The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-02
ORLEANS DEMOCRAT SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2 1878
and the Young Mems Benevolent Association
Gre also In this cemetery and were handsomely

and the Young Mems Benevolent Association
ere also 10 this cemetery and were handsomel!
THE GIRoD STREET CEMETERY.
The entrance to this cemetery was lined or
both sides with the usual throng of old negroes
negresses and piecaninnies,, selling bouquets
Wreatbs, ca9kes, candies and fruits. One Ole
negroes mad even established @ portable kitchen
on the sidewalk. and she was dispensing to The
hungry TOR Dittance hot soup or gumbo to or.
ger T6ls cemetery s one Of the oldest In the
since 1920. 1t has also countless ovens. some Of
Whleh aoo9;rdi5g to NJ Peter Barr the sexton
| showed that careful hands had pre- pared them
for the day; and were adorned with bouquets
Wre.aths and evergreens. The New Lusitanos
| several colored associations own tombs,
LAFAYETTE CEMETERY NO.
| was next visited. and both in the neat appear
ance Oh the fombs and the taste displayed In the
arrangement q the floral offerings to memory 8
Shrine showed that the dead had not been for
gotten by the living. This cemetery situated
On 2. Washington and Prytania streets. is beauii:
July graded and. has magnihcent central
avenue OF magnOl1as. and contains many fine
marble, monuments. Jefferson Fire Company
~ 70 % bag society tomb with the inscription,
Ladder No. l. and .Chalmette % own series Of
wei kept ovens for their departed members
iIwenty-h five ASSOCIATIONS In all have erected
funeral vaults In that cemetery, and also In
LAFAYETTE CEMETERY NO. q.
In which the throng of visitors kept pouring up
to late hour in tho evening. 1t would be use
less as well as super fluous TO describe the APP
oaa IF the b 1nb TIE e
who sleep the eternal sleep in lafayette Grave
yard No. received the usual tribute Of respect
to the departed.
THE FIREMEH's CEMETERY,
as usual, showed the result of the work of faith
full and loving hands. The decorations were
quite profuse and oil the tombs were in the
neatest condition. .Wreaths Of INN orteles and
places of tho cherished dead and at many
tombs mourners sat. still wrapped In the pail
Of sadness and bereayement
Away back In the rear of the cemetery is
spot set apart fpr the burial of the children of
the members, of the fire department. In this
are Gr hegg @
graves were neatly dressed with shells and
wreaths. and were watched over by sorrowing
the day, Clustered together. these little ones
lay side by side in their grassy beds as If to keep
warm In their last, long sleep.
GREENWOOD
WIGS filled with a crowd of visitors all day.
Chrysanthemums and white flowers we're in
Eerefnsnn and many tombs ,zWere carefully
decorated with evergreens. The Confederate
dead were rem remember9d End the base Of the
other flowers. Beneath the SHADOW of the
magnolla and oaks q, ;, many fingered for hours,
taking their lunch on the grass.
ST PATRICK's CEMETERIES,
all Of them, were deneely thronged. Few
graves hero were but what some one hud cared
for, and most Of them were covered with
pure white sand and sea shells. The havoc of
the fever could be noticed in tho many newly
made graves and families in mourning attire
METAIRIE CEMETERY
that beautiful resting place of the dead. WAS
visited by almost all who went to the ridge. Its
broad avenues. its charming flowers and grace
full weep of sward were grateful to the eye and
MnCt If hnr
spleums were decora ed with bouquets of white
flowers there being no sign of any ateu D. at
display The balmy afternoon. the soft outline |
of the distant woods. the quiet of the scene, |
made the scene imposing and affecting.
ODD FELLOWS REST. |
where sleep SO many of our best citizens was, |
IS on al similar occasions, tastefully decorated
Ind without any show of ostentatinn The /
walks were carefully cleanpd. the tornbs atten- |
lively cared for, and everywhere the signs of |
'egard for the memories of those gone before
,ean.
Vases Of flowers, bouquets of exotics and
0reaths OF 1mmortelles were placed on the
i9mbs by loving nes. and dur ing the whole
he gates.
JEWISH CEMETERIES.
the fact that All Saints Day is
.nd friends of tho deceased. The jewish popu-
alton like their brethren Of Other faiths. took !
to commune with their dead. and |
many attended the various cemeteries.
PoTTEB's FIELD
lad no immortelles. The old fence supported
10 bouquets of flowers. and the little hillocks |
marking the haven where one .,Ocr RESTLESS
Dark had found narbOr saw no Wreaths. Row
lfter row ran these beds Of quiet and ease to
he tired, The suicide slept quietly beside the
maniac, the wait beside the fallen merchant A
CIV sparroWR tWittering on the fence. baskiDg
themselves in the sunlight was oil Of life there
Q be seen. No visitors crowded the narrow
'a s between the lorg rows 4 graves. and not
he alleys. The sun went down slowly in the
vest. the dim outline of The oaks heavily laden
nds'inct. tue lowing of the cattle in the pas
ures floated in on the evening wind but where
hose who were once Somebody's darling" lay
ne quiet and rest of eternity They had gone
ONE.