2 AUGUST 1884, Page 19

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." ] Silton churchyard, Dorsetshire, more

than sixty years ago, I remember thie inscription on a very old stone

"Here lies a piece of Christ, A Star in dust, A vein of gold, A china dish that must Be used in Heaven When God shall feast the Just In memory of 'that pious woman,' "-

I cannot remember the name, perhaps did not at the time decypher it, for the stone was in a very crumbling state.— I