The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-15
LAKE VIEW CEMETERY.
(iar6elal'S Last IIestinu Place.

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Lake View Cemetery, where President
Garheld's remains are laid to rest, en-
braces three hundred acres on the soutl,
sidc OF Euclid avenue, just beyond the
east limits Of Cleveland, five miles from
the business centre Of the city. On the
other side Of the avenue is Wade park,
anu IN close proximity to the site where
the new Western Reserve University
buildings are being erected. Nature
seems to have designed this plat for thu
purpose to which it has been devoted and
al which art and money conld do to en-
nance the natural beauties has been done.
Inc grounds are owned by an incorpora-
ted association Of Cleveland gentlemen of
wealth and refinement, incorporated un-
der the law which requires that all gains
or profits from the sale Of lots or other.
wise bc appropriated to the perpetual
adornment and repair Of the cemetery.
The land was purchased ten years ago
and laid out by y landscape designer and
engineer selected for eminence in their
profession. Wooded hills, grassy wales,
secluded hooks winding drives, sinuo,,s
walks, running brooksand quiet lakes are
the conspicuous landmarks. The associa-
ton adopted plan different from any
other cemetery and expressed tersely in
the original prospectus in tho following
language:
A feeling is growing in the public mind
That bnrials should In made where the
quiet repose Of the dead may Ike assured
forever. The human heart clings to the
grave and its departed hopes and seeks
consolation in rearing monuments and
cmblems Of beauty over the remains Of its
departed loved ones. This can be done.
not IN the tamultuous din of cities, hut
amid the quiet verdure, under the broad
and cheerful light Of heaven, where har-
monious and ever changing face Of ma
t'lro reminds us by its resuscitatinv intlu-
ence that to die il to live again.
With this sentiment prOmptipy the
pans, tue cemetcry has become in beauty
and tasteful aalornment the rival of the
most celebrated cemeteries in the world,
and has an air Of retired and restful love.
illness Of an inexpressible nearness to M.
tnre and withdrawal from the world not
found elsewhere. The great object Of the
association was to provide resting place
for the departed free from the gloom of
the tomb, and from which should be ban
lshetl everything suggestive Of awfnlness
IN death. No fence, either iron Or wood;
no coping or cnrbing Of brick or stone;
no hedge, wooden trellis, posts and chain,
or anything to make On enclosure, is per
mitted. Head and footboards are pro-
hibitcd; headstones are not allowed to ex-
coed fourteen inches in height. Thus the
cemetery rather resembles q vast we'll
kept patk with stately shafts or modest
ornate vaults in lieu of statuary and
structures. President Cartel loved to
stroll in this cemetery. It vas his ideal
# final earthly resting place. Missou-
ri Republican. ..#
The New York Times says: ..Nothing is
more marked in the Southern journals
than the comparative indifference with
whichy the discuss current politics and the
attention which they give to questions Of
= business character. Not that they have
abandoned politics, or that their examina-
ton Of commercial problems is moro uni
torm'y marked by knowlege and skill than
that Of Northern papeB; but the proper
ton Of politics is notably smaller than il
was . few years ago, even in times Of quiet,
aud the treatment OF material interests Is
not only more full, but is also more care
FIJI, thorough, and practical. There is in
the former less Of bitterness and cant, and
in the latter lessof mere vague generaliza-
ton. It il obvious that the telnper and
tastes Of Southern newspaper readers ara
changing and that newspaper writer's arc
recognizing the change"
This II one Ofthe most certain proofs Of
returning prosperity to the Southern PEG.
pie. Less politics and more industry,
more attention to the development OF
their almost bOnndless natural resources,
less following Of yRes fatsi and more home
manufactures, less theory and more prac-
ttce, less looking abroad and more ut home,
less baakNM and more corn, fruit, clothing,
furniture, farm implements Of domestic
production, less sending to the North for
every thing that they eat, drink and wear
and more patronage Of home enterprises,
more general combinations for the inaug,,-
ration Of q wide spread and varied system.
Of practical, self-reliant industry would
have saved the Southern people some hun
dre(ls of millions. aud more suffering and
poverty and humiliation than any iaeptpl
pen can describe or tongue utter, A
brighter day dawns Experiepee,, Is y
severe, sometimes almost fright al. ffsaci,-.
CT, but then the lessons that II blffls Id
upon the brain stay tlele SSHf pf6auce