Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1913 — A QUEER EPITAPH. [ARTICLE]

A QUEER EPITAPH.

Aged Watchmaker Chose the Lingo of Celling. Paris, old Parisian watchmaker who died near tho Bourse gave instructions In his will that the following Inscription should be cut on his tombstone: “Here lies horizontally —, In Ms lifetime a watchmaker. Honor was the mainspring of hie existence and work ever regulated Ms time. His works were good. Tbe fear of God and the love of his neighbor were always the key that wound him up. He lived happily until the Great dockmaker of the Universe thought fit to sever the chain of Ms days at the age of His heirs filled in the blank and were able to writ* 87 years.