The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-25


sr =,,nliv ryntcal -pifspt ln Piti 10 q
h.f'sr '1 NJ ~ fr'm Raysnrh Jan ' -
,,sus ID OIL, ,-u.. rr~ r,f--
MI Cashst has to- 49,
Voc wee rim n -sr ,gsiu
Heu vus' vsH IN 80
lsh' iau~ ,Ner no arrival q Pain~'s
b. at iAv-rpUoi 'hr- dir-r-ut hin.
were intry,hio~l In'0 PARLIAMENT. all aifn~i
against The r~~ov-Ty ~ tho r-ople - rtsh's
49, during the tr-uch R.votution-tks
: .''t"u- Missing hall. tho Trainsns rr~-
,"u'i'n ball sri tho ~HaA-ph~rnou~ L,l~b-
NU TIE ptonolef- 81 'h--- measures
were Mt -ap~ In svsi,lns themselves - the
Pass a..=;' iHsit=hf IN D-c. J. Isle,
Mr. Wilno' -aid In IN. HOUSE 81 Commons
nN-'S anyhody advocate Tho prtnc-ple
~ the-~ m-~tinsri n such q usn e,tsas
u q only h@ In the per~on u the Individual
ju-i r"turn.t frum America. Who hS dug
NJ The unhaiow-l bones u IN. bla-ph-tn~r,
and has brought them ,o this country for
th" purroee ~ creating q fr-nyied f~elinz
In favor 81 his protests. and hike I'D John
Ii-ks, Who desired tina, hts sktn should 10
made into a drum to rouse his country
men, WISHES To stir ny impi-ty and di<sfeC-
tion bv the exhibition II this mummerv
~ th" irrt's'asi people NJ this country
AZ Tor the ridicule. d, was. apar- from
nevsraIrr Paragraphs. chiefly represented
Nv some Anonymous rhymes written with
skin. but With m Alteration Of rIdencss
and priut~i In the cheapest form.
TIRE boSks pIsxrpHAR
Whether even under mors suspicious
circumstance Cubb-t, could have revived
un'hu Iasm for Paine h doubtful. In
is2o George III gave a blow 10 puhhcfn-
,ere-, ~ PairN's bon~. by DIVING on Psinc'-
birthday. Jan % Thenc-forth popular
feeling was entirely ocrupi VI Will the
sun-rinss - Queen Caroline and the affair
uf OsoTg" "
Cobi-tt at ono" began his efforts Ia get
into Parliament. and Paine's bones w-re
stored away and forgotten for years II
apIssuS. however. that he occasionally
exhibited the bones.
The Rev Gerald Davies Of 0arterhouse
wrote Ia the Surrey Times. Feb. ,. isse.
tia he wa~ told by the lste Jamee Wyatt
II Bedford. ~g-ol"gist, that in boyhooh
b-ins at Normandy Farm. Cobbett's last
residence. lie said
is IL true LAT YOU keep the bones of
Tom Paine. the infdel'-
Cobbett replied. what do you know
about Tom Pane'- But he took tho boy
UPSTAIRS AMI showed him the bous.
william Cobt~tt died June 10. 1885. AZ
Normandy Farm. near Guilford. His son,
James Paul Cohbr,,. was unsblelto pay al
hi- fathers debts and ht- own. and The
effects were sold by Thomas Piggott at
auction. in the autumn Of that year. ON the
premises. This fact was comm nics,s-i
.. a.. &c.. 70. L. 10 $50 10 IA ~
St"vens. who adds
NV informsnts. who were prrsent at
the sale. told IN. that u boS va. pointed
ou' a. containing thu remains 81 Pain".
and they believed that the box and its con-
tents veN d--cribTd in the catalogue.
and that, some ailuslon being nsh. 20 the
fact. the Auctione"r refused 20 bring the
lot under the hammer
What eventually h-came of tho box
AMI its contents H. an unsolved prohlen.
and. Notwithstanding nv " efforts To
snlv. IL. had better remain 20. The whole
snbIsct IL a painful one. and ! have nc
doubt that Cohlatt. OF whom we Surrey
men have abundant reason to b~ proud.
often regretted hat he had not left the noted
frc-thinker's bones ,o remain In their
original American r. ~,inx-place
tGlber Vale. who was In correspondence
with English free thinkers. stated In the
Beacon 81 New York. Dee. u. is4s: The
bones fell into the hal Of an elderly
female. a nur-r in Cobb,tt's family, and by
given or .old to lord Kings gardener
Lord King. who died two years before Cob
h+tt, WA a hoblcman Who head many opin-
ions IN common with Paine. Hts re-idenc.
OckhAm. was no, far from that ~ Cobhe,t.
In a lett.r. unpublished. of Giltert Nsis
to = l. Taylor Of Virginia. Aug 20. lse.
h. saws
.Cobtrtt did take the homes ~ Paine To
London. they are Ia tho hands ~ IN. friends
Paine. who will one dsv put a monument
up 10 him. ! Jaw some 81 the parties in
charg. Of them in iss-. and ! nave a pam
phl., on the subject which | suppose |
brought from England In that year
Mr. waTsoS's CoCSr
The pamphlet wa A Brief History NJ
the Remains IL VA. late Thomas Paine,
from the time Of their disintermen' in 1919
bv the late William Cobbctt. VI. p, down
10 ia. year 1916 London j Watson. 49,.
PIP =
was acquainted with tho venerable
james Watson. and gave thu address a. his
burial In 1881 He was an exact man. and
a. he wrote the little lesf.t himself. the
in IL were no doubt mainly
tho-, he r.-ived from Benjamin lilly. n
tailor. who became the factotum of Goblet
In London.
Cobta,t IL said TO have brought to Eng
the coffin plate. also inscribed,
e Thomas Paine. lied Jun y. iSp, aged -
YEAR. Both Watson ard Tilly would
c,r ainlv know tina Pain" was horn Jan
20. 1897. and this pr, -arva',on 81 an error
a. 20 his age, probably due 10 Nine DO
Bonneville Who ordered the conn. j. a GER
tihca'- of the R~enuinen~Ss 81 th's plate,
which NAV -'ill IT, IN .Nist"r~-
Cobbatt placed Psin-'~ remains for a
short time in the keeping Of a well-known
friend ~ his in Haui-hir" probably Lord
KING. hut they were brought 10 London
and ~rernainssl IN Cobb-tt's hnu-e. Bolt
Courr. until january. isSl. when lilly -ent
them "a Normandy Farm. Cohh-tt's c"un-
,rv plac" Their" they remained until
Coh,-.tt's death. Jun- II. 1896.
James Paul Cobt-tt. his son and exc
,,,t,r tp-rrf.At ~ own uapa IN several