Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-13
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Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Mk LDlIVh III your readers Will please
sua-iue au enclosure ot one hundred and thir-
> atre- Of land. situated midway between
Charles River ana +. .esn Pond. surrounded
VITA till,uassiye Ience, aud containing with
III Is buTders sUme OF the hne5t Landscape
SCENERY i'll New England, tney will have some
idea u the I4I-lamed vi unt Auburn Gene
terry.
/. i situated one ald One-naIf miles west
Irom Harvard DIVERSITY buildings, and hge
miles from the city Vi Boston. IL has TO tie
eleO tas.e a prOiusiOn OF picturesque scenery,
-uany Ui the elements Ut beauty combIued
with the nicer eIeSa cies Ot act, and Is mos,
admirably adapled tOr the purpose 10. winch II
las been lev0led- 1t IL undu laJIng In it's ia
lace sud cou7is : vi vsrdanG lawns, deep, dark,
WOO ed d-.ls, smIllng gieus surrounded by
hIgh wooded aIt!s, Win ;tn ,Abun lance Oi va
Ter IN IT. plc-uresqu; mInI2turs lakes, whlcl
repo-e IL calm serenity wIshin It 0osom, ana
WIN tall J-ts a4I sIiv5ry fountains max a
most oeaudtu. 4pp-nd4se to the other embe
llsnmeBl=. wnIle Il a1is refreshing coOin. =
u IL groves during the heat OF the summer
months. Inc architect and scu Iplor have a.a.
contributed oy their genius. 30 thIcken beau
q over Its =urtacs. An elegane Gothic
chapel, containing some ot the finest statuary
IN tns country, graces the enc closure, and a
Feut4I tower, Win It's b4Iustrade and battle
menIs, gives classic finish to is principal
sminencs, lat FURNISHES the best observator,
Tor yie~-ns natural scenery, to b. found
the country.
In aIdit,un ID the natural growth Of trees,
shrubs, evsrgrcens anu woodland flowers, cost
y v4rle-I-= OF fragrant ex1cics from all pAr,-
the world, au1 rhe ch9ioe7t hJral treasures
from ine conservatory, are collected 70 assist
IA lue aI5rum-ac o. she grouncs.
I-sre iue sweep Of forest sceaery,-
tall trees lnrow tneir saadOws over the i.ud
=c-pe, anu .hg repInins voice of the evergrsea
trees make r. solemn music when genth
stirred BY ne BEE
rpournful music,
An dt ~ d ~ hour;
sad though i. De-. 'tIs more
Than that from pl.ssurs's bower
lt s - .v4n loTes5 retrelg-a promenade
ior Boston Cambridge people, ana theI
summer visitors, AMI coInmendsd By
W inGIng paths ami divergent avenues, make
al portions vi the enclosure access bic to pc
Cesuriaus ; ana carriage yisitors can be taken
tos ali the most interesting portions of the
cemtt ry, and during the. warm months, when
the trees are I Jthed with their green foliage,
AMI the dowers are unfolding their summer
beauty, me gr-unds are filled with vIsItors
fv.4r
w-rderIns anld green groves AMI the inter
Iaclng coughs vi the trees, enjoying the
pleasant wood. and scenery, admIr.Dg the
costly nouu menSs, AUG the beautiful flower
gardens surruIDdIGg the enclosures.
Noun, Auburn is ric1 IN hstor e.l associ.-
tions and ,r4dl.ional lore, as portion of the
lntLrop colony whicn settled at 3 Dst N and
vclnIy 1880, located borders, and
allotted out its grounds 10 the pilgrims at that
Perod.
Much the largest portion of the land is situ-
ated within the town of Watertown, and
small portion is within the limits of Cam bridge.
Inc cemetery was Chartered IN 1o3 > an the
corporation nave ex pended nearly four hundred
thousand dollars 10 making taeir various i'm
provemenfs, wnIls ln1ivldu4i proprietors IL
purchasing land, fencing a-d gardening, mus
nave made an outlay OF over Two million of do.-
-ars.
Ihere Is instance where l1rser amount
team ten thousand dollars has been expended Oh
single lot III some three or four cases nearly
that has been expended for land ana IN
embellishments for eaen Que of those encIos-
ures.
lro1 fences break up the vlstas, and inlure
the beauty OF the Iandsc- p low, neatly
trimmed hedges are much Superior but neither
are much used at present Granite edging-some
PLAN, but mostly ornamental-ls now furnished
10 ebcIose nearly all the new lots.
How Is Mount Auburn supported, is d q1es-
ton frequently asked, and quite easily answer
ed, a. It Is done by the profits arising from land
sales AT the comn.e Dcenent Of The enter
prise, ne horticultural SJeety bought the land
chap, and disposed OF II 10 the Cemetery As
sociatiOn, TeseryIng themselves one-tourtn OF
the proc7eds vi The sails, and 1t is SO ar
rauSei that II new land Is purchased lnis socIe-
y pay one-fourth OF the money and continue TO
receive one-quarter of all the proceeds from
sales.
An acre Of land which Is bought TOR one