Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1855 — Monument to the Murdered Butter. [ARTICLE]

Monument to the Murdered Butter.

The qifizens of Louisville have erected a monument to W. JR G. Idutler, t|u3toacher by Matt. Ward. It is an..elegant piece of workmanship,/built of Italian marble, and i about ten feet in height. The scriptjqns on its sides arc as follows: '• William H. G. Buffer, born in | Je|Ferson county, Indiana, October 3d, 1825; died without fem and with* reproach;. of gentle and retiring dispprijtjftn,; qlear and vigorous mind; apz4*ccoßf|>lishcd scholar; a devoted and.successful .teacher;- a meek and humble Christian.’’W/On the north fife H? fulkby the hand of violence, W fWFW qf Ms loving pupils —a martyr to his fidelity in tbediacharge of his. duty.” On the south wtel “Ah*f monument is erected by bie pupjh.and a-.bereaved communily.to showtheir appreciation of his «prth, iandJkb perpetuate their herror at his in urder.” v■ This ip. not- more- a monument to theiMutxfered man than to the murdftret? for stone, to the gaae of all Mi urttoe engraved in Tvords'tbarw atonement can wash away. How much better for the criminal’s own memory if he had suffered' some Moody deed. rSanduxky *