New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-24
IIPPINCOTT.

In a well written paper on - Builais ana Durtl
Places" NJ Walter Mitchell uers timely and earnest
protest against the eXavagant and inappropriate waste
of establishment which is lavishcd on the last resting
place Of the dead IN honor of their memory modern
cemctcrv he anrms il Ied with preposteroGs monu
yeuts No rcspect to dead comfort 10 the living
can he suggested by stone eaurn with marble napkin
hung over It, little temple with Turkish pllas'ers IN
front may look like baby house or section OF Noafs
ark but IT gives the home of the dead an air OF snug
ness which Is ntolcTabe. Other monuments at the very
thought of which all weordered minds recoi are con
ftruete5 as nearly as possible after the pattern OF ice
cream ncs and beautiful with the lovelness Of cast
iron stove The whole effect is that OF stohecutteis
ward TIE same symbol Is repeated by wholesale When
# comes 10 and inverted torches by the dozen no
nightmare could be Ii cannot be pretended that
these give any any pleasure do any one any good
pcono do not 90 10 cemeteries to look at their neigh
borspIorulncnts hut to visit the eravcplOts Of their
own family. Little do they care except for the gen
elal effect. They like the place to be stu and
ehaGy, or open and sunny, according TO their
moods but always to have it pervaded with sense OF
rest and peace. W. need" says the writer, Gonu-
mems and memorials but Of the sort that shall not be
extensive and useless offerings to pride When mer-
chant ends long aud honorable life in which he has
bone constant witness to the worth of an unfnciBg
truthfuncss when he has illustrated to the best Of his
power that good mans righteousness and liberal
mans bcncfccnce fOunt Of blessing; when the laws
of trade and the re lnons OF 20 man, the social
problem and the Christianity of the hour have all been
the better because of his hfewhat utter travesy
ludicrOus If ii not itiabc;o take OF his wealth
and pile up afaT from all eyes that frightened al
his coming loOkcdupon him with reverence costly
heap of stones, 10 which mortal has been the
better or the happier! when great man who has Ia
bored for his cOlnys good far than for his own
fortunes has gone down TIE richness or the rpcness
OF his powers il Is but strange sign o. gratitude To set
up the tablet aud the eigy where only the forest
bird VIII visit them, and where the damps Of the grave
and creeping wlyie in bOttns the record of
his fame In swift emulation Of the decay winch beneath
IS wasting his mortal part We miss him from the sphere
OF living activities Better far better then to spare the
cost of funeral pomp and the wasted toll OF the stone
cutters shop THAT may place upon the same walls
which have thrilled to his burning words above the
cOuneiboard at which his wise lips let fail it
fhe Oracles OF God the most living likeness which
AID liberaty procure that the men to after
may remember his worth aud catch from the stcadas
eve and lofty features sOmepOron Of the spirit and
truth which were lis" down the Rhine" by Lady
Blanche Murphy In the Valley OF Peru, Some Notes
anent schlicnann" among the other articles which
give interest TO the contents Of this number.