St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-22

the water becomes putrid and very of
fensive. 1t is a very hard city to keel
clean because of this fact. The waite
generally used for domestic purposes
is rain water collected in cisterns, larg,
lron-bOund tubs extending up to tn,
caves, and erected on the outside o
the houses. These cisterns can be tap
ped so that water will flow into every
room of the house.
New Orleans has peculiar way o
disposing of her dead. The land being
SO low for miles around the city, anG
so full of water, the dead are generally
buried above ground-the rich in ar.
.ustlc marble tombs, and the poorer
people in ovens made of brick, extend
ing IN long rows usually four ovens il
height. The coffin is put into one o.
these ovens and then the opening
closed up and cemented with mortar
| TIE Jews have two or three cemeteries
of their own, but they bury their dead
" WV SlOuuu. Ill "HdJ is CdIltu IHt
potter's field the dead are also buried
in the ground. The cemeteries are
fine, the drives and walks being made
of small shells, which make beautiful
white roads. Great taste is shown in
the laying out and adorning the ceme-
teries. The prOfusiOn of roses, clean
ders, magnolias and other flowers, give
to these cities of the dead a beautiful
appearance. For some reason, the
marble in this climate retains and per
haps increases its whiteness.
The National Cemetery below New
Orleans, on the old battle ground OF
1915, is very fine. 1t contains the brave
soldiers who fought aud died that the
nation might live. Every state in the
north seems to he represented.
noticed Vermont had her full quota.
Had | Il friend buried here under these
sunny skies, where the air is filled
with the fragrance of so many sweet
flowers, with roses blooming on his
grave, and lulled by the sweet song OF
birds, should let him sleep on. He
could find no mOIe fitting place to rest
than in the place made free by his
blood and valor. This tender care by
the nation for her defenders, so wise,
SO polite and just, must awaken in
Ia. minds # . thnSa hA tpiaI
the Union strange and sad reflections.
New Orleans has some fine parks,
beautiful and adorned as only they
can he adorned in Il semi-tropical eli
mate. jackson square is one of the
finest little parks | ever saw. An
equestrian statue of Andrew jackson
stands here, and Ben Butler, when in
charge of this city, had chiselled on
the pedestal, "The Union must and
shall be preserved" 1t made the rebels
very angry but they have never effaced
the words.
The buildings of New Orleans are
not high, partly from the fact that
ground is still comparatively cheap,
and partly from the fact that the
ground is spongy and soft, and difficult
to make foundations to sustain very
high building. | am informed that
the custom house has settled several
feet and the cotton exchange, the finest
building here, built in 1881, has set
tied about foot. The streets in the
old or French part of the city are mar
row, being forty feet in width, but in
the new part some of the streets are
very wide and fine.
New Orleans would be noted for her
fine private gardens of flowers and
shrubbery if their beauty was not
marred by high fences, some of these
fences being seven or eight feet high,
which gives to the grounds and houses
look of exclusiveness. We stopped
eight days in New Orleans and were
never better treated. The kindness
we received we shall long remember.
JACKSON ROBERTS.