Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05

! thiASS' 'hN "a J va - bY buS way VI 1ut
cago the distance is considerably in.
creased. Cheap enough, isn'tit? Any
one who takes this trip will add much
to his enjoyment and save annoyance
and expense by taking a good substan-
tial supply of victuals slowed away in
his yalise or lunch basket. The tourist !
motto should be Few clothes but lots
of grub. I" You won't care to 90 on
dress parade in New Orleans. Don't
forget to take your umbrella, unless you
prefer buying one after you reach here.
Ladies should also take goSsamers and
light rubber shoes. All these things
can be purchased rs cheaply at your
journeys end. however, as in any other
city. The first thing to do after reach
ing New Orleans is to secure lodging
place, matter of little difficulty, how
ever since the citizens have made prep
arations for keeping large numbers of
visitors and for making some money
will charge from three to five dollars per
day. Rooms may be had in some OF
them for one dollar to four dollars per
day for each individual. Private houses
rent furnished rooms for fifty cents to
three dollars per day for three and some
times four persons. Board at the res
taurants will cost you from 35 to so
cents meal, dependin az good deal on
your taste ana appetite. When you
first reach the city, secure, if you can, a
paper, the Times-D Democrat is the best,
| and the column Rooms to Rent" will
will put you in possession of infofma-
ton that will be of use to you. When
you secure quarters that suit you, stick
to them, but don't stick to them unless
they do. In the dialect OF the every day
boy, "You don't have to, for there is
room for all who will likely be in the
city at any one time, unless it is on the
occasion of the celebration of the Mardi
Gras Festival, which takes place this
year, Feb. II. An unusual effort at dis
play will doubtless be made this year,
and anyone who can remain here until
then will be well repaid for his stay of a
! day or so extra. Oace settled in your
lodgings, you are ready for sightseeing,
and there are numbers Of places worth
your attention. One-half dav can well
be bestowed upon ''West End and the
cemeteries. West End is a summer re.
sort, and the cemeteries are a final re
sort Metaric Ridge, Greenwood and
Howard are the most noted. A visitor
at first thought would believe that the
entire population of New Orleans died
off every few years, since the number oil
large and commodious tombs is simply
astonishing. The mode of burial is APP
to strike stranger as very peculiar
The location of the city, however, makes
it almost absolutely necessary thai
vaults above ground should be used
Some of these are very expensive, cost
ing, am told, as high as fifty and sixty
thousand dollars. Many of them arr
built by societies and different orders
presume that in no other part of tbs
world do secret organizations exist SC
numerously or are so Systematically con
Quoted rs in the Southern United States
An intelligent membership often give;
one pass to the best society, and en-
ables him to make many pleasant az
duaintances that would not otherwise b.
made. But moment for the cemete
ries again. The tombs are often S,
built that two of the sides and one enc
can be utilized These are built like :
house with one room, and the bodies
sometimes to the number of twenty fly,
or thirty, are placed in the vaults from
the inside aud the openings are thei
closed up and sealed This mode o
disposing of the dead seems quite con
yenient and we'll adapted to any sectioi
where the water is always 50 near TO Tn
surface as to prevent the digging 0
graves and burial in the usual manner
1t would seem that the advocates Of ere
nation can here find a large field for tn
PRONUNCIATION of their peculiar modes o
disposing of the dead. The poore
classes would certainly be quick t
adopt the crematory idea, for was in
formed but with how much truth can
not tell that their vaults are opened i
one year and three days from the tim
of burial, aud if the vault IS needed, Tia
bones are taken from their resting-plac
and piled up in some convenient pIae
until the quantity is 50 great that the
. must be taken and deposited ia til
ground in some unfrequented spot. 4
a sanitary regulation alone. the L
Moyne plan OF cremation should cei
tainly recommend itself strongly to a
citizens OF New Orleans Inone of thes
cemeteries is a conservatory OF reason
able size aud fairly well filled with i ~
ering and ornamental plants. crang'
magnolia, live oak and several othe
kinds of trees abound throughout I'll
: grounds. which are land out and beat
5 tifully kept. The petsous who tax
: charge of this work understand thei
business in this particular only, know
Y ing or caring very little Tor what goe
/ on around them Finding that we wer
Q from the North and strangers in Tia
: city, they kindly allowed US to gathe
7 oranges and also gave US some yer
. welcome flowers and leaves from til
5 plants in their care. In this connection
as well as in shy other, | may add tina