Subject: Epitaphs (Page 22)

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.

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Peter Letig was his name, Heaven I hope his station, Baltimore was his dwelling place and Christ is his salvation.

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They abounded in riches but she wore the britches

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He had sand in his craw, But was slow on the draw, So we planted him ‘neath the daisies.

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Here lies the body of Jonathan Tilton, whose friends reduced him to a skeleton. They robbed him out of all he had And now rejoice that he is dead.

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He who dies with the most toys wins

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Here lies the body of Richard Thomas, an Englishman by birth, a Whig of '76 – a Cooper by trade, now food for worms. Like an old rum puncheon whose staves are all marked and numbered he will be raised and put together again by his Maker.

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Here lies interr'd a man o' micht, they ca'd him Malcolm Downie; he lost his life ae market night, by fa'ing aff his pownie. [pony] Aged 37 Years.

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I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
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Ellen Shannon age 26 years, Who was fatally burned March 21, 1870 by the explosion of a lamp filled with "R. E. Danforth's Non-Explosive-Burning Fluid."

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

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Since all that's mortal turns to dust, Reader! be humble and be just; 'Twill ease thy mind of anxious care, and sooth thy passage — God knows where!

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Little Johnny had a purple monkey, climbing up a yellow stick, little Johnny licked the purple paint of and it made him deathly sick. They stirred him up with calomel, they tried to move his liver, but all in vain, his little soul was wafted o'er the River.

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Here lies the body of Jane Gordon. With mouth almighty and teeth accordin!

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See how God works his wonders now and then, here lies a lawyer, and an honest man.

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He was literally a father to all the children of the parish.

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Here lies the body of Robert Lowe. Whither he’s gone I do not know. If to the realms of peace and love, farewell to happiness above. If to a place of lower level, I don’t congratulate the d—l.

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He got a fish-bone in his throat and then he sang an angel's note.

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I would – rather be here – than in Texas.

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Charlie was a chemist, but Charlie is no more. What Charlie thought was H20 was H2SO4.

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