Subject: Epitaphs (Page 24)

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!

His faults are buried with him beneath this stone. His virtues (if he had any) are remembered by his friends.

Hold my drink, you're gonna' love this.

Office upstairs.

Here lies the body of Jonathan Stout. He fell in the water and never got out, And still is supposed to be floating about.

Where did everybody go?

He heard the angels calling him, from the celestial shore. He flopped his wings and away he flew, to make one angel more.

Beneath this stone, in hopes of Zion, doth lie the landlord of the lion; his son keeps on the business still, resigned unto the heavenly will.

See, I told you I was SICK!

Here lies Ezekiel Aikle Age 102 – The Good Die Young.

My father and mother were both insane. I inherited the terrible stain. My grandfather, grandmother, Aunts and uncles Were lunatics all And yet died of carbuncles

Beneath this silent tomb is laid, a noisy antiquated maid, who from her cradle talked till death, and ne'er before was out of breath.

Grim Death To Please His Palate Has Taken My Lettice To Put in His Sallat.

I am woman here me roar. And boy did she.

Here lieth, underneath these stones, The Beard, the Flesh, and eke the Bones Of Wrexham's Clerk, old Daniel Jones.

Thorp’s Corpse

Here lie I, Martin Elginbrodde: Hae mercy o' my soul, Lord God; As I wad do, were I Lord God, And ye were Martin Elginbrodde.

Dear God: enclosed, please find Rube Goldberg. Now that you’ve got him, what are you going to do with him?

Under this stone Lies Billy Joe Bob Stealing chickens Was his last job

I will NOT be right back after this message.

Here into the dust, the mouldering crust, of Eleanour Bachelour's shoven; well versed in the arts of pies, custards, and tarts. And the lucrative skill of the oven. When she lived long enough, she made her last puff, a puff by her husband much praised, now here she doth lie and makes a dirt pie, in hopes that her crust shall be raised.