Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-04-16
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10 call the attention Of those having charge Of
Chess,at GrOve Cemetery, to some evils aud a.
buses which have become too frequent and obi
Gus to longer pass unnoticed abuses which re.
qnire not only attention, but urgently demand
correction. / allude to the practice Of plucking
flowers, cutting, marring and destroying trees
plants and shrubs, which the hnnds Of mourning
friends have planted around the graves Of those
they loved, aud still revere. would urge IL
npon their attention now, as Il IL about the time
when those who own lots there. are desirous Of
beauiifying them. There is certainly great need
OF making that cOnsecrated place more attrac-
tive to the eye, than II now is The location 10
6ne Nature has done much, and with the aid
Of art il can be rendered inviting--so inviting,
that the residents Of your village, especially,
will love to visit il frequently; for what more
sitting place OF resort, for all ages and oil class
es, can there bel Let protection for plants,
flowers. &C., only be granted, and the work will
be done. l have frequently heard persons as
sign the above mentioned evils as The very reo-
son, why more has not been done to ornament
those grounds. They say What is the use Of
trying to embellish our lots with choice trees,
plants and flowers when, almos. as soon as plant
ed, they are either marred carried of or de-
stroyed; for there is no protection whatever"
Who that has seen how that beautiful ever.
green, standing just within the grove, has been
injured, will not say. "Shame that such acts
should be perpetrated n this sacred spot-that
such reckessness or maliciousness should exist
10 Christian community" l might multiply
instances, but think they are known already to
most Of you. so forbear.
There is in almost every community, class
Of persons, who have neither regard for the af
lection or esteem of the living nor respect or
Veneration for the dead to whom, the flowers
which bedeck the grave Of somes loved, lost
treasure, and which have been planted by the
hands Of affection and watered with the tears OF
sorrow, possess no more interest, and awaken in
their minds, no higher or hoer emotions, than
the common waysde flower.
We envy not the taste, or the heart of such.
There has been a serious, radical defect in
their moral culture Respect and reveration
for the living or the dead, have not been incnl.
Gated and cultivated as they should have been.
This is proverbial amongst US as a nation. In
all ages every nation which made any preten.
tons to civilization or refinement, deeply venera.
ted the dead 1t was one of their cardinal yir.
tues Thus the Jews were very particular In
the burial Of their dead, and displayed much
taste and expended vast sums in the prepar.
ing Of their tombs aud burial places. They
had beautiful custom OF planting sprig of
myrtle by every grave. which was watered regu-
larry every day, and of sirewiug flowers over
the grave. The Egypiians embalmed the re.
mains Of the dead, and nothing was deemed
more sacriliginus than to modest them or their
resting place; aud so far was this sentiment car
ried that there could he no deeper disgrace, no
severer punishment inflicted upon any Of their
nation, than for him or his friends to know that,
by his conduct, he had forfeited the right Of Sc
puliure according to their custom.
To secure their dead from the sacrilegious
hards of strangers they built for their recep-
ton tombs and mausems, of which, for mas
sveness and solidiiy, beauty and magui6cence,
we can have but faint conception.
We have our Rural Cemeteries selected for
the beauty ol their scenery, and then adorned
by taste and cultivation. Immense sums have
been, within few years, expended upon such
grounds; and it is right, it is fitting Why not
strive to rob, if possible, the grave of some of
its gloom, by throwing around it some drapery
to conceal its repulsiveness-so far at least as
outward circumstances may effect it' Who
would not rather he buried in such beautiful
spot as Mount Auburn, Laurel Hill or Green
wood. where friends will love to come and ling
er than on some desert or wild desolate moor
But in every such place there are and must be
stringent laws, to prntect and preserve intact
and iaViolate every tree and flower Such laws
you need and must have before you will see
that Cemetery adorned, as you would like to
see it. There needs also to be created strong,
public sentiment on this pont--a sentiment so
powerful aad controlling, as shall .frowa dozen
such reckessness. and not only frown at but.
II necessary, inaict summary punishment for
each and every offence. Will not some one
move in this matter and take some measures to
check this growing evil. Set the ball in mo-
tiOn, aud keep it moving till something worthy
is accomplished REFoRMER.
REMAREABLE.--The lad, MAscU1IsE, who lost
a portion Of his skull and brains, by an acciden.
tai discharge of a rife, two or three weeks
since, has been removed to his own residence
and bids fair to recover from his injuries
The notories fact hereabouts, of the worth.
lessness Of the cheap sewing machines alluded
to in our columns week or two since, Is de-
mined in the Sentinel, with show of honest
indignation. If the writer is desirods of prov.
ing the truth Of that allusion, he has ONLY 70
face those who have bought his wares. Con.
viction, in some cases at least, would be irre.
sistGbie
Humphrey u.s. BAKER-Ths was a case of
SANDER the parties to which belong to this
place, and was one Of two cases disposed of the |
present week before our day Of going to press.
The pleadings alleged theft from defendants
cornfeld. Verdict for plaintiff S75, and costs