Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20

| sslf distinguished. The grave of Ever
etti that Of .Pierpopt is on the rising
15dnd just above, marked BY tsmple-
shaped monument Of gray stone with
sunken arches; and little further on
the plain, open lot, where the summer
household are gathered, save those that
vert down into the sea-father, mother
and children under the small white
stone in range at the back, and the
great Senator In front, alone as was
his life. 1t is simply level, swarded
place, with no green thing growing but
the grass-nOt flower or vine, and not
q tree except one tall, gaunt oak, blasted
and storm scathed. On that April even
ing the aspect was most forlorn and to
add pathos 10 the scene, a little hanging
nest still clung to the outmost twig,
showing that bird had once made its
way home and reared its brood there,
and given the cheerfulness of its pres
ence to the place.
| Not far away is the block of granite
from over the seas which marks the bur-
iAl-place of Agassiz. A boulder taken
from near the lower glacier of the Aar
Of Switzerland and set up in its native
roughness, except that space was
made smooth to receive the inscription.
which simply records the time aud
place of his birth and death. Ii is
scarcely more than four feet in height,
an unpretending stone, dark, with gray
and greenish stains, and decorated
with vines which have been trained
over it. The centre Of the rock is orna-
lented with a rustic cross set in heap
Of rocks like cairn. A photograph of
this fitting monument hangs on the
walls of the Agassiz Museum. where
the newly-executed and life-like bust
of the "teacher," as he liked to call
himself, is a constant reminder of his
genial presence. In neighbOring lot
are members of Margaret Fuller's fami-
ly; one stone is to the memory of Ar
thur, chaplain OF one of the Massachu-
sets regiment. who, when there was a
call for volunteers for Fredericksburg,
was among the first to go, and was shot
while on the bridge of boats-fearless
in arms as he bad been in reform. No
one who ever heard this brave preacher
in his pulpit could forget him-strong
featured and fair-haired like his sister,
with the same prominent fOrhead, and
something of her magnetic power in
manner and utterance. His likeness is
cut i'm the marble head-stOne, and his
own words ase these, "I must do some
thing for my country" Another stone
stands for Margaret's child, the beauti-
full boy who was washed ashore after
tie wreck, ald buried by sailors in a
little grave which they followed out
for him among the sand heaps on the
beach, and afterwards brought away
BY his barents to Mount Auburn-all
tLat tie sea gave back to remember
Margaret Fuller by. The Inscription
is followed by the usual bit of poetry:
Though here and there the offspring that We loved
Unfolded but the early shoot,
And formed this little tender root
To be transplanted and removed
Yet Twas a signal favor given
Above the parents psitry worth,
To he a nursury on earth
For the eternal seed Of Heaven"
In memorial of herself and Ossoli,
there is Il marble slab with appropriate
emblems for each-a sword, with oak
leaves for the one-a book, with olive
leaves and flowers for the other. The
stone is arched and surmounted with a
cross; in the centre of the arch is sculp-
tured her head in profile, with the
strong intellectual characteristics so
familiar in her portraits, but in general
effect far from pleasant.
Returning in the twilight we passed
the sombre inclosure where y. =. Will
lis is buried; the exquisite cross orna-
mented with ferns which bears the name
of his famous sister, the monument,
with the hit design of a broken Tyre and
laurel crown, in memory of Francis
Sargent Osgood the simple drab-cOlOred
stone where. besides his wife and sold
ier son, lies Rufus Choate; the long
ridge where the wife of Longfellow
sleeps; and the graves of Claiming and
Spurzheim.