Milford chronicle., 1905-01-20
BARRATT'S CHAPEL.

"A
.r a nersou on entering a country c
church on week day, aud when there I
isroone around. Such was my exPeI- I
ience on entering Barratt's Chapel one
5av last week. was meandering
Ground the country in that vicinity ana l
the kew of the door being in the lock- s
onened it and entered. All was silent
and solitary. I had not been ID this oio
t,istoricaI Methodist building for many
many long years. Yet the interior, as
,vel as the exterior, appeared familiar
S,iabt alterations have been made on the
inside. vet the general architecture re-
.,,oi,,s the same The old pulpit embel'
Iished with paint is still there the old
ohandileer-if such it might be called
fror, which tallow candles threw their
Aickering glare, has been superanua'eu
>and another of later date substitu'eu' /
The old galleries still enclose the upper
orena on two sides and one end; but the
balIeluiahs of JonOthan Young, Cesar
pasuchamp. and other negroes, are 10
longer heard in the Sunday moInins
class meeting as they were IN antl'Dei'
linn davs The animosities between tue
Apolo Saxon aud negro races, engeD-
dered bv the Civil War, have forever an
INITIATED the religious familiarity tnat
formerly existed between the two. anu
if is well, perhaps, that these old negro
7ooders Of fermer days have gone with
tter and been saved the Humiliation
,hat 10 them, would have been the nat
,,ro1 outcome of the new departure. Out
Of ras ilisJ0ry of this church nave
been often written, and are familiar 10
oInoost all residents of our own, as well
- 70 residents of other States, who are
acquainted with the founding OF Metho-
dism in this country.
If there ue anything grand and pretty
connected with the paraphernaiia tna'
death epeenders, it is well kept burial
Dloce BarratPs Chapel Cemetery, with
out doubt is the incest, cleanest ana pes
lent Of anv south Of Wilmington. 1t Il
D-ett;lv laid out in walks, bi-seeting one
a,otber north and south, and east ah'
west. and all of these are nicely graV
.eled.
There are a few trees, which IN thei
season. give delightful shade, which
much appreciated ia the summer by pei
sons who are walking through the en-
closure. A man is hired by the year
teen this cemetery in order. He is turr
ished building in which 10 live al
naid a certain salary per year. This Jsl
itor-if 7 may so term him is also gray
dioger He is to charge stated amour
for digging and brickiug grave; ana
he does not make enough by dlggir
md bricking Of graves to pay his salaF
-he trustees having the cemetery
charge pay him the deficit; if he max
more than enough to pay his salary
. i allowed to keep it. why cam
Milton have man to oversee and ca
T. Cor Milton Cemetery in the same ma
nerl Well, I strolled over this cen
terv on Monday morning, my CHIEF
;ect beinp TO Look at my parents grav
and those of two sisters who lie nuri
here. Nv secondary object waa to n
"a grave of one of my best boyn'
Ands. Owing to the manner in wh
the cemetery is laid out, l soon stood
fore a tomb on which was chisel'
,DanieI NJ. Welch, killed in battle
westminster, Md, June 2e 1868 Al
,o Years y Reader. imagine my teeli
stood before this mound. Imagl
doIsav? You cannot do it'll Here
the remains Of one who had played
romped with me in boy1ood's SUI
.davs knew aud loved his pare
7 loved the whole family, aud he' BY
means. the least; and yet it has D
ovsr FORTY one years since he sounded
last bugle charge for the battle OF W
minister. (He was bugler Of Go. C'F
delaware Cavalry, and he with his
.nts brothers AID sister are, and "
al neutral musieiansl. As I gazed u
d this last insignia to the Departed
mood was a melancholy one, and Il
lines came up
ssoldier, rest thy warfare o'er, l.,
SIeep the sleep that know no waAi
Dream Of battle fields ~
vs. of Watching. Or