The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-09-15

SPOe VI SlOuuu Hlauc Qear To the
hearts most of our citizens, as the rest
ing place of the loved and the lost. It is
beautiful and romantic spot, on bold
emlnence, skirted by the primeval forest
"a spot for which Nature has done much
"a spot made sacred as city of the
dead. There, monuments are erected
stones are set, mounds are raised, and trees
and shrubs and flowers are planted, all in
commemoration of departed worth Thith-
er we often go; sometimes following one
who goes never more to return to us ;;
sometimes to drop tear or flower upon
the grave of those we loved sometimes for
thought and meditation but ALWAYS for
instruction. There, In the solemn sur
roundings of that sacred spot, we may
learn much. There we may hold sweet
communion with the spirits of those whose
memory we so fondly cherish There we
may forget for time the pleasures and
allurements of this troublesome world. and
bring our thoughts upon the reality that
we too must, sooner or later, become in
mates OF some city of the dead There,
IN the solemn stiffness which prevails, a
thousand tongues tell us in words the
most eloquent, in language which cannot
fail to be understood, of God in His inf
mite wisdom, of Eternity in its infinite
time, of the mortality of our bodies and of
the Immortality of our souls. There, the
grass, the foliage, and the blossoming
shrub, the faded leaf, the withered rose
and the evergreen are all fit types of our
life, of our death, and of our resurrection :;
and there the marble monument, towering
heavenward, increasingly points us to that
happy land ''where the wicked cease from
troubling, and the weary are at rest
This beautiful burial ground was donat-
ed many years since to the Welch Inde-
pendent Congregation of Ebensburg, by
the late Rev. Rees Lloyd and in honor of
that good old man, it is called and known
by his name. We believe it has always
been used in common by the different
Protestant denominations of our town and
township, for the purposes of interment,
though until recently at the sufferance of
the donees, rather than as amatter of right
Some years since, it was laid off in lots, so
that any person desiring final resting
place for himself OF family might be accom-
modated with a spot for that purpose. 1t
is one of the Oldest cemeteries in our
neighborhood, and in it repose the re-
mains of large numbers of the early set
tiers of our town and township. There
are but few of us indeed, in this vicinity,
who do not feel a mournful interest in
this hallowed spot. We, among others,
have gone there in the funeral trains of
some near and dear friends !; and while we
would be glad at all times to give some
expression of i tender recollection of their
many kind acts, and bestow some fitting
tribute to their memories, we should be
glad also to signify our appreciation of
the place by improving and adorning the
grounds AS we have said, Nature has
done much for the place. Let Art now
do something. Let the briers and nox-
ious weeds which now infest so much of
the ground, be rooted out, and in their
stead. shrubs and ornamental trees be
planted. Let the rickety old fence which
surrounds it be substituted by neat and
substantial pale fence. And let roads and
paths be made through the grounds, and
visitors be compelled to walk in them
Thus will the spirit of vandalism, now so
common, be checked in a great measure,
and decency and decorum, at funerals, be
much better preserved Thus will the
place be beautifed and adorned, and the
trees and shrubbery, nurtured and cared
for. will soon tell of the green spot which
the dead there hold in the memory OF the
living. Reader, Have you parent, or
a wife, or husband, or child, or a broth
er, or sister, or a friend who sleeps in
Lloyd's Cemetery? If so, then our re-
marks are intended for you and we trust
you will appreciate them in the spirit in
which they are written.
MOUNTAIN CRICKET CLUB. At a
meeting of this Club held on Saturday,
the 10th inst, John Fenlon, Esq, being
H. obo;r opd Robert IitZinper ESQ.,