Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

ana brightness IN their eyes, IN the gen. \
ial sunshine and warm air of spring, |
FOrsythe park contains thirty acres and
is beautiful indeed. The walks, made |
Of oyster shells, are as hard as though |
paved with stone: the grass is green |
and abundant; lovely flowers greet the |
eye at every turn-the delicate spirea |
and bridal wreath. with their pure white
blossoms, the bright azalias, and over
and above all the japOnicas, which seem
to reach perfection here The plants
grow to height of fifteen feet and are
loaded with bloSsoms-one such plant
wSula make the fortune of any flower
vendor in New York. No such attempt
at artistic display as We find in the
parks of large northern cities is made
here, but the few pieces of statuary. the
exluisitely designed fountain. are all in
harmony with the simplicity of the sur
rOundings, and leave an impression of
graceful, simple elegance.
Just south of Forsythe park is anoth-
er and much larger one. recently laid
out and in which no work has yet been
done beyond the setting out Of few
trees and the erection of q very fine No
Va Scotia stone monument to the memo
ry of the confederate dead. The marble
figures which we're to complete the mon
ument were not in position when saw
it. so | can give no correct idea of the
appearance of it. The cost of it was
sS.0O0-the money to build it having
been contributed by the ladies of Sa-
vannah.
In johnson park, around which are
built two of the finest hotels. church,
bank, ETC., stands fine Dorie obelisk,
erected in honor of the gallant general,
Nathaniel Greene, and his contempora-
K ~, the Polish General Pulaski, the cor
ner stone of which was laid by General
Lafayette, at the time of his visit to
this country in 1925. The base of this
monument is II feet high, on which
stands the plain marble shaft 50 feet
in height. There is no inscription upon
the stone, but there is no difficulty in
getting information concerning it. =
In 1858, another very elegant and
elabOrately designed monument was
erected on the spot where Pulaski fell,
rnortally wounded, now called Chippewa
Square. 1t is of pure white marble, 50
feet high. surmounted by a delicately
carved statue of Liberty holding the ma
tional flag on two sides of the monu-
ment are the arms of Georgia and Po-
land intertwined; on another side, the
following description: Pulaski. the
Heroic Pele, who fell fighting for Amer
lean liberty at the siege of Savannah.
9th October, l779." This work of art
was executed by Rob. E. Launits of New
York city, at an expense Of $4,000 in
gold. This park is enclosed with an
iron fence in which are twenty-eight
posts. and each of these posts is brass
cannon captured from the British in the
} revolutionary war.
Another of the city's breathing spots,
as l call the parks. is called Jasper
Park, in honor of Sergeant Jasper, dur
ing the revolutionary war, who, with a
solitary companion, secreted himself in
J lonely spot two and One-half miles
westward from the city, and attacked a
. body of eight British soldiers, routing
, them completely, and setting at liberty
: a detachment of American prisoners
: whom they had in charge.
! Among the church edifces the most
: interesting is Christ's church, fronting
on johnson park. 1t is operating under
| the same charter and is on the same
spot as the church in which Wesley and
Whitefeld held their prayer meetings
: 1t will be remembered that though
Wesley seems to belong to the Metho.
: dists exclusively, he never separated
: himself from the Church of England, ol
: Episcopal church. Sitting in this higf
; Episcopal church and contrasting theil
: Eearying forms and ceremonies with tbs
simple worship in the Methodist church
e it Is difficult to realize that Wesley ever
B stood godfather to the one after beins
trained in the other. | attended ser
: vice there on Palm Sunday, and again
Y on Easter, when some of the finest mu
: sic | ever listened to was rendered
o Mercedantes' Te Deaa1 Lualdantes, Mo
e zart's yubiLate Dec. and Ddus Uisera
L tsGs. Kreutzer's Gloria in EnceLsis, clos
e ing with voluntary from Mendelssohn'
: Sonata. The organ was touched by
S skillful hand, and thoroughly cultivate'
voices filed the house with such sWee
Il and perfect harmony, felt my yer
It soul thrill with ecstatic emotions.
Il But the erowning event Of Easter da..
r. in Christ church was the children's fes
% tival, in the afternoon, when every Sun
e day-schOol child. big and little, brough
f. in the money it had saved during th
n Lenten season, by denying itself som
y coveted luxury Of food One little gil
y ate no butter for forty days. and brough
q the dollar and twenty cents saved there
al by. The church was handsomely dec