CURIOUS EPITAPHS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 51, 23 December 1893, Page 542

CURIOUS EPITAPHS.

In Newland Chureh, Gloucestershire:— On a marble tablet under the tower of the Churcb. Vnder this Stone interr’d doth lie The uirrour of true Charitie To God, his Friends. & Country dear. The poores Supporter farr & near. His days hee Spent in peace and Quiet He never gaue himselfe to riot: A Vertue strange in those his days When it was scorned A Vice had praise. He lived long and did Surviue Fully the Years of Seventy Five. And at ye last expir'd, his date April the Sth. in <16(68. Chi istopher Hond. Gent. In Staunton, Churchyard, Gloucestershire In memory of Wm. Jenkins, who died October 10th, 1889, aged 91 years : Here lies a man whose badge of fame Was freely won in freedom's name : Whose gen'rous heart and mind serene Were tempered by his judgment clear: For whom fair virtue sketched a plan. And modelled him an honest man. In Helsington Churchyard, Westmorland : — To the ni»>nory of Miry Garnett, who died 19ch January, 1831, aged 88 years. This lonely spot of ground contains The dust of Mary's last remains. Her deeds of charity and worth Will be recorded long on earth. In Heversham Churchyard, Westmoreland :— To the memory of William Whalley, who died 11 February, 1786, aged 65 years. What kind ot a man he was the Last Dav w ill discover.