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| boy of prrhaj* two years of age, halfreclining anlt;l his hare arms and legs and shoulders suggest perfect healthand relaxation from all trouble andCoal and Cokechildish sorrow, but this time of the year when the snow is drifting up over the chubby little fellow you somehow think that it is a hit incongruous.oDown in the City cemetery are buried a husband and wife, who were evidently of old New England stock. Hatpin Higgs was horn in New Haven, Ct., in 1808 and died in ’65, and when hediet! some one had this philosophicthought chiseled on his headstone, hut the grass is so tall about it that only the curious will be benefited by the sage announcement which are as words spoken hv the dead:“Educate the coming generation that they may the better know and enjoy Civil and religious liberty.His wife. Melinda, was born at Deerfield, Mass., in 1813, and died in ’82, and on her headstone is this paragraph :'Think of me, speak of me. not as departed, C Short is the distance that parts us today;Franklin County Fgg and Lump for f urnace.Franklin County 2x3 Nut for Range.Carterville WashedProduct Coke for Heater or Furnace.Product Coke for Base Burner.Stovewood, Alfalfa, Hay.lt;JA11 the above carried in stock, perfectly clean,dry and under cover.GHEEN FUELICE CO.11tHound us, about us, the brave andtrue-heartedLinger the deeds that hav And there was not room for the restMiof it so the stone cutter left the verse 1for the living to fill out.SMITH.ROY1Perfect. Service, Faithful Execution of your wishes, a Reasonable Charge, Efficiency, Functuaiity.atta\FUNERAL DIRECTOR•1-tar1y.1rIit;bcV1)aqaiicPnBwanlt;atJlt;HhiHsihiclt;MHclfathmlt;min,soteianSiDikn“VtiniWchwhich would seem to lay proper stress ofupon first principles and yet modern- jthlt;Iinp i *•)£ i %• r* ■ i *i ii. .i ! , ,ize br taking proper notice of that35, and 36, but Mr. Saunders sets it death, age reduced to months and days, i .... , . . t, ttri s ttor . . ... «, i ... . which is new or recent and which tenddown in stone as 1835. and invariably an epitaph often incon-1 * to a broadening of the mind while gogruoiis and ridlCuldlU 88 ItMheJ upon !, lt uh—o— t . * ing along: We have noticed with con*, , „ at present. Today the headstone Ifc in, . , . *Arranged in a circle ol a diameter of , . » , . ^ . 'siderable interest a list ot questionsiclined to be massive and extVemelv perhai* seventy-five feet is a burial , ‘ for examination prepared by a suceess-space for members of the Faun.lei^ ( P a,n’ aIh. n.° * lt;nng lt;tiom tu ^ private school in Philadelphia. Wefamily, who desire to be gathered to |nm ‘ n ( ° mt 1 aI1( ‘ lt;a l’ append a few of them as samples:their fathers Seldom does one see sop * , ! ! in 7 lt;* the president of Mexico,tneir iamers. oemum uues mm mm j forniation whatever and will rob theSa(AWMiJnSeCoMiJuSeOnMiJuSeIBeJaMiLlJaMHiJaMWhat is the value of a franc? the Good Shepherd has gathered into f. In what w ay was each of these per-His fold another little one. Out in sons famous: Michael Angelo, Galileo,Forest Home over a grave of a child Robert Bruce, Jenner. Beethoven, is a marble figure of a little chubby Watt, Rembrandt, Cecil Rhodes, Hor-Everybody who visits the oh! City cemetery goes direct to the Saunders Circle, first because the main driveway leads direct to it, and also because it is. in a way, a memorial to the man who located and named the town of Mt. Pleasant. The Saunders Circle is at the south end of the old cemetery.—graveyard is a better term for this particular burying ground, for it is simply a yard full of graves. The monument is not particularly impressive in itself, being about twelve feettall, and resting on a pedestal of a series of circular steps, and which have proven a popular trysting place. There is an inscription on the monument which reads:“This monument was erected byPressley Saunders in 1880 in memory of friends.”“The namer and founder of .Mt Pleasant in iv;.vThis date should settle all doubt as to when Mr. Saunders settled Hie town. It has been set down as in 1834,many kin buried in the same place. There are no less than twenty-five interred in the cricle and in the cemetery are a number of others who areburied with relatives. Pressley Saunders had two wives. Edith, who died the year after they arrived here* and Hulda Bowen, who survived him. His first wife sleeps on his left and hissecond wife on his right, and near by his father and mother, while around in the circle are uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces and grandchildren. On the monument, as fast as they are interred, ichiseled the name and relationship ot the new comer to this silent community, but it is noted that while the names of all others, including his first wife, are enumerated on the monument, the name of his second wife, Hulda Bowen, does not appear. This must have been an oversight as sever-SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by Carrie In town,per week ............ 10cDelivered by Carrier in town,cash in advance, 3 months .. $1.00Delivered by mail, per month____25cWeekly Edition, per year.......$1.00Office Noe. 106-108 W. Washington St.Entered as second class mail matter In the postoffice at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.(Every Evening Except Sunday.) CHARLES S. ROGERS, Publisher.the Daily NewsPARLORS, I I 7 N. Main St.POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.THE BYSTANDERS NOTES.TUESDAY, JANUARY 21.