Show CURIOUS EPITAPHS em s haidi handlei a wy way of N sill hop H pos 1 la a heafer tr collecting epitaphs la in dot cot a particularly cheerful sort bort ot of hobby bobby but a well known philadelphia business man hu baa acquired the th grew jiom some lad fad and la Is now DOW thoroughly saturated with all sorta sort ot of mortuary lore curious epitaphs find their way into print ironi from U time 1 to time many of which hear bear small traces of authenticity and these are ara eagerly sought rough after by the ta collector in question who inserts ingerta them in a book which he be keeps keep tor for that purpose hla his great pride however la Is in the inscriptions which be h has seen with his ba own eyes and copied from tombstones which hays have come under his own observation lie ha has traveled extensively and it make any difference where he be Is 1 whether in an old Ift cathedral town or A boom city of the far west his bla first arat ls la 8 where la Is your y interesting burying ground while in england last summer he came cam across a couple of rather curious epitaphs in the he old churchyard at IW bal 0 over cover 11 in derbyshire one read as follows 1 1 hero here lies la in a horizontal post poet tion the out iride case of thoma Hi handle ridle clock and watchmaker who do d p parted artea this life wound up in hope of being taken in hand by his maker and being thoroughly cleaned repaired and set et going a in the world to come on the of august 1838 1836 la in the nineteenth year of 0 his hi age ace the following from the same sama churchyard ta Is a curious instance of 0 economy such as a one seldom encounters oneo untera tut of a man being burled buried in the am bame grave with his three wives and with but one status 19 wark mark their final and collective resting place pla ee following la in the inscription I 1 sacred to the memory of 0 bier margaret margare armstrong wife of william armstrong of balsover moor who departed this life aug 2 1825 aged 53 33 years also aleo william armstrong who died ix doc 10 1862 aged 67 yeara yeam also ann second wife of the bove move a who died fob feb 21 1838 aged 28 years also als Cb charlotte arlotte third wife of the above who died june 4 1864 aged 42 2 ehla record |