The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-06-21

leaving Univ tlltli al llliI Astt pilA. ''liiN
and absurd few specimens of which We
procctd "a give. without claiming for them
either originality or novelty.
1t appears as ii the EngliSh-Speaking ma
tions found it almost next to an impossibil-
itv TO confne their raillcry to the living,
and accordingly we find the harmless pecu-
liaritie, of the dead have often been chi>iled
upon a tombstone with IA felicity which has
rendered immortal what Otherwise the next I
generation might have forgotten. The fol-
lowing we'll known epltaph OF DR.. Frank
lin. written by himself will bear repetition .
here for lis humor and quaintncss.
THE BopY OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
PRINTER,
like the cover otan old book,
Its contents torn out,
And Stript OF its lettering and gliding |
Lies here food for worms;
But the work shall not be lost
For il will n he believes appear once
more
In new and more elegant edition,
Revised and corrected by
The Author.
That ON the tomb of William Shakespeare,
ut Strattord- upon-Avon. IS popularity
within itself, in the Authorizations OF the
word that, and the grouping together of
some of the letters after the fashion OF
monogram. We give it in the original
spelling:
Good friend, for Jesus sake torhear
To digg the dust enclosed heare
Blcstc be ye man " that spares these
stones,
And curs't be he " that moves my
bones
In acharchyard in Cheltenham England,
may he seen the tolloWlng
"Here lies and my three daughters,
Killed by drinking Of the Cheltcnham
waters.
a If we had stuck to Epson salts
We'd not be lying in these here vaults.
''Sir," said the famous Dr. Johnson, 1T
is a shame to speak i'll of a man behind his
back, but think the gentleman who has
jus9 left the room is-an attorney.
A similar sentiment as pertaining to law
yers OF doubtful reputation IS found on
gravestone in Swappham, Norfolk England;
'Here lies one, believe it if you can.
Who, though an attorney, was an honest
man.
The gates of heaven shall open wide,
But will shut against all the tribe beside. y
This one also is rather suggestive:
Here lies John Shaw,
Attorneyat-law;
And when he died,
The devil cried
Give us your paw
John Shaw,
Attorney-at law. y
Some years ago an inhabitant Of Wool
wick, England. died, leaving testament
tary order that his tombstone should be in
seribed with the well-known lines:
youthful reader, passing by,
As YOU are now. So once was l.
As | am now, so You must be,
Therefor prepare to follow me.
The widow of the deceased, who did not
honor her lord more than the ordinary run
of wives, obeyed her late husbands in
functions, but added postscript OF her own
composition rs tollowes
''To follow you am not content
Until know which way you went
The gravestone with these inscriptions
was to be seen for a considerable period,
but after much persuasion the rector OF the
church prevailed upon the widow TO let
MN nave her lllppant hheS removed.
The following ouaint iuscrintion ON a
noted hear-drinl.er could lao se.n in tho
churcbyard in the CIV of Durham ENGLAND.
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