Two Epitaphs.
Remarkable are two epitaphs, the first of which is said to be upon a tombstone iv the city of Sacramento :—: — "Here is laid Daniel Borrow, who was born in Sorrow, and Borrowed little from Nature except his name and hie love to man-
kind and hatred to redskins ; who was nevertheless a gentleman and a dead shot ; who, through a long life, never killed his man except in self-defence or by accident ; and who, when he at last went under, beneath the bullets of his cowardly enemies in the saloon of Jeff Morris, did so in the sweet certain hope of a glorious and everlasting Morrow." The other, which belongs to a Nevada burying place, is such a note-worthy achievement in this line that it may fitly conclude our compilation of a few of the curiosities of epitaph literature :—: —
"Sacred to the Memory of Hank Monk— the Whitest, Biggest-hearted, and Best-known Stage-driver of the Wept ; who was kind to All and Thought 111 of None. He lived in a Strango Era, and was a Hero, and the Wheels of his Coach are now Ringing on Golden Streets." — Chambers' Journal.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2008, 18 August 1892, Page 46
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191Two Epitaphs. Otago Witness, Issue 2008, 18 August 1892, Page 46
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