vaughan supplies our local. trade.
the other near the deep and navigable
Meherrin, cuts for expectation, 1t has
! already supplied the lumber. rich in
grain. and susceptible of high polish
for the beautiful and palatial home of
Mr.. Willie Williams. of Franklin, Va.
Mr.. Taylor, n young man of vast ener-
gy,. has purchased thousands of acres
of timber. and thus taking time by the
forelock, has made provision for many
years.
ABOUT BIRDS. :,
Don't kill the birds. the pretty
birds" is a sentiment ignored in these
| sporting times. The whir OF their rapid
| fight is music sweet TO the ear but