The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-26

No' az, lauren stones wefe "A
10 I'LL IL holes in chins.
prop up door steps aros.s
neighborhood. One hov
himself BY changing Il. "a.
one stone from 1896 to Ie,s ~.
another from 1890 to ls2o. i. q!
to perplex the anticusri.s
would wonder how per,os.
buried there several yeas. s.!
Boston was settled.
Stolen 'Tenbstsnea
When the city began,to -.
the old grounds systens,s.
many Of the stolen stones ,..
covered, and those founs 81
about were set up in 49,.
places in the same cemetss,
officials and the cemeterv -
men know In almost eye,,
which stones are not in tA.,,
places in the same cenete,, \.
ways know. except In
way, where the lost sraye, Il
was this lack Of accuracy 5
tombstone markers that lea N
Wendell Holmes to remark -,
stones really tell the truths =.
they say "here lies"
One of the most famop.
graves is that Of Gilbert -.
who painted pictures Of = ~.
Of the Revolutionary stst,.S
, His best known work il M =
trait OF Washington which n n
iliar to most people. Il A.J
that Washington presents |. Il
ferent appearance in almo,ts y,
portrait. A bust In Old M
Church shows him with tssS
I. slightly sunken from age ana n
tight set. Few people wouN -
/ ognize this elderly gentlsn,s \
the sturdy, pink-cheeked Fsthe, I
his Country presented BY Sh,.'
Yet Lafayette is said to have Io,s1
ed at this bust and exclaimed n
is my old friend Washington, n
deed"
Confidentially. the sexton Q, N
North Church whispers that STR
| stuffed the cheeks Of his most d,
/ Gus sitter with cotton in order !
obtain the well-rounded contou,
the face. Whatever the beauty 4
crets between Stuart and wasas,
!; ton, the painter was . master 3
his Washington portrait q m,sis
piece. 1t seems a pity that h
/ bones should have been ID an
lessly mislaid, so that Is known q
ly that he was buried in the ca
mon Burying Ground.
| A Strange Stone
! This burying ground on the b
i ton Common has what is lrotal
the most unusual stone in The CT
1t was set up I'm memory Of u
Sally Morse (wife Of Mr.. Sans
Morse) who died July Is, l7ss
the cramp Of her stomach it
about one hours illness, aged
years and 2 months
This stone. dug up by chance
so long ago, attracted a good d
of attention. and curiosity v
aroused as to whether the untl
tunate young woman had eaten
green apple. or perhaps unwitttA
/ ly swallowed a peach pit, Or n
a dose Of poison.
The mystery was still new q
. popular when one day the door
the cemetery office in the CITY r.
was flung open. and a pompo
matron entered and requested d
the stone on the Common be I
stroyed, because Of the 'ndellti
and unladylike inscriptioo. !
visitor waxed more insistent y !
secretary pleaded a lack OF auth,
ity to destroy anything. Final
the caller took a dramatic sta
and demanded. that some action
taken while she waited. The .
rotary happened to be a great
mirer Of George Washington,
he had work to do and he saw
way out. -
| Madam" he whispered impf
sively. that stone is OF great !
ne. Harvard university has J
been making an investigation
has pronounced that stone 'mpo
ant evidence Of the first autnsn
case of appendicitis. Madam,
concluded, that stone cam"
destroyed"
i, At the magic name OF Hsl,'
the visitor retreated ranqulsn
and went forth to tell her una
Of the appendicitis stone a IL ca
to be called.