Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-18

To the natural beauties of Lake View
have been added, within the past year,
many adornments of art. In Maple Area,
a fine fountain has just been put up, by
Julius NJ. Noyes, Esq, of New York City,
Hon. Nathaniel Parker, Morillo Moves.
Esq, Mrs. Root, Messrs. o. j. Walker.
Amasa Drew and others owning lots near
it. 1t is neat design, with three basins.
and Is twelve feet in height. 1t stands in
twenty feet basin. Around the fountain a
circular plot Of ground has been laid out
into lots, many of which have been Dur
chased and fine monuments erected thereon.
The southern quadrant is enclosed by a
substantial coping Of Isle La Motto gray
stone, and contains the lots of Julius NJ.
Moves. of New York city; the Haswell family
Hon. Nathaniel Parker, Morillo Moves and
VIM. IL. Root. Opposite these the Walker
Brothers have purchased four ,ots. Among
the noticeable monuments, in Mamie Area
are that on the lot Of Julius NJ. Moves. of
Scotch granite, surmounted by a beautI-
ful statue of Hope, in Italian marble; the
white marble monument Of the Haswell
family that erected to the memory of
Jacob Green, and one on the lot of DIR.
Z. B. Johnson, both of Scotch granite one
to the memory of Edward Martin. of Isle
La Note gray stone, and one of the same
mat erial on the Arthur family lot. erected
by Mrs Weaver, of New York city. In
what is called the Oak Area, also IN the
western rtion Of the grounds, lust east of
Maple Arc, pretty little fountain has
been PLACED by Z. c. LOOMS. ESQ. In this
part OF The grounds. also. are some fine
monuments-among them one erected bv
Leverett b Englesby, Of Isle La Motto
gray stone, ne Of the same material on
the lot of ROXY Bros. and one to the memo
ry OF Elias Lyman. Near the little foup-
tain Is the resting place OF Judge Bennett
and wife, Or. Horace Hatch and wife all
lying side by side, in a plot enclosed by
heavy coping, the graves marked by sub
stantlal white marble head-stones. Near
here Is a monument erected by \. W.
Powers, OF sutherland Falls marble: also
one Of the >lme material erected by Geo.
Barrows. L. this portion of the grounds is
seen the new tomb of Capt. VIM. II. Flagg.
noticeable structure Of red stone. from the
Willard Ledge, trimmed with lie La Motto
gray stone, and rooted with marble. At
the centre Of tie cemetery Is the Howard
fountain, the gift of John P. Howard. ESQ.
OF New York c;y, erected last season. and
at the time de- ribed in this paper. The
massive monument of the Howard family.
erected by John p. Howard, E-q.. some years
since, hasalso been fully described by Us. To
the south of this the beautiful monumenton
the lot of Sion f. Howard. of Scotch granite.
and little to the north, a fine obelisk of
the same, on the smily lot Of 5. L. Her
rick East Of the Howard Monument, and
near It,are seen OF II fine monuments,-one
On the Seymour lot erected by Hon. Charles
Seymour, of La Crosse, Wis. one on the lot OF
Horace Wheeler an others. In the central
and western portion, Of the cemetery other
line monuments are @ be erected. Messrs.
Mai Davis and Lawr ace Barnesarc TO erect
monuments on their is. which lie CON
tiguous, and are alre " enclosed with a
finely wrought coping # Vermont granite
Near the centre Of the grounds a monument
Is soon to be erected I. the memory Of DR..
Edward Curtis, former Of Sacramento, by
his widow; also one in Maple Area to the
memory Of the late judy Calvin Blodsett.
Only those who rememb.- what the ground
now occupied by the Lac View Cemetery
was when the city bought {, can appreciate
the services Of Capt Da- Lyon. who has
-uperlntended all the woIs done upon it.
The grounds now contain esides those of
natural growth. about aq am}red shade
and ornamental trees, in a & fifty condition.
Many Of these, Capt jyo selected and
dug in the woods with / own hands.
The necessary preparation the soil. care
IN transplanting the trees nd watering
them in dry times, together the charge
IF the work On the miles road and |
pathway and general supervisi -ol the Gem
ltery, have involved great al Of labor |
md care, on the part OF Cap, lyon. But
t has been most successfully bestowed
md the cemetery, already an al. active and |
,eautiiul spot, will be increas r.y So. in |
uture years.