Sacred to the memory of Jared Bates Who died August 6, 1800 His widow, aged 24, lives at 7 Elm Street Had many qualifications of a good wife And yearns to be comforted
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary How Does Your Graveyard Grow? With Ankle Bones And Old Tombstones And Relatives All In A Row
My father and mother were both insane I alone inherited the terrible stain. My grandfather, grandmother, aunts and uncles Were lunatics all, and yet died of carbuncles
Death is a debt to Nature due, Which I have paid and so must you.
