Daily Republican., 1884-05-17
4 SILENT CITY,
} ,s',!,,",,ls."s'rfaY,A BEAU
b"'Nsr sr,tIL PLACE

mLLn,,ES%Es,rraY-A BEAU
1Sn.t .t',.L e." "rLAoE.
a and Brandywine
te Wi.n.1r'gIo a,}.ne on Dela%ore Eyer %yr"'," ="
sey ,:.".lt .I,t,., t." and t%'ena'i1,S %a,i,;,S to
Ada'it i' the s,'' rear is ,,nta osnq'''u,dty ad.
asss p%. for !, t the dead to be ,s, found and
lg g;I..,ty P,a.,, va. cpeIedn, ,l l"'t 'b,t t1a of
fnt t,.l,". sS"y vDo did in August e, So"! OF
rge SlaEI TD ,Gat time it was con-
red as In,r n,,'D 1ow w. is, and it is not a.,
s,SSn5r StlS Tia, ne r'"Jf,,%,,S J,oa,nry would
in iaFi! ;r'' Sro If A thickly built up
ion Of ,alt.. .ns a. are row inferred in !,
lana oI,', ,I,r dead, and week by week
non.,s. ,sa d .or.r or. years since it WAS WAS
|ln0g '"' .,o ~, g.I for which 1t was
t''u .'% ,5crr % re have been m ma%y any Inn, nas
Fl.gI, .", .ra,rp. and over S2,VOo lIas IA y
Etl.lI' ~, ',' r..m trees alone Wide
l,l1, l'a1.5,', '' Walk, have been Ia'd !,
t.n'a',,, I,nD'y,,'. erp,'rd, and an iron ran,
,y,s,ro,ird along tie e"'''' 'io"'
frawarrayr"ue. ro,,.,,, rarts
,'''ato ,,tond, ,'' where daring the sea,
Uy ,'ya t'y n,au,. are growing, anu
u. ,.j,s b,pom.rg, rha' sh"d 'n'll ,t;s 'na,
ne. sndad]adci"ona' beauty W '''''
pnuI spot 49,. ..meterv is
Nv VII ' ',rgr nor gate, on one side Oh
.. .E,. tr,r occupied by super
~ ,j.,, y, Saver. and on the other a
i."r roou tpr tue accommodation VI
."r amt vlpr" during stormy
,J" %sr ,nr .,,lglms strNlrrs can I've
"rmul Al important ana IohR
IJ addition 70 this building Is no"
lg ,Ola:Ct''G' ,ido,.
~s~e wv. .c,J a. a low figure, but the
!. /, now u cents per sqnare loot,
rru at TIA, figure they Will not
a. muen Ar they uld al inst, AS the
,,s holders we're assessed for the
d the many improvements that
II been uaue .
4v days since representative OF
rrprBIiCAS, tired of the usy
i, hoist lts smoke and unmean
lisipatiou, visited this quiet spot,
srrrt several hours within its calm
rtat 80 one should slun a grave
ID The thoughtful melancholy which
n,Djres should be grateful rather
ID dlsagIrtabe IT should give no
h 10 tItad Oh the green root Of that
(n,0u whose chambers all must Oc-
ty 80 soon, aud to the student Of na-
tbrrei il neither solitude or society
thi, sacred SPOT; something human is
tr, hut the folly, the pretenslons, the
uprt:iODs, tie pflde OF humanity are
hy and although men and women are
Ne, their passlona are hushed and
BIZ spirits are still, malevolence has
tir power d harn.ing, appetite is
tV, ambition les .og, and Inst ls
d aGspr ias done raylng, all dis
III, are ended all revelry is over, the
let allnn,..y .s deeply buried, and
tnoN GaUgrrOU. sins are safely con-
I'd By 'ar rDrkly piled clohs Of the
|4ey, Il 'ms pace, sacred to 80
Flg, ylCy i IHHD and pUwerless, and
FtNt.. waiting IL silence for the
ClaD!t. aud lie voice Of the Great
lgt,
ll the northwest corner are a num-
0igly@ l.fEed with narrow head.
pheS, aud a'@.'t every one bearing a
sWa.I tag ta",e axe tGr graves fthe
'njF6l d-la hose who with sacred
lu'litahl patriotic patience nave
Palffd lHva'lon and hardship, separa.
