Show STEALING FLOWERS I 1 AT THE CEMETERY 1 we ve remember once of 0 hearing a tir comstance cum stance related of a man who made a practice ot of exhuming bodies and rob bing them ol of their clothing jewel jewelry and anything else that might be ol of worth the roan man being finally captured and as a punishment for his goulish work was branded across the I 1 fore ore I 1 head robber of the dead and ed upon an island bland in the sea just whether the story Is true or not wo we will not attempt to say but every time we hear of someone stealing steal ng anything about a dead body or a cemetery we are reminded of the story I 1 sexton jeppson registered another protest this week against agalli sf tae tko near lous practice of purloining lowers howera from newly made graves as well as from flower beds in the cemetery As he delivered himself ot of his opinion of people who do these things we thought of the robber man and wondered it if some kind of punishment could not be meted out that would m make ake the practice so unpopular that those guilty ot of it would feel lons esome it bears the ear marks of 0 childrens work and yei yee the patient sexton declares that full grownups are the malefactors in tile majority of cases I 1 to all such we advise teace tence immediately tor for the angel ot of death is abroad and no one knows the hour when he or she will be called and it would be mighty humiliating to meet a mend friend on the other side and be charged with taking the mute tokens ot of love placed by kind friends and loved ones as a last tribute upon th we e final resting place of tile the earthly body the gain is all too small to make it worth while and the practice so reprehensible that the very thought of such a thing should cause one to blush with shame |