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Subject: Re: [Q-R] Re: May 8th Her kindly humor burnished the worlds gloom.............
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 17:06:05 -0400
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We speak a different language in Massachusetts.....we also drive differently
in case you hadn't noticed......ha ha
Norma2
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> I figured out a new term, when it comes to driving in Massachusetts, "
> lane
> drop". I, for the first time saw this sign on Sunday ?????? is that like
> no
> shoulder? or maybe a low shoulder? A dip or ravine in the road ahead?
> Someone
> dropped something in the lane? Or maybe your supposed to drop something
> at
> this location?? No............it really means one of the two lanes on
> the
> side of the road your driving disappears..............here, they have
> signs
> that say "lane ends"...........no question about it. Also in New York
> State,
> Ontario Prov. and Quebec Prov., they have "merge". Again, not a question
> to what
> it means.
> Thayer St./Brookside Cemetery was the fist burial ground for the day. And
> who first greets me there but Almerin Cooley who died June 9, 1894, is
> Almerin
> male or female?
>
> Emma Kirkland Clark died July 3, 1853, and below...........
> " No time for self except to rule with love
> Her kindly humor burnished the worlds gloom
> And lit a thousand hearts from one small room
> The best in others is what she saw".
> ......Someone sprouting up over
> there................Its...............Alden
> and Clara Sprout, Alden died Feb 16, 1870 and all the rest of the little
> Sprouts were buried around him.
> This cemetery also had lots of Stebbins.
> I found Beulah G. Beals who died July 2, 1864 at age 31.
> And now for who ever, that didn't contact me the last time that had the
> unusual name of Sessions, I found another one...........William N.
> Sessions who
> was born July 25, 1843 and his family buried around him.
> Next came SW Stanislawa Polish Catholic cemetery, very neat cemetery,
> kind
> of modern and couldn't read a thing, all in Polish..................
> We left there after sitting watching a turkey walk in front of the car
> and
> kind of feed in the grass along side the car. 13-15
> pounder................no
> stuffing...........no gravy...........
> Next stop, Sunderland Cemetery, just across the river from Deerfield.
> This
> was another very good one for markers and old stones.................
> Mrs. Lucretia wife of Ephram Robinson died April 8, 1833 aged
> 48........and
> below read..........
> "Husband and children left behind
> I bid you all adieu
> Till we shall meet to find
> Akindred always new".
>
> And another odd name..........Mrs. Tryphosa C. Rowe died Oct 1, 1831 age
> 32.
>
> Clarissa Stebbins died April 30, 1849.
>
> Then another consort..................Mary consort of Mr. Benoni Graves
> died
> Aug 22, 1808 age 60 ..........and below............
> " All you advanced in years
> Tho healthy and robust
> Your tottering 'round the grave
> And soon must turn to dust"
> This was also a cold, gloomy, rainy day..............just wonderful for
> me
> :) Sue stayed in the car reading.............
> Dea Warner died Dec 8, 1829 age 74..............below..............
> "Hark from on high, the Saviour calls
> I come my Lord, my love
> How sudden breaks the prison walls
> Which speeds my last remove".
> ............they all don't rhyme to well.......................but what
> the
> hell...........at least they don't smell........which is just as
> well...........oooops.............LOL
> Miss Polly Nims(another ancestor) died March 24, 1829 age 31
> I liked the spelling on this next one...............Thomas Hovey dye on
> March 30th 1727
>
> And then............In memory of Mrs. Phebe wife of Israel Russel who
> died
> June 9th, 1815
> In her 52nd year
> Also in memory of Mrs. Eunice his 1st wife died Nov 24th, 1786 in her
> 32nd
> year. Her grave is lost......................(well, least he didn't
> forget
> her).....................
> Lots and lots of those neat old stone carvers wonders in this cemetery,
> the
> faces with wings, great art work.
> Next we headed to Amherst, pronounced Amerst, I gots
> corrected...............LOL
> West Cemetery on Triangle Road, Amherst, this place is nearly surrounded
> by
> the University of Massachusetts and lots of vandalism here and also the
> first
> one encountered like this in the state.
> Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Nancy wife of Gideon Stetson Esq. who died
> Feb
> 4, 1820 in the 56th year of her age.............and below..............
> "My flesh shall slumber in the ground
> Till the last trumpets joyfully sound
> Then burst the chains with sweet surprise
> And in my saviour my image rise".
> Next.......... Mrs. Charlotte Cook died 29 July 1812 age 22......and
> below...........
> "Mortals attend, for you must die
> And sleep in dust as well as I
> Repent in time, your souls to save
> Theres no repentance in the grave".
> Then I stood there staring and really not believing how common, unmarked,
> and no explanation what so ever...................not a flower on or near
> the
> grave.....................
> Emily Dickinson born Dec 10, 1830
> Called back
> May 15, 1886
> Yes, the above is thee Emily Dickinson, poet, with a most unimpressive
> grave
> as common as most, buried along side her was a sibling and the other
> side,
> her parents. If you didn't know the name, you wouldn't have looked twice.
> I
> knew she was buried in Amherst, but didn't know where, so hit the right
> burial
> ground first. Sue even came over to look at her grave in the rain. I
> wished I
> had had a flower, don't think by the looks of things she had one for many
> years...........but, I found a small stone and balanced it on top of her
> thin
> stone as a calling card, as the Jewish do................good find.
> The next name I found was even more impressive then
> Emily..................Benjamin Franklin.........no, not thee
> Benjamin.......Benjamin Franklin of Co.
> F of the 37th Massachusetts, Civil War veteran, born Oct 6, 1842 and died
> Jan 1, 1936.
> Next was Miss Nancy Ingram died 28 Sept 1816 age
> 23...........below...........
> " Suddenly death threw forth its dart
> The fatal arrow pierced my heart
> When health and vigor crownd my day
> As my soul was snatched away".
> Lots of great verses in this cemetery.....................
> Mr. David Cowls Jr. died 23 May 1814 age 40.............and below
> reads..................
> "Some weeping friend may drop a tear
> On these dry bones and say
> They were once as strong as mine appear
> And mine must be as they".
>
> In memory of Mr. Robert Wiliamson who departed this life Aug 1, 1803 in
> the
> 20th year of his age and below..............
> "Around thy dust shall joys immortal bloom
> And smiling angels guard thy silent tomb".
> That kind of did it for the day, we did quickly visit two more on the way
> out of town but they were recent burials and nothing uncommon at these to
> report about.
> Covered lots of ground this day.........................and did I ever
> tell
> 'ya, Sue reads a lot.........LOL
>
> Best
> Bill
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