New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-16

fre.h one made Of rnged white paper The mother
stout rosy checked young woman, wore checked hand
kerch around her head after the manner Of black cooks
in Anercs, indicating ths she belonged to the haneesi
working class She had little immortal in her arms-sec
upeovered-eyes vanly endcsvOring to peep and arms
fyrg all around asked the age Of the younsser The
mother said old bat shold 20, be ba, fo1r
This with other details given with the utmost mialisnes
and navee persuaded thai the child had pcocious
desire to SEQ the light The mohsr showed two little
girls beside ard spoke Of many others al home did no;
word,r she asked the little angel Heaven to pray for her
workman who had just marked out the spacs for new
fosse parallel oibors in which had been placed 500
bodies within months and haf-sad that they had
buried the ground eight years beiore-but that
esrh had been recently csed on. that he should
Gig not much below the surface OF the former grsve1
He sad that the osse extended toward the top Of the hill
from which tie earth had been taken he should find bones
the surface but said he No remains taken away
from the eonsecrated ground. Ii find bone 80 long
"lmsrkng IT or his fore finger bury a. can
"He who docs respect the bones OF Christian cannot
hope to have his respected When tho present losses
are filed shall commence sgan al the lower part OF
"the cemetery from which the monuments aud trees
"ahesdy removed woman standing by asked when II
would be necessary disturb that ground pointing to the
grave OF her husband The grave replied in kind
voice Rest easy madame, not for five six years
pad him hall franc for his talk then followed man In
black with brass plate on his breast carrying little
painted coffin under his mounted the loose earth
thrown from the great ditch Tic in black handed the
little box to with brawny arms. who chuked Il In
beside longer box then covered il with little sol. and
leaned his spade, as if waiting for another one Mean
time the father said something to an official in cooked he;
then cambetd down to place stiOk between the collins
to which he fastened white mmoree and bit Of paper
~. l.
the usual cross attendants added wreaths made OF box
leaves and dabIas The father had large mmorele on
lis arm marked Ma femme" watched him he hunted
long time among the deeper covered graves for the spo
on which 20 lay this souvenir Of tho mother Of his deaf
child
went further up the fosse where msl digging and
throwing into heaps handus Of something that raed too
much to be roots of trees We ognzed skulls rbS and
great many technical ossmons numerous mention
Branches Of fallen trees partly covered one pile OF bones
Arm bones stuck from the west bank and leg bones
from the cast bank Of the ditch and four inches from
tie surface on which stood the Doctor pulled clsv
iele as souvenir of his visit The earth thrown
colored by an nal decomposition and mingled with decayed
coffin wood saw several jono Of back bones which had
escaped the Christian scrutiny Of the workman lniermens
were made here only eight years ago. but within two years
az much possible of the soil had been taken from the sur
face to elevate the lower portion the grounds The whole
arrangement was so u,arian that forgot in looking upon
those dry bones that they the remains OF cher
ihed parent hu band or child Numbers OF common peo
pie wandering about viewing The ground whore they
must shortly lie
Twas getting late tho burer pulled down his shirt
sleeves put on his blouse and said he had done good days
work for Sunday asked him how many burals he aver
aged day lie sad there is rule about it sometimes
five, sometimes thirty
The Hospitals grumble at resent reductions in grave ex-
renses as leaves fewer bodies for the dissection
The poor only OF certain aondsseents have FREQ ground
here though the Cometry is open for all who have pur
chased The Jews separated from the Christians
by high wall Their tombs had nothing peculiar about
them but Hebrew inscriptions, and of without
crosses 1t was O'Clock heard the prolonged musical
tones of the crers femeles pores-they arr shutting
the gates We passed out and were fortunate in getting
seats in an omnibus which by correspondence with another
line would take us asar the Madeleine quite the
city and quicker too than the average of coaches Three
muatto girls were in the omnibus well dressed and OF
proper behavior whom the conductor addressed those
porsons lie told that 500 persons had seats in his
omnibus All Souls Day and that be had averaged 300
day during the octave Thirty omnibuses were Oh the
line the fist day Of the fete.
found dinner party at home in the evening" with
whist coffee and wine appendages lie. the theologs
pick the bones of contention and give tho devil his due
but give me soup and game salads ices and cre9ns
and hearty friends to thank heaven for, when retarn
hungry from Pere la Chese Az REyoTR.