Litchfield enquirer., 1870-11-10
372,O55 46O,l47 538,S S95
BRooK1YN, Oct. 26, 1870.

MIR. EDrToR:-Every one has seen, or at least heard of, Greenwood, the beautiful resting-place of the dead, the favorite cem- etery for New York City, as we'll as Brook lyn; but comparatively few are acquainted in any way with Evergreen Cemetery, which has it's special attractions as we'll as the former, and is likely soon to rival it in beauty.
 , Longing for a day which should at once be rest and recr creation, we betook our selves thither one lovely day last week. Through tilo upon sa.o, post the little lodge where none challenged our right to enter, and up the hill we went, the occa sional falling leaf suggesting not only the waning year, but waning life-beautiful. glorious in decay! We passed groups and hedges of evergreens, fit emblems of ever lasting life, till the winding road brought us to the brow of the hill. And here, Q wonderful view surprises us; the ocean, the great. grand world of waters, is before
 
 the eye fails to take in, the imagination supplies, the white sails that come and go, the steamers and craft of every kind, tha ply all waters and come hither from every cline. Turning about, we saw and real ized the propriety of the monument in. scribed to Sailors of all Nations" It is tall column of white marble resting on a suitable base, and surmounted by globe representing the. Earth. We noticed that it was taller than the large forest trees near by. This monument explained what had puzzled us on our way up, the square blocks of marble inscribed " England, G Russia." France" &c., some without graves, others with two or three without 1 other head d.stone than the national one This part'of the Cemetery is, perhaps, the most striking of any, though, wandering about, we came upon many family lots beautifully laid out and ornamented, and many fine monuments. Nature herself has done much for the whole ground Hills with gentle declivities, sink into pleasant valleys, and they are adorned with many fine forest trees interspersed with evergreens. Lofty naples glowed like flame, the sumachs hung ont their feather leaves of crimson and scarlet, while others supplied the brown, to tone down and soft en these gay colors. One attraction in the place is it's absolute quiet. Two or three workmen there were about it. One ole gentleman, cane in hand, strolling along leisurely like ourselves, and one elderly Ia dy in weeds with her young daughter, car rying basket containing plants and : trowel. was evidently engaged in labor ol love for some silent sleeper. With these exceptions, we saw almost no one, and finally wandering off to the farther side ot the ground, we found . little hollow, where we spent two or three hours of un disturbed quiet, basking in the October sun, and thinking lazily such thoughts as came first. The roar of the city sounded far of, too indistinct to make an impress ion. A flock of screaming crows flew over head, leaving sense of solitude like that of far of country places. But one must not finger forever, howey- CT charming the retreat; 80, banishing dreams and idle fancies, and gathering a few bright leaves for future reminiscence of the day and place, we find our way out by different path, still farther recalled to every day affairs by hearing an .irrepress- ible juvenile exclaim, ''Aint it fun walk ing round and looking at the graves?'' That was his way of expressing his sense of enjoyment, and, indeed, it is pleasant place and cheerful one. Certainly there the last sleep must be sweet and full of re- pose. 8& ~ sts'l - P The superintendent, of the census ex' poets to have population returns of every state, county, city, town and village, in E i.