Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-03-02
ReoolleotiOns Of Washington Irving.
from the Round Table
BY GAYLORD CLARK,

revered aud honored uncle, are seyera
to his niece, Mrs Storrov, of Paris, whom
We frequently had the pleasure to nee
in our earlier visits to Sunnyside. Shl
was the daughter of Mr. Iryihg's sister
Mrs. Paris, and was one of the mos
amiable and afectionata of young wo
men, and most warmly and devotedly at
tached to her beloved uncle. Being tLt
eldest of his nieces, she was almost Z
mother to them all.
We remember well, Mr. Irving's re.
mark touching young gentlemen (of mos
unexceptionable character and position
Of coursc) srOopirg' about Sunnyside
and diverting the attention of his nieces
and the favored one coming to ask his
permission to address his niece, as If,
said Mr. Irving, the whole matter had
not been arranged beforehand Now
here is one in Paris, and another on the
banks Of the beautiful Cayuga, both hap
py, thank God, in there new relations
but miss them SO much that when I
have twinge or am automatically in
cliued, I don't lay it to the weather!
But to return: Mr.. Irving, writing to
his n'eeo Mrs Storrow, in Paris, says,
speaking Of The cemetery beyond Tarry-
town on ;hl north and cast, and over
looking tie Hudson
Tie cemetery. which is secured by
an act Of the legislature, takes in a part
iof the Beekman Woods. and commands
Que Of the most beautiful views Of the
Hudson. The spot have purchased is
on the southern slope (tho sepulclral
Sunnyside , just on the edge of the
tt1Td Church yaFd @hieh is included IN
the cemetery. I have it inclosed with
an iron railing, and shall have evergreens
set around it.. It is shaded by a grove
Of young oaks
There I have seen the remains Of the
family gathered ana Inferred, where they
cannot be again disturbed; and vast
satisfaction It was to have rescued them
from that restless city, where nothing is
sacred. ASH was selecting this place of
sepulture, I thought Of Byron's lines
"Thcn look around,
And choose Try ground,
And take thy rest r'
4 have marked out my resting place
by my mothers side, and space is left
for me there.
I. To our conception, the thought Of be-
ing buried by the side of his mother is
exceedingly Characteristic ana beautiful
Even in old age his love for his mother
was strengthened by years. His last
wishes to be buried by her side, recalls a
paragraph in a Maine newspaper ex-
change, which We showed to Mr. Irving,
sitting, on a breezy morning, on wood
en- bench in one Of the pleasant walks
adjoining the cottage It was on an
ancient citizen of New Hampshire, near
ly one hundred years old. who, in a tenn
porary dimness Of intellect, upon the bed
from W vhich lie was never to be moved in
life, repeatedly exclaimed, want to
see mother?
As was natural, Mr. Irving regarded
this as an affecting incident, and the
thought Of the moment turned to Mar
garet's wish in Faust to be buried be
tween her lover and her babe between
the two; not 10 far off from either; clo,e
by eueA.'
DIP opos of the cemetery in which Mr..
Irvidg's honored remains repose, with
those Of his kindred, here is a note
which in this connection Will not be with
out interest:
My DEAR CLARK:
L send YOU herewith a plan of a rur-
al cema,s'y. projected by some Of the
worth,es o.. Ilrrytown, on the woody
hi,IsaJios toths Sleepy Hollow church
l have no iecuuiary interest in it, yet !
hope it u succeed, as it will keep thai
beautiful and outrageous neighborhood
sacred from the aDtipoetical and all-leyeI-
Ing axe Besides, l trust that l shalt
one day lay my bones there. The pro-
jectors are plain, matter-of- fact men, but
are already, I believe, aware of the blum
der which they have committed in nam
ing it the 'TarrytOBn' instead of the
+ Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. The latter
name would have been enough Of itself
to secure the patronage of all desirous
Of sleeping quietly in their graves.
I beg you to correct this oversight,
should you, as 7 trust youwlll. notice this
sepulohral enterprise.
I hope, as the spring opens, you will
accompany me in one Of my brief visits
to Sunnyside, when we will make anoth-
er trip to Sleepy HOIlOE, and (thunder