In St. Michael's Churchyard, Aberystwith, is another, to the memory of David Davies, blacksmith:-- My sledge and hammer lay reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid; My coal is spent, my iron gone, My nails are driven--my work is done. The following epitaph is transcribed from one of the local histories of Cornwall:-- Father and mother and I, Lies buried here as under, Father and mother lies buried here, And I lies buried yonder. From Cunwallow Churchyard, Cornwall. [It may be read either backwards or forwards.] Shall we all die? We shall die all, All die shall we-- Die all we shall. In St. Germain's, in the Isle of Man, the following very singular epitaph is yet to be seen, in Latin, over the tomb of Dr. Samuel Rutter, formerly prebendary of Litchfield, and afterwards Bishop of Sodor and Man:-- In this house, Which I have borrowed from My brethren, the worms, lie I, SAMUEL, by Divine permission, Bishop of this island. Stop, reader; Behold and smile at THE PALACE OF A BISHOP! who died May 30, in the year 1653. * * * * * SOME FEW INSTRUCTIONS IN CROCHET-WORK, which may be of use to some of our lady readers. In the first instance, the crochet-hook should be very smooth, made of fine steel, and fixed in handles. The stitches used are _chain_, _slip_, _single_, _double_, _treble_, and _long treble crochet_. _Chain Stitch_ (ch) is made by forming a loop on the thread, then inserting the hook, and drawing the thread through the loop already made. Continue this, forming a succession of stitches. _Slip Stitch_ is made by drawing a thread _at once_ through any given stitch and the loop on the needle. _Single Crochet_ (sc). Having a loop on the needle, insert the hook in a stitch and draw the thread through in a loop. You have then two on the hook; draw the thread through both at once. _Double Crochet_ (dc). Twist the thread round the hook before inserting it in the stitch, through which you draw the thread in a loop. There will then be three loops on the hook; draw the thread through two, and then through the one just formed and the remaining one. _Treble Crochet_ (tc), and _Long Treble_ (long tc), are worked in the same way; in treble the thread is put _twice_, in long treble _three times_, before inserting it into the stitch. _Square Crochet_ is also sometimes used. The squares are either open or close. An open square consists of one dc, two ch, missing two on the line beneath before making the next stitch. A close square has three successive dc. Thus any given number of close squares, followed by an open, will have so many times three dc, and _one over_; therefore any foundation for square crochet must have a number that can be divided by three, having one over.