Show au instance news has reached us of an incident that lately occurred in shelby county ala chich is striking on the one hand for the element of pathos and on the other for the ingredient of bigotry A member of a family of latter day saints a little girl was taken ill it boon became evident that hei end was near she was d child of heavenly disposition and devoutly religious with her remaining breath ahu sang sweetly the hymn on page of tho book lord we come baffin f thee now at th feet e humbly bow do not hall we mek M ek thee loid in vain S he pang all butt the last verse in rehearsing rehear aing which her lips nver but no sound escaped them and at its conclusion the spirit took its flight from the earthly tenement IB due lime the remains of tha g rl were conveyed to the cemetery cheru the family and a few friends gath ared around the grave the parents requested that the hymn that had been sung by their child immediately before her decease should be rendered by choso present in accordance with this request tho singing was begun but was brought to a premature and abrupt termination by an unlocked for interruption on the part jf mr who was in charge of the grounds ho ordered the lingers to desist they at complied ho informed them that the body could be interred there but he bould not permit any services to be held subsequently he even changed his mind regarding the permission for burial forbidding it to take place the mourners were then compelled to convey the remains to another graveyard where there was no in charge services held bied the interment attended to this termination to the sad affair shows that there aro cemetery keepers in shelby county alabama who are not steeped in bigotry we do not believe that in taking the course he did mr represented the sentiment of the people in that pait of the country wo believe that there is too much of the spirit of southern rivalry hi valry in the body bf the people to admit of a suspicion that they would oven approve such a heartless and narrow minded proceeding whatever censure belongs to the circum stanco is attachable only to the man choso whoso intolerant spirit cropped out so conspicuously on an occasion when kindly disposed people sought to pour the balm of consolation in hearts of the afflicted |