200 Four-in-Hmid in Britain. 



Joseph Paxton, builder of the Crystal Palace, who was 

 formerly head gardener at Chatsworth. 



One or two epitaphs in the churchyard are worth 

 noting. The following is dated 1787: 



" I was like grass, cut down in haste, 

 For fear too long should grow ; 

 I hope made fit in heaven to sit, 

 So why should I not go ! " 



To be sure, why not ? But is there not a little am- 

 biguity in the " too long should grow ? " 



The next one, dated 181 8, seems to commemorate the 

 decease of a plough-boy who was rash enough to leave 

 his proper vocation for another — a sad illustration of 

 ne siitor ultra crcpidam. 



" When he that day with th' waggon went, 

 He little thought his glass was spent ; 

 But had he kept his Plough in Hand, 

 He might have longer till'd the Land." 



One could not expect that the moral inculcated here 

 would find favor with our Americans. How could the 

 Mighty Republic ever have been brought to its present 

 height and embraced the majority of all English-speak- 

 ing people in the world, if her sons had not been ambi- 

 tious and changed from one occupation to another? 

 *' Stick to your last " is only fit for monarchical coun- 

 tries, where people believe in classes. This young man 

 was of the right sort and should have a verse of praise 



