The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-22
ton In rongfellow's "Lines to Child ,
,b;s honsa "a thus referred to:

| and Wonder meadows, proaa anu """p'
| The dres on the besieging camp
| Enclrcled with burning peit'
| ain and down these echoing stairs
| Heavy with the weight OF cars
| sounded his majestic trean'
! Yes. within this very room
| SAT he In those hours OF gloom go
Weary both In heart ana head
| Mr. Lowell now Minister TO England,
who is also a Cambridge man, wrote the
poem read ut Cambridge at the one nun
dredth anniversary OF Washington taking
command Of the army, and paid tribute
not only 10 Washington-"t this imperial
man but TO Virginia. General Me-
Donald. then Secretary OF tae Common
wealth. was so pleased with the poem that
he got Mr.. Lowell TO copy in his own hand
what referred to Virginia and Washington,
and the same was framed and hung III the
State Library.
CAMBRIDGE.
Cambridge was in the beginning OF its
history several miles from Boston. Now
10 the general observer it Is all one town,
but under different governments. Cam
bridge has population OF $4,000. 1t is
beautiful place, and the abode OF many
wealthy men and eminent HterdteurS, but
! is most widely known a. the seat OF Har-
ward College, great institution, and the
oldest college in the United States. Many
Of the buildings are OF immense size. The
memorial hall erected 10 the memory
OF the Harvard men who fell in the late
wSr. cost 100000. In the nave are the
memorial tablets. whercon Cold liarbor,
Petersburg, and Gettysburg appear very fire.
Ulently. On one side there Is the dining
room. where during term-timc one may
see GOO Young men at the table together.
| On the other side Of the building i what i
called Sanders's Thcatre-a place Tor pub
lie exhibitions, lectures, dc. The Agassiz
! Museum and the Peabody Museum are IN
terestng to visit. In the latter, devoted To
American archaeology and cthnology, +
the largest collection i'll existence OF speci-
mems illustrating these subjects. 1t is
especially rich in remains OF the mound
builders and the prehistoric races, and in
cludcs some perfect pottery, sandals,
weapons, beads, &C., collected mostly in
the South. They don't bother much about
arrow heads only those that go TO Illus
trate some step in the history OF our pre-
dccessors on this continent.
A GREAT GYMNAsIUM.
But Of all the numerous buildings at
Harvard none is more interesting than the
gymnasium. II was the gift OF Mr.. He
mcnway, and cost 100000. The professor
or master i a graduate and a doctor OF
medicine. He has = couple OF expert box
ers and Il fcnccr TO assist him. There are
also rowing instructors.
The professor advises the boys what
muscles OF their body most need develop
mcnt, and they gO-Cr are supposed to
goat the proper exercise. The boxing
and rowing classes are very numerous,
while but few affect sword exercise.
Harvard usually has from 1900 to LOO
students. and some OF these are ladies but,
rs am informed. they do not 20 to the lee
tllrc-roOms with the boys and men, but have
special arrangements with the instructors.
There was Chinese professor here one
year. but he never had more than one or
two pupils. He at last fell i'll and died.
one OF hi, children on the way home also
died. 50 the enterprise died.
The Harvard property cost millions and
Millions Much OF ii was given by deceased
millonaircS. who thus have their memory
perpctua,cd-aS Gore Hall, Dane Law
school, Sever Hall, BayIston Hall, Apple
ton Chapel, lIcmenway Gymnasium, &c,
sc. Judiciou, will-making and dying has
been the making OF Harvard.
MOUNT AUBURN.
On the outskirts OF Cambridge is Mount
Auburn cemetery. | visited it with more
than ordinary interest, knowing that
Mc,srs. W. II. IIaXall and j. j. Fry had
as far back rs 1917 been 30 captiyatcd by
It's beauty that they resolved Richmond
should have rural cemetery after its
order.
That was the origin OF Hollywood.
Mount Auburn maintains it, cminencc
to this day. though Forest Hill is Il Gene
terry also Of great beauty. In many re-
spects, Mount Auburn is the most beauti-
iu cemetery in this country; but it lacks
the water-yiewS which give such charms to
Greenwood and to Hollywood. 1t j. broken
into charming hill, and dalcs; the tree,
and shI1bbcry are very elegant; the chapel
i gem, and millions have been spent
upon the tOmb> and monuments.
| don't wonder that Mc>>r-. liaXall and
Fry were anxious that Richmond should
have cemetery Of the sort.
In Mount Auburn the cemetery company
care for every section. The Hollywood
company made mistake in not organizing
with that feature. Here you see no section
, overgrown with grass and weeds, rs is the
rcproach OF Hollywood.
The present fashiOn--sO to speaks Ia
+ have no fences and no cUrbing around the
section. The boundaries are marked by
four cOrncr-stOncs. The grave i not
mounded, but a bed Of flowers myrtle OF
e something OF the sorD marks the outlin,
r OF it.
I You would BE- aston,hed TO see the skill
r. that i, exhibited in the makeup ii beds OF
, flowers throughout the cemetery. Here il
\ i, cross and crown. there the anchor OF
at.aU
4 and chapter aud verse outlined in flowers
POPULAR GRAVES.
D The cemetery gardener told me that The
graves most in demand-tho>c that mos
t visitors desire TO scc-arc those Of Fanny
Fern, Rufus Choate, Margaret Fuller, Pro
lessor Agassiz, Charles sumner, Chariot,
u Cushman, Edward Everett, and Longicl
j low, and they are in a circuit, and reached
in the order named.
You buy guidc-bOOk at the gate and
look at the map in it and at the -ign-pOst,
: marking the avenues and paths, and you
J can 20 anywhere you want to without
u guide. There is a tower from which yol
; may have a fine view OF the cemetery anC
y Of the surrounding country.
q THE SPHINX.
@ Fronting the chapel Is huge granite
5 monument recalling the civil war. 4" Ii i,
+. ian Egyptian symbol (sphinX) Of might anC
: "intelligolce combined, but it is human
| 4" in its features, modern or American, no
e d" brooding on death, but looking forward
D. L" to the larger life." On one side is in
) scribed:
: .ss.s'ss.ss's's
: American Union Preserved: African :
SltEfFN DESTROYED al
! q Great People; by the Bloodof Fallen :
Heroes.