W l'CAi hJlLr ANA trenGh, that they
sNbr"@sm"ntal III savmg theil
I'VE o,'i iIoo. dIyl-!or, and DreHerv,
'Lr '.T rl' them, as = saCreC
FHAEr Oy .hel. ta,ltrs, one and un
lV"ne,
IL"~L'N az" not dead, their deed,
"'0'r ih"t achinvrmrEtS in de
I,cgI 'A"Ii L]'lvc and III tie houl
'"I'r' Jh'N' lie lhcrn an invisible
~! 0' h'To''. ahd Ia the years to
U'l "LrA u. Who ar" now living
u" 1''r I1s"d away, history vii
'v'". IN mltOhs Yet unborn how
/ qngtt, hiei and died, in defence
TrI Ne'rWd country In d few
~@s l!ir'F '0rviv',g companions in
"'' sire" the. graves with flow.
'"' Lu1' keep alive and cherish The
TIy,I'S p ot their noble deeds.
..'"cr a.ohg, N the same side, il
lI'. ~ hNo"n as the strangers ground
H. |.'s u" o"I.'o If those not owning
!. fs'.% W o''''d Here many loved onet
/, '',l - REST, husbands, wives, faith
E. 4. M nolI"iS u and children, all slee,
n ns' ,...., J. u!' Enow" no waking unit
N " n,o.,., ~ ,1' gray" Of a fair young
'5 y, y, ,"'F 'he pF.de Of her parents. but
Al \ .'r ~ layer came, and she listened
a.. ",' wv 'E'a"n works untlI her fai,
,,,. ,,y.i va - 'n4i,rd then, ruined, be.
n, NJ ' "'.' oe''r'-d, weary Of the pre-
ysv ,,, %,!'. ~ VI HE future, and fai
NJ h; ~ '''"' u. .'.''d7 and home, she, will
r,5n, ," ~. .%,.' '"dtd the struggle, and
h .1'" t.r presence of her maker
4, %, N ]I'y ot strangers provided fo,
N .,'''.', ''''.'"', and raw hat sl. was de-
fl.y nlenDd. '"' va" oe'
.ar, q, 'I' m"nid rests all that rs
,on%, ] Young man, the victim q,
sora "' = V'II,iry. lie loved a f,i,
b iS S-,. 49, aNI unused TO the ways O.
l1g,%, %%,''', '"eved her words an,
be ia,ai a., '''''.e' 'a al. for him. Bu
tbH,." =, oay a he awoke from his dreau
.iyaJ' ' = :, ind that he had been do
b A. ot a 'Ia, I' he had only been the vic w
a, a n ,oa ,'., nrattIess i!;rt, and The sborl J
n ySU1 vo sFeat for his sensitive ' sriri, DiI}t'
ynar1" !" / pace on the banks Of IN,
,lt mar' rn','fSlioywlne, where he hs,
N.Y. r, T6'any 6a happy hon-s in h, ~ r cnm "n'
ben ben s"mS pp SSa.'osed all, a fatal drug, an,
IVA, ,c,,i1 cni1 one stumbled over hi,, h, h"n M
.owius ryiu are ERA graves carefully tended a,,,
e valev iev'a,as aa lay under tho i clods sL's o
ftIehiS1, are e., sun cherished by thos,
ID neylcrted 'Sn'I S graves are sunkc,
'cupaIt5.,' t.'y,", vs,. and seem as though tn
On eycrr " nladen from sight.
,nOs,ontss t,ar EIae are monuments an,
gns from L'rn.s, ',ns 'no'toes or inacrip
;trDds Yu;..s G;.seayed and sorrowin'
'gran.,p,' 'H"'rF +" ''5 stands a mighty shat
be Of W''nar ~ marx the spot Where 1tsl raat