Author: Epitaph Page 28

Eliza, sorrowing rears this marble slab to her dear John who died of eating crab.

School is out. Teacher Has gone home

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

Ope'd my eyes took a peep. Didn't like it went back to sleep.

Struck by thunder.

A Man.

“Don’t Try”

John Summer – An English Teacher who Could not only Spell the word "Epitaph" correctly, But also knew what it means.

To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu. Born 15 September 1822. Accidentally shot 4th April 1844. As a mark of affection from his brother

I’d rather be in Boston watching the Red Sox

Here lies the body of John Mound, lost at sea and never found.

Beneath this stone a lump of clay, lies Uncle Peter Dan'els – who early in the month of May, took off his winter flannels.

This Empty Urn is Sacred to the Memory of John Revere Who Died Abroad in Finistere: If He Had Lived He Would Have Been Buried Here.

Here lies one who for medicine would not give, a little gold, and so his life he lost: I fancy now he'd wish again to live, could he but guess how much his funeral cost.

Here, reader, turn your weeping eyes, My fate a useful moral teaches; The hole in which my body lies Would not contain one half my speeches

Hooray my brave boys let's rejoice at his fall. For if he had lived he would have buried us all.

Here lies Lotta Dust.

A live Dog is better than a dead Lion. Come drop a tear as you pass by, as you are now so once was I, as I am now you soon must be, prepare for death and follow me.

Of pneumonia supervening consumption complicated with other diseases, the main symptoms of which was insanity.

Entombed within this vault a lawyer lies, who, fame assureth us was just and wise, an able advocate and honest too; that's wondrous strange, indeed, if it be true.

The dust of Melantha Gribbling, swept up at last by the Great Housekeeper