St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-06-14
INSCRIPTIONS THAT BRING BACK
MEMORIES OF NEARLY y
CENTURY AND HALF AGO
TABLETE THAT ARE
FADED AND NEh7HRW0RN
T0mbs Disturbed by the Roots. and
Trunks Of Growing Trees
That Replace Them.
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condition of the Covingtcn Cecacis1
and the. work that is being done b
the Women's Progressive Union t
improve it .aad preserve the tablet
and tCmbs from the corrosive in
fluences of time and the elements
is furnished by Mrs. j. C. Burns. :
reading of the various. inscT :ption
will bring to mind much that is il
teresting in the history Of Coy.ng 9
ton. There are inscribed tablets tina
show this City of the Dead to be ifs,
years Older than Chicago, the second
largest city in the United States
which was village in 1887 and has
grown into one Of the largest COM
mercial centers Of the world while
the sleeping deal Of this cenleter.
have been within the shadows Of tho
signing pines and the waited per.
fume of resfnOus forests. The woTl
that is being done is much needed
to preserve the records of the deaa
and to give to their memory the love
land respect that is due:
In the cleaning up Of the Csx:--s
ton Cemetery, by the Women, q PA
Sfsf lI|le h5e nc 4ddni9a dti9 the sxsa5 y2rk
undertakings Of these N5tffssi.. 4.
Doint of interest We doubt IL theIs =
ANYTHING n GOWNS gtCn's history 1as-i
can equal it.
To those who love to visit tiss ciss
of the dead there is much ID ns ssss
in the crumb!iag, moss-coV VsIei h',-li =
with trees growing out or IAeaf nis:ss
nueer old fashioned nan ss aties !.
scriptions, many Of them onf,9s
century ago. To some CT Iils ciue
residents of Cur town. WHO hats g
scended from or known soase o. i.lss .
hurled dead, this uncover ns q -'ss
old tombs and bringing le.As oht
tho chaos of bramL!es aas Di "a
mnst appeal in the finest se1-e
the wCrd. ,.,.
Az YOU enter the gate al the soy :
eide with its iron chain and weight
nsed as q spring for 50 many yea,
;t can he seen at glance the Wai
derfnl changes that are taking p.ac
srha oreat mound Of earth with bei
cedar growing out of its base, w
.-"omr - few as the tomb OF CO
frgtsn's first settlers iniues
in the ground had this temp oeeA
that one man was empioyel louf
"a dig out the bricks. ~ th5a
YOU will pause to read the re
on a large End ren1ATkabiy Wins
served tomb containins the Nv
Of an English family. Dur at:
name. One stone reeorus WITT
Of the consoft Lucas tlat he:
her beloved child feposlhs oitl
breast. Just II tseEs antifu
and under the shadow ol iy ans
oak. which in It's grow.mse head
slowly, ''as it We're, li1u side. q /
Of the vault a little toa:mbling |
marble slab was found Wing in
mass of brick. with tnAek ..rs
scription: REV. VIII Cnyina.
Factor Of Christ Chny !
ton who died in 1917 anot,,c,
s's TO the left Of this Md Brine {
win the remains OF {;ed he,e
horn in London on with t
IS53.. You will Thy some in ]
several tombs unms tha. oor {
such q dilaptdateds ink what {
workers. ese' =, Eade OF an
must De oone avault, that >
other oah s.a a,or the rea-
will cali YOU been huii' = /.
son that it seems because Of :
Of the pest .n nnd son on the :
n tablet. 1t readb hes. dauahT- F
Jones, wife OF JesDies April v
er Of Obed kir IN b
1922. aged I'll. Won mass hv Il
"Remember was as c.
as YOU are nowa pron.rs t.
I am now. so " Another is
for death and Awife OF Sites s,
the tomb of "E - ''A'eS c1
Miller. Died |, l,r,o vo,,1ts W
And again, mr. Al
,,,amaf and .,. re
Directly in Warren +. m;iv al
graves OF the ;.,,naded % nv
ones pfos ca AMI fallen - -
the mass ~ - apeiletl to lif. =. =.
tomDs. sweep to fin. - -
these Dfiena one marble ~ ~
the lnscfIpTs7 effaced. u ~ ~
slab tnat .1nIyenry Thomas -
records snea.nl in ,->ss'
Tyson, bon .ri,k a.a rw,
In TINS - lad exposing = IA
view an few vaa,s
shape like caskct was IN I
ago, we fleet. but fallen g, ea
tact ava glass arr. now Fl Fl
It is flh,lc to nc all as ret
this grathe remain. have c.
5s. the one