Subject: Epitaphs (Page 17)

Charity, wife of Gideon Bligh, underneath this stone doth lie. Nought was she e'er known to do, that her husband told her to.

I knew if I stayed around long enough, something like this would happen

Ma Dyed [sic]

Mr. Fish. Worms are bait for fish, but here's a sudden change, fish is bait for worms. Is not that passing strange?

I Was Supposed To Live To Be 102 and Be Shot By A Jealous Husband

Blown upward out of sight: he sought the leak by candlelight

Here lies the body of Detlof Swenson, waiter. God finally caught his eye.

Here lies the body of Mary Ann Lowder. She burst while drinking a Seidlitz powder. Called from this world to her heavenly rest, she should have waited till it effervesced.

Here lies the body of Richard Hind, – Who was neither ingenious, sober, nor kind.

Hi! – Stay high – Bye

A thousand ways cut short our days, none are exempt from death. A honey-bee by stinging me did stop my mortal breath.

The children of Israel wanted bread and the Lord sent them manna. Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, and the Devil sent him Anna.

Here lies my wife, poor Molly, let her lie, she finds repose at last, and so do I.

Here lies two brothers by misfortune surrounded; one died of wounds, but the other was drownded.

His virtues and his pills are so well known, that envy can’t confine them under stone.

Don't worry, I'm merely catching up with sleep.

He was young – He was fair – But the Injuns – Raised his hair

Here lies the body of Martha Dias, Who was always uneasy and not over pious, She liv'd to the age of threescore and ten, And gave that to the worms she refus'd to the men.

Near by these grey rocks, enclosed in a box, lies hatter Cox who died of small pox.

Here lies one who never sacrificed his reason to superstitious God, nor ever believed that Jonah swallowed the whale.

Don’t Talk So Damn Dumb