The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-31

question, moved on to parts more re
treshing for the nasal organs, by visiting
the gardens of New Orleans. / was
greatly impressed with the loneliness OF
these. places. They tell me it is
possible to have flowers in the
open air ali the year round
es 1t Is seldom, too cold or too hot fol
them to blossom. And the gardens OF
the city residences, anywhere out of the
| central portion of the town, are over.
running with the choicest roses, mag
nolias and flowers of every description
as are some Of the squares also, such as
jackson, Lafay ette.and the Coliseum,
These.are delightful places to 60 for II
resi-. They are so carefully attended
everything being SO clean and well
kept Witt beautiful shade trees, etc.
which makes them the -pleasantesi
pfaeesia the city for pure air and repose
IRON hlisifiess
+ The Foregoing was the result of one
days. observations in the city and
subnTb<. The nett day made my way
to the cemeteries; OF tonbs of the dead
/ From what 1 had heard, and my Owl
Observations, they proved to be very diff
ferent from those OF other cities had
seem:
New Orleans is built in the marsh
The city has neither cellars for the liv-
ing nor graves for the dead. unless it be
the paupers. One of the men working
in this place told me that he had seer
the coffins floating in water or rotted
The wealthy can afford to have beautiful
tonbs of marble, some of them costing
$50, 600. Such is the inequality.
Tho finnQ fhpCE
grounds are worthy of great
credit. The paths, so clean anC
neat, are made of a composition o.
clay and shells of different kinds, wide
enough for carriages to pass. A very
pretty sight met my gaze as l entered
this home of the dead, in the shape o.
an orange tree, loaded with the fruit
Just ripening. This, in such a place
made a beautiful contrast with the
cool, sombre appearance of the tombs
The fresh flowers grow profusely in this
place, and even the enclosure is oil
natural growth, being filled with al
kinds of blossoms. | noticed a great
many floral offerings hung up on the
monuments, such as immortelles woven
into harps. crosses, anchors, and other
designs, all of natural growth
and looking very sweet and
pretty. There are some very
fine tombs or vaults One very
large one in particular 1 noticed, in the
Gothic order, covered with a grassy
mound. was told that the inside OF
this would hold fifty bodies. On the
top of it is to be an equestrian statue
of General Albert Sydney Johnson. The
epitaph is very lengthy-inscribed to
his memory and the brave comrades
who fell with him. There is another
very beautiful one, under which five
hundred soldiers sleep, and over which
is the figure of marble sentinel, as if
he were ever keeping watch. And so |
could go on enumerating dozens of
them.
There are some very beautiful and
stately old oak trees, with heavy moss,
almost hanging to the ground. Ar
bors, also, that are really picturesque.
l enquired the cost of these lots, and
was told that one 24x40 feet would be
5000, and the cheapest vault $500. So
you see it is slim chance for the poor.
Having visited three of these places, l
judged l had seen enough of this kind.
In my next will give you descrip-
ton of the Exhibition as 1 found it.
w. c. N.