The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-01-06

GoAT HILL AND MOUNT HoPE CEMETERY.
IL correspondent Of the Hantsrdon hide
pead0nt writing from Lunberville, Pa,
gives the following sketch of visit to Lam
bcrtville and his impressions of Goat Hill and
Mount Hope Cemetery
The atmosphere was unclouded, and the
suns rays fell upon the earth as gentle and
subdued as the smile of Innocence. | APP
preached tue bin through Glove that winds
around its northern base and terminates
among sea of rocks amid the uncultivated
wilds of Sourland mountain. In this noun
tain dell, noticed several habitations Of neat
and comfortable appearance, and which l re-
garded with an additional interest on account
of their very seclusion. / assembled the steep
side Of the hill through grove OF beautiful
cedars that had been cleared of rubbish and
underbrush, and a green sod carpeted al the
spaces between the old messy rocks that were
so profusely scattered among them. The
summit was covered principally by cedars,
that were old and shabby, among which some
by-pats were winding in various directions.
The peeps from among the trees were very
interesting and afforded some landscape views
that arc seldom exceeded for variety and
beauty. The river could be traced for several
miles in a northern direction, blue as the
skies above it, and as smooth as the surface
of mirror. Nothing could exceed the
splendor of the country on either side !; con-
trasted with the most extensive and hume o s
fields Of the gretnest wheat, was the d. Ing
forest brown and blood stained by the pass
over of the frosty winged angel Of time.
And then the far off Haycock mountain,
dressed in its modest robes of misty blue
peered above a distant hin, as If we were al
most afraid to approach such a scene Of mag
nificencc. And the 9 Raritan Knobs too
appeared in their never fading habiliments of
blue, n0dding their morning salutation over
the broad and fertile plains Of Jersey, with
all the familiarity OF old and intimate ac-
quaintances. How | love those h'lls--l have
regarded them with the sincerest admiration
from my earliest days to the present time.
The cemetery possesses much taste, lowell
ness and beauty. 1t is situated upon an
elevated spot overlooking the city, and very
interesting portion Of BUCKS county, lying
north of Solebury and Buckingham mountain.
Many of the graves were enclosed by an iron
railing. and marked by monuments of the
costliest marble, upon which the choicest de-
signs of the sculptor have been deliberately
wro't. Some of the graves We're ornamented
with flowers and shrubbery, and noticed a
few that were completely enclosed by a neatly
trimmed hedge of arbor vitae. A large NUM-
Der of evergreens also cast their shade over
fire figured conspicuously. Among the more
humble graves noticed those of two children
lying side by side some three or four years of
age. On the white marble tablets, reared by
the hands of affection to their memories above
the emblem of a sleeping lamb and delicate
flower, were engraved these words OF Chris
tan hope and confidence. He sweetly
eleepeth,n and 81 She will live again. In
another enclosure / noticed a more costly
monument, and on approaching it, read the
name of an old and familiar acquaintance.
As | looked over the green sod that now
covered his remains, some of my last inter-
views with him wildly occurred to my mind.
Another spacious monument attracted my at
tention it was erected to the memory Of an
elderly gentleman, with whom had been
slightly acquainted, and that ] remembered
to have seen at the depot q few months be-
fore, surrounded by numerous friends who
were about to embark on the cars for their
distant homes. A few weeks later, and a
vacant chair in the family circle told of his re-
moyal to that "bourne from whence no
traveller returns, and the inscription on this
recorded the rest. A bunch of faded flowers
was lying upon his grave, q memento, no
doubt, Of the warm hearted affection and ten
der regard Of some sorrowing survivor aud
friend In another portion of the yard
noticed the grave Of poor man, who strug-
gled for some time with adversely, and gave
to "misery his allotted portion, and in the
end obtained, at least, one recompense, Ia
g memorial graved on the stone that marks
his last resting place. The memorials of the
children were the saddest, and gave indubita-
BILE evidence of the deep and enduring sorrow
of their affectionate parents, on account Of
their untimely removal to the charnel house
Of stricken love and beauty.