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t, I followed next, The cow before the calf. A man had cremated four wives, and the ashes, kept in four urns, being overturned and fallen together, were buried at last and had this droll inscription: Stranger pause and shed a tear, For Mary Jane lies buried here. Mingled in a most surprising manner With Susan, Marie and portions of Hannah. Sacred to the memory Of Miss Martha Grimm. She was so very spare within, She burst the outward shell of sin And hatched herself a cherubim. No doctor ever physicked me, Was never near my side. But when fever came I thought of the name, And that was enough--I died. This is to the memory of Ellen Hill, A woman who would always have her will. She snubbed her husband but she made good bread Yet on the whole he's rather glad she's dead. She whipped her children and she drank her gin, Whipped virtue out and whipped the devil in. May all such women go to some great fold Where they through all eternity may scold. Sacred to the memory of William Skaradon who came to his death by being shot with a Colts revolver, one of the old kind brass mounted and of such is the kingdom of heaven. Timothy Egan He heard the angels calling him, From the celestial shore. He flopped his wings and away he flew To make one angel more. Here lies the body of Mary Ford We hope her soul is with the Lord. But if for tophet she's changed this life, Better be there than J. Ford's wife. A zealous locksmith died of late, And did not enter Heaven's gate. But stood without and would not knock Because he meant to pick the lock. Ashes to ashes dust to dust, Here lies George Emery I trust. And when the trump blows louder and louder He'll rise a box of Emery powder. There was a man who died of late, Whom angels did impatient wait With outstretched arms and smiles of love To take him up to the realms above. While hovering 'round the lower skies Still disputing for the prize, The devil slipped in like a weasil And down to Hell he took old Kezle. Here lies interred Priscilla Bird Who sang on earth till sixty two. Now up on high above the sky No doubt she sings like sixty--too. Here lies Jane Smith,
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