Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-09-03
From our New York Correspondent.
Life Around the City---NO. ,.


closed my last with my departure from Cal
vary cemetery, a'ter viewing the plans ana
me'nous ny "hich the great mass oil our IRISH
iello" beings around the great city are dispos-
go OIL 10 hnish my excursion l again took
the cars-these convenient horse-cars which
save 80 many steps-and after ride Of
three miles ana more changing from one
route to another arrived amid the German
dead
These cemeteries are all pretty much alikeat
Instance out once INSIDE their gates, there the
diherent natonalitIes oil the deceased IS atonee
striking ana decided. Inc grounds are differ
entity laid out there Is more room here, and
private plots are abundant The shape Of the
monuments the sly OF the ienees' and the
other concomitants are utterly at variance with
those oil the OeItlc Dnrying ground. ol course
the inscriptions on the stones are mostly in Ger
man. out without tins reminder one would
know he was IN different atmosphere. The
chapel Is square building devoid OF orna-
ment, with square tower precisely like New
England church OF the old stamp, and IS seldom
used Tor funerals Tor the mass OF Germans are
Protestant II anything at all, many being inn
dels, even among the working classes.
Ihe creed oil tho Lutheran church does not
vary greatly from the orthodox Puritan, onco
50 predominant IN New England but the prac-
uce lseohsideraoly diuerent. In Tact don't
think your r'g'd Consreeationslist would ever
recognize MS brother IN the German Lutheran
Inc observance o' Tue oaopath IS oil Inherent
cast eh'lre'y' hlt're abstinence from the or
u'hafy uaS .aoor Is regarded as the main lea
'ure 0. Saooath observance out they do not
MAKE 1t solemn Gay LOT religious meditation.
on Tue contrary 1t IS generally devoted to
pleasure excursions lhey have great ten
uerne.s IN tne care OIL the graves oil their de-
par'eu' anu every olhuay come loaded with
uo"crs ana pants 10 re decorate the graves
anu W ''s,' '"eni 70 Soo 'naV 'ney are kept IN
proper oruer lhls cemetery on Sunday is,
NsPo'A'ug u" common language luH OF peo-
p''' S,"oN'"s' i'ugn'ns' taking ana occa-
sunny o'io crying run morning TN night.
~" ,''enl re,narSeu 70 me IL would be a de-
o'ueuS Soo''p'o pace 70 oe buried
"'" ''''u VI 'ou"s'ns n'out among the
,"u'S "'e"u'S' OF having ui'chargeu their week
uu'y III ue'o''''ns 'neir feiatl'es graves
@'' "e"' women ana chlIdren set comfortably
wv ~ ou' u Tue ,'rce large saioonS-Whieh
'''' uJ''e'' " anu IN 'ac' adjoining the sew
1'" s1''S' a''u-Oeur on new highlander
u''"A wei 10 an eAteht 'nat Would seem
'0"'P'''' '"''''' W "' Auiericah' hlch dresses
are n,' uu''"''non s,sn's IN these saloons
'"oD '"' 'l'90'''S'o VI 0'u'so' are o. tue work
lug c'a,seS' snop keepers mechanics and labor
CTS conversation anu oeer now together and
smoking ~ NOT ooJec'eu TO. let these persons
"'0 NV i'''ous' "o'SS Ut uisoruerly' ana their
'no'"iS are as uno'Jectionanie as OF the best IN
s'e ''nu II Is custom whleh they brought
Io", '"oi' native iand' ana II lives IN their
cnliuren porn IN TINS
igholaht' perhaps yon THINK. Not bit OF
II, oe'uom' very seiuolh, you hnd herman
VINO can not READ ana write They are iru-
GAL CAREFUL saving race, and will spend only
lor Deer ana tonaeeo' Drunkards are scarce
among them, though tne best informed say
that the climate oil America IS too dry for beer
drinking, 10 the extent that n possible in Eu-
rope without INJURY ihere Is more rccogni-
tlon OF man az 'eilow being, outside OF the
'pa' wealth. Makes than among any
o'uer oi"ss less envy oil riches among the poor
anu mugn less EXHIBIT oil them by the wealthy
ones' iney are 'ne oes'claSs oil einigrants that
Ainerio" ieoe"es,
lou note one singular custom IN the Gene
lery' over ehliu grave tiny little house,
WIN giass siues toshow tue interior, Is erected,
anu IN TINS iittie snow case-ior 1t is nothing
more areafrahgeu all inc dead one splaythings,
uo''s' oaoS or"u'es' oeds, rattles' marbles,
s0nooi oooAs' "e'' Id 'act al the minor trlties
Wn'cn 'n'etes'cu Tue now ueaa child IN its lie
time IL d moufniui slghti ana decidedly
suggestive Oh 'ne io'e tnat the parents bore
'ne,, ueoeaseu e'luren' Inc cemetery is full
., .n'Se n''ie sue" cases over the graves OF the
'""u'e"' anu mere tue 'hings remain year alter
year. our'eu 10 'ne snow IN winter, and again
iooAeu a' ny 'ne CROWDS IN summer Some Of
these curious collections have stood over the