Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-05
ouRrosIrrEs IN EPrTApHs

Dear Corner Sisters: noted writer once said that no description of serious literature has ever afforded so much en- tertainment as epitapl1s. I found this statement amply verified in reading over a collection of epitaphs, which had re- gently been handed down to me Un- til after the reformation in England the epitaph was strictly devotional. Later it became ridiculous, senseless and sar- castle. These curiosities in episaphs have furnished abundant material for the ety. molosist and many books have been writ ten on the subject These old time epi- taps have now become obsolete. and the modern one needs no description The most ancient epitaph in England was the common, Behold and see as you pass by As you are now so once was As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.T' By way of contrast is the following epi- taph found on tomb stone in Housh- ton-le-Spring tEngland.) 1 Here lies the body of W W
 Who never more vii! trouble you, trouble you
 1 Another:
 Here lies Dame Mary Page Relict of Sir Gregory Page, Bart, She departed this life March Il, 173e | In the 56th year of her age.
 In CT months she was tapped 66 times, Had taken away 240 gallons of water. Without ever repming of her case, 1 Or ever fearing the operation. However one does not have to 20 to England to find queer epitaRhs, for our own country is rich in rnortuary ntera- ture. On 8 tombstone in New Jersey is ] this couplet: JULIA ADAMS Died of thin shoes, April IT, 1899 i A Aged 29.
 Another found on lonely grave il
 Thomaston, Maine:
 My husband-Cod knows why
 Here is another copied from a churc}
 yard in Maine:
 Here beneath this stone there lies
 Waiting summons to the skies,
 The body of Samuel linking
 He was an honest. Christian man
 His fault was that he took and ran
 Suddenly tc drinking
 Who ever reads this tablet o'er
 Take warning now and drink no more. : Another:'
 We can't have everything to please us,
 Little Johnny's gone to Jesus. Here is another old epitaph: Beneath this stone, lump of clay Lies Uncle Peter Daniels, ) Who early in the month of May Took off his winter hannels. The following is taken from tom
 stone in Trinity church yard, New Yorf date 1T67, name Alden White: Grim death took me without warning ] was well one day, and stone dead nex ? morning. I From Maiden Mass: : Here lies the body of Samuel Proctor. i, | Who lived and died without a doctor. From Boston Granary Burying Ground Here I lie bereft of breath t Because cough carried me off, ;. Then a coffin they me off in. In a burying ground in winslow, Me T is seen the following inscription
 Here lies one Wood enclosed in wood 8 One Wood within another I. The outer wood is very good if We cannot praise the other it London has a dog cemetery wi1e1 q thousands of dollars have been expendt Il in tonbstones and decorations. The ii e scrfptions are brief Here is a sample
 Dear and affectionate Duke and T1pI His beloved grandmother
 New York also has a canine ce1netei
 modelled after the famous London cem
 tery. Doubtless there are many more.
 am afraid I already have taken up t, | much Social Corner space so must clo. IS ! abrIptIy before I allow my pen to ran y ble on any more. ENID