Bridestowe, Okehampton.
_Devonshire Superstition respecting Still-born Children._--One of the
Commissioners of Devonport complaining last week that a charge of one
shilling and sixpence should have been made upon the parish authorities
for the grave and interment of a still-born child, said, "When I was a
young man it was thought lucky to have a still-born child put into any
open grave, as it was considered to be a sure passport to heaven for the
next person buried there." Query, Is this prejudice still common?