| Show LINES FOUND IS IN A LADYS ALBUM OF tills THIS CITY in this life one truth the tha saint derives that more bliss comes next by many wives W W PHELPS the couplet signa above may be a facer fact but bat much of bliss depends on how they act P P PRATT well acts and facts are stubborn things and yd jet they fill the courts of kings NY W PHELPS I 1 question still with more surprise where rethe rothe the kings jesters jester 1 keeps his lies P P PRATT why bless my soul and pardon meek wit he H e keeps them where god keeps his secret enever never tells them IV W P HELPS PHELPS Writ written tenon on tho the death of brother john bills who died on the day of february 1850 1830 in the san joaquin valley vailey BY josepn JOSEPH cais WIT the sun shone bright on the snowy peaks the grold ground larks song was melody but the tha iday seemed dark as the stormy breaks codr 0 dir fir ilic thorns therne mo was sad and melancholy A brother died on the indian path abt lilt crossed the joaquina Joa quint mountain ran nan I 1 g the sa were called to a task which hath no alil sound in a land aland so strange A grave to uto dig on the mountain brow was n a task which was sad indeed to lay a brother in a tomb which now Is the waymark way mark which travellers trav ellers laadt A stone we raised and carved his name that strangers the tho winte white mans grave might see HU abelt rr elt I 1 told and from whence he came anfu annu aa the tho day da he sought eternity yew few were waro the white men who bawd that war way I 1 floethe golden rivers to the west no bound sound was beard but the wild horse neleh S it I 1 fit for a saint to rest let mho who root in in the th tomb his friends frienda made YoV for far aist aest placed laced on a lonely spot his form from our minde minds wili will never eede fede may xay our oun last bems beras hapit happy a lot from ibb ibe coat coast range the sierra nevada range can be seen at a distance of miles their tops topa capt wi with th per snow f mie ithe arn pronunciation lation is wakeen abro bil bills ye grave is on the right hand of the trail which crosses the coast range from the pachaco machaco ranche on the west to the san joaquin on the cast and travellers trav ellers know they are on the right track when they come to this grave the wild horses are in droves in this valley and on the mountain side |
