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Facts and Fancies for the Curious

by Charles C. Bombaugh

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Beust

Count Beust directed that above his tomb should be inscribed:

Peace to his ashes; justice to his memory.

Elihu Yale

The founder of Yale University is buried in the church-yard of Wrexham, North Wales, ten miles from Hawarden. His tomb in front of the church door is inscribed with these lines:

Born in America, in Europe bred,
In Africa travelled, in Asia wed,
Where long he lived and thrived, in London dead;
Much good, some ill he did, so hope all’s even,
And that his soul through mercy’s gone to heaven.

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