Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-16
= WHEEIING " va FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 16. 1888.

Fat Tuesday, the day preceding Ash Wed.
nesday, the first day Of Lent Is the most
interesting and important, costing many
thousand dollars to get Ii mp. Next in Inn
portance is the firenans parade, which
always comes on March 4th, Sunday or NO
Sunday. The Knights of Momus have q
grand parade on Thursday before Mardi
Gras The Fourth of Jaiy. Christmas,
New Year, Good Friday. aud last but not
least the first Of November, when the cem.
eteries are visited and the tombs decorated
with garlands, evergreens and floral offer
ings. 1t is observed by everybody Of every
religious denomination, and the cities Of
the dead are thronged from early morning
until night. A beautiful custom on this
day is the giving Of aims to the different
orphan asylums.
Cemeteries and Monuments.
There are many beautiful cemeteries and
monuments around the outskirts Of the
city. On account of the low ground and
extreme moisture, Lake Pontchartrain be-
ing on one side and the Mississippi River
on the other, the water Of both being often
much above the level of the country,
makes it impracticable to bury under
ground and the dead are, therefore, en-
closed in vaults or tombs, built frequently
out Of fine white marble, on each side OF
streets, like city indeed, and often cost
ing from $50, 900 to $50, 600 mere even than
the dwellings which contain them while
living. In Greenwood is located the Con.
federate Monument, erected by the ladies
Of New Orleans in memory Of the brave
who fought and fell. A magnificent work
Of love and art A Confederate soldier
his gun; on either side under him are the
life.sized bus.s Of those tour dead Chris
tian soldiers, Lee, Jackson, Johnson and
Pope. In the Metairie Ridge Cemetery Is
q beautiful monument, fifty feet high,
erected to the dead of the Washington ar.
tillery, and another here nearly one
hundred feet high, with the statue OF
Stonewall Jackson on top Of t,erected TO the
dead Of the Army Of Northern Virginia The
cemetery Is located below the city, near the
river, on the battle ground where old Hick-
ory and men achieved their great victory
January 8, 1912. Here are 1900 soldiers
graves (7,OO0 are unknownI Men from
nearly every State in the Union. Most OF
them fell during the late war. Here the
blue and the gray unite each November In
presenting a soldiers tribute to the mem.
ory OF the dead heroes, who rest beneath
the green mounds OF Jackson's celebrated
tle.feld. Old St. Louis Is the Oldest
cemetery in the city and is the burying
ground Of the oldest creole families.
The Clay statue on canal street has a ma.
tional fame.
Within the enyirons OF New Orleans are
many
Places OF Interest
and pleasant retreats-The Carrolton Gar.
dens, above the city; the West End and the
old Spanish fort on Lake Pontchartrain.
Here are the old fortiications and cannon
~ til Lar fNr IL suun
turies. The Jackson or United States bar
racks and the unfinished Jackson monu.
ment are below the city near the old battle
ground. The shell road to the lake, lined
with semi-tropical trees and flowers, all
unite in making New Orleans pleasant
place to visit during the winter and spring
months. J. &. A.