The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
Paris Cemeteries,
Paris Cor. Home Journal.

Paris Cor. Home JoEtnal.
The three principal cemeteries Of Par.
Is are Pere Lachaise, at the east; Mont
martre, at the north, and Montparnasse.
at the south. The INDECENT, who COM
prise two-thirds of the population, are
buried gratuitously in common losses.
A temporary grave for one person costs
$50, payable to the city treasury, and is
granted for only ten years. The smallest
permanent grave, for person over 7
years of age, costs 800, of which $50
are given to the city treasury and the
remainder to the poor.
Concession perpetuite" is engraved
upon most of the monuments over per-
manent graves. AL interments at Paris
are undertaken by a company author
lied by the city government, at fixed
prices varying in their nine grades from
So. Is to 81, 436. The expenses of the
church are betrayed by a collection at
the funeral. Two priests are attached to
each cemetery to render the last honors
to the poor. A short walk from the
''Place de la Bastile" brings us to Pere
Lachaise, the most celebrated of the
cemeteries, situated upon fine elevated
spot, commanding magnificent view of
the city.
Passing up the broad avenue from the
entrance to the chapel on the brow of
the hill, we notice at outright the lnonu-
ments erected TO the memory of Arago.
the astronomer; Auber, the composer;
Consin, the writer and philosopher, and
Ledru Rollin. At the left are the tombs
of Viscomte Rossini and Alfred de Mus
set. The weeping willow which was
planted over the grave of de Musset, at
his request, died last winter. The
chapel is very beautiful, and contains
many works of art; it marks the spot
formerly occupied by the residence of
Pere Lachaise, the Jesuit priest, con-
lessor of Louis XIV. The powerful So
ciety of Jesus was the next proprietor:
the expulsion of this society in 1853
caused it to change owners several times
and it was finally bought by the city in
1904 for It's present use. Tie $4,000
monuments, mostly ID the form of tenn
pies, give the cemetery the appearance
of city of stone, hard and cold, relieved
only by few shaded avenues. Look
ing into one of these sepulchers which
was IN process of construction. Iun-
derstood how so small space could be
the burial place of a family. In deep
excavation, about four feet in width and
eight in length, walled with cement.
there were at one side six shelves rising
from the bottom, destined for the last
resting of the six members of the family.
It is considered quite la mode to enter
in Pere Lachaise under tons of granite.
but that which most pleased me in this
cemetery was the burial place of the
'bravest of the brave" Marshal Eey,
large plot of ground on which a few
roses bloom, and where there is not re-
corded even the name of the hero, yet
no visitor fails to see his grave. The
sarcophagus of the unfortunate lovers,
Abelard and Heloise, constructed from
marble from the ruins of the nnnnery of
which Heloise was abbess, was profusely
| decorated Their recumbent statues,
side by side, recall their sad history, and
one can read there his ambition and her
self-sacrificing love. Beranger's mnu-
ment is tenderly cared for by his cousin,
M. Engelbauer, who each year, as All
Saints day approaches, freshens the gilt
letters which record the fame of the
popular song-writer. Large crowds
pressed around the graves of Corot, M.
Theirs, and Lieut.. Gen. Hugo, father of
Victor Hugo, which reminds me of the
impromptu lines written by the latter on
the shoulder blade of skeleton in the
study of M. Roger de Beauvoir.