The Arkansas banner., 1846-11-18
AW-sairsfs, nav.

AEE-Sainfs' Day.
 nxing Gpwess. pale aowers OCT the baer to shed,
 erpwn fer the bsow of the early dead.
 Eor thstkr0ash its ieases hath the whtesos burst
 Fer thisin the woods WAS the violet narsed.l 1hosxh they sigh io vain for what once was ours,
 hsy ass lose's last gnef. bring ye dowers. paie s s8ewsxs4 Mrs, HsmaHs
 To-days the Csiholic Cemetry will be the
 scene of touching tributes from undying
 frieadship and affection 10 departed dear ones. The graves will be garlaaded with nowerss which. while emblematicsi of the deeay Of the grove, are also beautifully typ scal pf the sweet odor of remenberance, and he chFisiian's over-blooming hope of glo- xioas resurrection.
 To-day the parents will make annual pil- aSimage to tsie tomb of theirbeloyeSl child the yoath wili breathe prayer Der ia others gEave--woman's tears will fall as she bends over the sculpiured marble where hnsbaad's bones are inurned-and even ihe eye of stern man will mois,en us he gzzes so1 the snarrOw house. where rest all that Is n.ortal of her who was .sdear io him as the Emxidy drnps that visit Ais sad hcars.'' On the custom of decorating the grave with flowers, the New iiavea Palladium aakcs she following aPoite and historical eemafkss
 The practice. no doubt, gave rise 10 the ancient custom which prevailed in the East of huEying in gardens. and IS one which con- dsess so the qualification Of the bes, feelings { Of opr nature !. prevailed generally tn and sisosi the Holy City, and also among ,he Nedea, Pefsiaas, Grecians and Romans l. He PeFsians adopted it from the Mesles. the I GEcrisns from the Persians. In Rome per- a0ns af distinction were buried In gardens or s feszis near the public roads. Their monu- inenis were decorated with chaplets and gar ssissss d flowers.
 The tomb Of Achilles was decorated with aznaransh; the grave of Sophocles with roses \ md ivy; that of Aaaereon with ivy and flow tess. Baskets of lilies, violets and roses were placed in the graves of husbands and wives, white roses on those of unmarried fe- aalss. h Java, the inhabitants scatter flow ers over the bodies of their friends In China, the custom of planting flowers on the graves of their friends Is of very aneient date and ssilI prevails. The natives of Snrat strew fresh flowers OH the graves of their B saints every year.
 In Tnpoti, the tombs are decorated with HaEaanls of roses, of Arabia jessamine, and orsnge and myrtle flowers.
 n Schwytx, village in Switzerland. there b beautiful little church-yard, in which ai- most every grave IS covered with pinks. la i ssss elegant church-yard in Wiriin. in the
 valley of Salza. in Germany, the graves are Lowered with oblong boxes, which are plan sed wish perennial shrubs, or renewed with annual flowers. and others are so dressea on I let1 days Suspended from the ornaments
 na recent gmves are liule vases filled with
 Mater. in which the flowers are preserved *fkesA. Children are often seen thus dressing N she graves of their mo,hers--and mothers
 wssaihing garlands for the graves of their <<hildren.
 h Wales, children have snow-lrops,
 primFpses. vicless, hazel bloom and sallow
 klossems on their grases. Persons Of ma
 turs years have iansy. box and rue- In South
 Wales, no flowers are permitted to be plan 2 (ed on graves but these which are sweet
 usssd. Pink, polyanihus, swees-williams,
 III flowers, carnations, mignioneiie. shysae,
 kreson camomile and rosemary are used.- 3he Esd sekes are appropriated to the graves &of rood Al benevolent persons. Ia Easter week most graves gre newly
 dressed and manured with fresh earth. In Whissuniide holydays they are again dres- EseS wesded, and, f necessary, replaaied.-- kNo person ever breaks of,disturbs flowers <)hns planted. Is iz considered sacriiege.
 WhiIe the customs of decorating graves
 1 srsss-yards wish flowers, and ornamen- 1 irsee and shrubs, has prevailed so !oag
 sxlensiseIy among ancient and modern <Ieil11ed naiious, some of the American (cnei9isss wiM not permit weed or blade G n5ass, sor any other vegetable. to grow Eucon Inc grasez of their friends. With few |e2espsionss there has hitherto been ia our benny . stsange remissness on this subject |wIieh woaId surprise the heaihen.