The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

Few regions aRord so interesting field for the epitaph collector as the countries of southern Pennsylvania roundabout Philadelphia. which were originally peopied to large extent by Germans. Tn the ancient burial grounds Of this district there are many tombstones of that one-time popular tombstone stanza which Is found in nearly every old cemetery:
 Reader. behold as you pass by
 As you are now So once was I;
 Ere hPsepass s for a0S dsasS and Da foiiow % ; me.
 But besides the repetition of varf- ous favorite epitaphs there are many lvaniag een5efsrfes. For instance. in whera ,ns R1eIss msembers Sbsrssrq os msns weathiy suburban families of modern times repose. the grave of John Barge, who died in i7s6. Is marked by stone which bears this -stansa:
 Life is a cheat
 And always shows it:
 I thought So once
 cemetery of St Johns Lutheran the third line of which doubtless was gratifying to those he dealt with; Farewell my wife and children dear. am not dead. but sleeping here; My debts are paid, my grave you see, Wait but your time and follow me vincent vincent Baptist bSryins ground con tains q stone on which, in raised letters. appears this legend. probably dictated by a family of loving child ren.
 sour rapp." Bucks county's graveyards supply several unusual epitaphs. A stone in the cemetery at Morrisviiie Is in- scribed thus;
 In memory of Samuel McCracken. Who died April 1e, 1862. H gS te aeaHsn them snd am bound To stop at some other station
 Mccracken made an agreement with the cemetery association for the cree tion of this monument and then com mitted suicide. by cutting. his throat; Beside Mccracken rests his wife; and grave m in contrast with that on the adjoining marker, reads thus: In memory of Phoebe, wife of Caniuel Mccraksn, who died March soi ise9: | Saviour.
 At h,storis Trinity ShnreS nSi,nsl. ir the early strife there between the ouak- CTS and the Episeopalians over the sontres s6pSdea of that pass GF worsn setns house, but early in the eighteenth century 1t passed into the posses sion of the Episcopalians. The epitaph dated 170S. reads thus
 Here by these lines Is testified No Quaker was she when she. dy'd
 That m T she desired to have baptism For her own bahes and chiIren dear To these lines true witness bear. A crude picture of horse kicking a boy is the principal feature of a | tomb stone in a cemetery near Doyles- town. and beneath the carving. are these words; E Sacred to the memory l of Henry Harris Born June 27.ls31 Of Henry Harris and Jane his wife. Died on the
 kick of a colt in his stomach | peaceable and quiet Friend to his Father and | Mother and respected by ] all who knew him and went .- 10 t0e WOFiu WHFIe HOESCo can't kick and where l sorrow and weeping | Is no more.
 Tn the burial ground at the old Hill | town Church, Bucks county, are We Itomhstones is a row, and the sue cessive inscriptions begin thus: Anna, wife. of Tobias Brown
 Mary wife of Tobias Brown
 Jane. wife of Tobias Brown | Sarah. wife of Tobias Brown. l Tobias Brown-At Rest
 Even the solemn and serene. eene. tery of the Moravians in Bethlehem supplies an Interesting addition to the list of queer epitaphs In the following which Is inscribed on a stone at ar Indians grave:
 Tn memory to my dearest Son. James MoDonald Ross eldest son of Johr Ross, princiDat Chief of the Cherok et Nation Sdied in St. Louis, Nov 9tf TS64 Ills corps transported by Adams Express to Bethlehem and inferred al this sacred spot Nov. 22d. 1864. ,aget 50 years 2s days.
 \ The efforts of an eighteenth century munster are apparent in German cpl taph io Hoods cenetery, German T town, Those not eonversant with Ger man of course need an explanation tha fha Csertsar word "fFey' Is eauivaien slss. .,~ffo g,1s a af fta uPayl