Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-11-15
A Visit TO Greenwood Cemetery.
BV REV. o. W. SCOTT

by the ld lei charms of art. Greenwood
cemetery was chartered in 1888, and con
tain> lj0ar'S, % miles Of carriage avenue
and l. - miles of paths. Already abou
25O,0Jo in,rrmcnts have taken place
Verify, rs he "old sexton" in the song /,
made to say,
~ 1th-r and daughter, father aud son
Come 10 my solitude, one by one"
All true respecting Greenwood" ex
cept it is not solitude for the visitors
70 hose grounds are legion. A carriage
service has been organized by the lot own
rrs, and they leave the stand inside tn,
north entrance at Fifth avenue and Twen
ty illh street every fifteen minutes ever,
pleasant day and visitors for a trllha
expense can be conveyed to any part o
the cemetery, receive a return check and
secure convey lnce TO the entrance again
by any Of the carriages.
At the northern entrance we find elegant
waiting and resting rooms for the conven
ance OF all visitors. The gateway is ol
magnificent proportions, and the recesses
a1ove filed with groups of sculpture rep.
resenting scenes in the life of the Savior
l. G., The r Using of the Widows Son"
The Rising Of Ltzlrus." etc. As the
visitor moves out into the cemetery he
will pass on b title avenue the monument
erected by the city of New York in 1863
in memory of the union dead, who fell in
the late war of the rebellion. Bronze
figures, representing the four branches Of
the army; artillery, infantry, cavalry and
sappers, are found (lile size) at the corners
These figures are cast from rebel cannon
The monument is Inscribed, "The city o.
New York dcdicates this monument to the
memory of its heroic dead.' We are also
informed that $4,000 men were enlisted
from New York city during the civil war
Moving on, the monument of Col. A. S.
Vosburg Of the list regiment is passed
This lot is inclosed in an unique manner
the fence representing muskets with fixed
bayonets. At a little distance is the tall
granite shaft over the grave of Col. Lab.
riskie who fell mortally wounded while
leading his men at Drury's Bluff, Va,
May l6, 1864. We are told "a pure, strong
noble soul then went to his rest" Oak
avenue is reached and the grave Of
Horace Greeley. The granite block is
snrmountcd by bronze bust of the
founder of the New York Tribune'
The pedestal has four bronze bas-reliefs
one representing Greeley a young man al
the printers case, composing stick ir
hand another representing a plow; &
third a pen and scroll; and the fourtl
having this inscriptions Horace Greeley,
born February 3, 1911, died November 20.
1872" This monument was erected by
the printers of this country, (wilh some
assistance from other friends of Greeley
as their memorial to one of their own
craft, who subsequently became world
famous.
To one side, a few minutes walk only
VIC NiiSCONGl Oil ICluC tNGluC lllt StdlutTS
group in the lot of James Gordon Bennett
founder of the New York Herald. 1t is
elegant and costly. Passing on we are
soon ut the lot of Harper brothers. On
the four sides Of the shaft are seen the
mcdallions Of James, Fletcher, Joseph
and John. This monument is modest but
attractive and the bronze profiles are
perfect. Upon an eminence we discover
massive American granite Qrimmed
with Scotch) triangular shaft, with concave
sides. As we reach it, we read name
which will never be forgotten as long as
the electric telegraph is valued by men
viz, the name of Samuel Finley Breese
Morse. This famous scientist was born
in Charlestown, Mass, April 27, 1901
dying April 2, 1872. What a triumph in
telegraphy did this man live to behold
surviving long enough to witness the
complete fulfilment of his suggestion,
(about the year 1871 that "Great Britain
and the United States might be united by
submarine cable laid from shore to shore
through the Atlantic Ocean" Passing on
10 Highland avenue we find the gigantic
bronze statue of Dewitt Clinton. once
governor of New York, and protector Of
the Erie canal. On Landscape avenue is
the receiving tomb, capable of holding
1900 bodies. All about are many very
fine plots and monuments, many of the
latter suggesting the eOeaM oftheir owners,
rather than their UorM. Among this class
we may mention that erected in the mem.
ory (D of Villa IL NJ. Tweed What re.
Dections must the visitor indulge as he
stands by this enclosure.
Here and there we witnessed the signs
Of gief, and the tender expressions of love
Here is a young couple vending their way
to- little newly made grave; the mother
IN the habiliments of mourning, with
flowers to scatter on the turf that cruelty
cover her first born from her sight. There
Is father and child searching out the grave
OF wife and mother, the telltalc Grape on
his hat and the sorrowful countenance
bespeaking his great loss. As we turn
again toward the main entrance, funeral
cortage Is seen, and the hearse moves
slowly toward an open grave. On! with
all its beauty, this is II world of criels and
graves, tears partings and burials. The
city Of the dead lies alongside of the city
CT the living, and the inhabitants multiply
about rs rapidly. What silent city is more
beautiful than "Grocnwood?" Spend 4
few hours in that sacred spot when Won
visit the nations great metropolis, and
learn there the brevity of life the certainty
ot death, and the significance of the
expression, earth to earth, dust to dust
ashes to ashes"
ms Is It place OF sorrow; friends have met
t'l mingled ''"3 DER those who auswered mt.
'Il Where re they whose eyeds then were xei2
Mas their grieia, their tears are all forxot.
"eJr tpo are landed in this silent CITY