——The News is authorized to announce the name of Mr. J. H. Mills as a candidate for the office of mayor at the coming city election.Jno. I. Dugdale announces himself as a candidate for the office of Mayor at thecoming city election, on the non-partisan ticket.Fred G. Wait announces himself as a candidate for the office of Mayor at the coming city election.When William G. Saunders died he left a bequest of $2,000.00 to he invested in perpetuity in city bonds, the interest to he used part in the care of the c'ity cemetery and part for the eare and maintenance of the Saunders Circle, and it can be said that all things considered there is better care taken of this old burying ground than of Forest Home. Aside from the drive leading from the Jefferson street entrance down on the west side of the cemetery to and around the Saunders Circle, there are no other drives or walks and aside from the lots adjoining this drive there is little if any effort to preserve any alignment ofgraves. Wherever there is a place a grave is dug, but it might be added that aside from family lobs few are now buried in the old cemetery. We are told that the older part of the cemetery lias been buried over at least twice and that it is now almost impossible to dig a grave without uncovering the remains of some occupant whose existanee and whose grave has long since been forgotten. In the old days the markers were of a very de-structahle quality* often the native stone, they were mounted on flimsy foundations and soon toppled and were broken and in a few years thrown away and the grave forever obliterated, This process can be noted now with painful realization of the futility of attempting to preserve the memory of man. Everywhere can be found depressions that mark the graves of old timers. In some places there is a fragment of a marker, often times nothing.All over the cemetery headstones andeven the more pretentious monuments are toppling and in a few more years will be prostrate over the graves which they mark.Down in the City cemetery is a grave of a little child and it is marked by a slab of marble of the shape of the cover of an old-fashioned wedged shaped eofiin, which might have been sunk its own depth in the ground and one is tempted to pry up the lid and see what it covers. A little lamb curled up on a pedestal was once considered an ideal headstone for a child and a number of them are found in the two cemeteries and we suppose thatthe little marble lamb suggests tin* comforting thought to the parents thatEven the styles and fashions of the cemeteries change. In the old days the stones were large, thin slabs of marble curiously and often grotesquely carven with floral and other designs of an elaborate nature, w hile thejfiscription was quite as elaborate, giving the name, intimate relationship,1ai -have been interred in the circlesince the death of the second Mrs. Saunders, and their names are inscribed on the shaft.cemetery of the future of much of the sentimental interest which the old grave stones now inspire.date and often place of birth, date ofOfFic Phone 360. Res. I 3 I- ofThe almanacs for 1913 disclose that there w ill be three eclipses of the sun and two of the moon during the year. ?The dates follow:i A total eclipse of the moon, March 22. Visible to Australia and the Pacific ocean; the beginning visible to North America; western South America. and the eastern tortion of Asia; the ending visible to western North America central and eastern Asia.A partial eclipse of the sun. April 8 Invisible. Visible to the northwestern portion of North America* the extreme part of Siberia, and the Arctic ocean.A partial eclipse of the sun, Aug. 31. Invisible. Visible to Greenland and the eastern portions of the maritime provinces of Canada.A total eclipse of the moon, Sept. 15. Visible to Australia and the Pacific ocean; the beginning visible to North America except the northeast portion, the extreme northwest corner of South America, and eastern Asia; the ending visible to the northwestern portion o# North America and to Asia.Following are the dates of a number of fixed and movable festivals: Epiphany, Jan. 6; Septaugesima Sunday, Jan. 19; Quinquagesima-Shrove Sunday, Feb. 2; Ash Wednesday, Feb.5; First Sunday in Lent. Feb. 9; St.David, March 1; Palm Sunday, March 16; St. Patrick, March 17; Good Friday, March 21; Easter Sunday, March 23; Annunciation Lady Day, March 25; Low Sunday, March 30; St. George, April 23; Rogation Sunday, April 27; Ascension Day Holy Thursday, May 1; Pentecost-Whit Sunday, May 11; Trinity Sunday, May 18; Cor-pus Christi, May 22; John Baptist, Midsummer Day, June 21; Michaelmas Day, Sept. 29; St. Andrew, Nov.30; First Sunday in Advent, Nov. 30;St. Nicholas, Dec. 6; St. Thomas, Dec. Iq 21; Christmas Day, Dec 25; St.John,Evangelist, Dec. 27.This year in the Jewish calendar is5673.Mention some event of recen tor current interest associated with,— Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Nogi. Nicaragua, Clarence Darrow, Felix Diaz, Billy Hugh of Gary, Jane Addams, Adrianople, Amundsen, Thorpe of Carlisle, Dr. Ellis I\ Ober-holzer, Sir William Ramsay.Why is a hydroplane faster than a displacement boat?How many leaves to tin* stem haspoison Ivy?What is tin* normal rate at which•blind ’ *What state produces most corn?It is naturally a much mooted question in the educational world as to theparticular channels along which the student mind should be directed. Thereare many extreme views. Some will insist upon a right adherence to the purely fundamental. Others will contend that true educational progress con-sists largely in chasing after some-1 Hr tiring new. There is a golden mean heName the president-elect of (Tiba.In the event of the death of the president and vice president who acts as president?THE ECLIPSES THIS YEAR.CAN YOU ANSWER THESE?
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Mount Pleasant Daily News
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, US
Tue, Jan 21, 1913
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