Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-01-19
GREENWOOD.
Where Nearly y Quarter of q Million Bodies
Have Been Deposited.

Imagine you are in Greenwood Gem
etsry. 1t is big place of about 600
acres. with twenty-five miles OF car
riagc track, eighteen miles OF pathway,
20, 900 burial los. and 100000 persons
have been buried here Since 1910. IL
is Il beautiful pace, you sec; natural
ly full of gricies and knobs, all of
which have been utilized 10 their full
est extent by time and money. 1t has
eight lakes. each With a fountain. and
the grass-iust feel of its soft as
green plush. Natural trees are sup
plemented by planted ones, all trimmed
and trained TO their best behavior. but
you will notice ihe fewcst flowers you
ever saw in cemetery, 1t looks as
though those buried here in Green
wood disdained so 'cheap" an Orna-
ment as flowers. See that purple n.y.
drangca. First you ever saw? Same
with me. That bell tolls all day. and
that and the suggestive click of the
chisel, mingling with the chirp of the
grasshoppers and the grind Of the ear
riage wheels. are the sounds which
break the stiffness of this vast city of
the dead.
This huge receiving tomb is capable
of holding $4,000 bodies. Beccher is
lying in there nov waiiing for the
completion Of the subscription list.
Here lies John Roach. the great ship
builder, who recently died of disease
similar to that which carried off Grant.
Here is monument erected by an old
sea captain fifteen years before his
death. See that monument like tenn
| pie. | forget whose it il, but il was
| made by the prisoners At Sing Sing
| and is a magnificent piece of work
manship. That Schermcrhorn lot is
on property owned by tie family be-
| fore the cemetery was Incorporated.
! So with the large round lot below, where
| the row of htadstones is arranged.
| That WAS once Il whole churchyard
and burymg ground. When the
church had to be moved the bones
were collected in one spot and these
stones and this monument erected to
/ their memory.
| Here is the most expensive and at the
same time most interesting monument
on the grounds. 1t is that of q young
lady who on her 18th birthday was
! thrown from her carriage and killed
| while on her way to ball. In the
monument is cut life-sized likeness
| of the girl. representing her Just as she
was arraycd for the fatal festival. Tho
lace. ribbons, flowers, and jewels of
her costume are faithfully reproduced
| in the alabaster ut cost of So, 900.
| Here is a monument and bronze bust
| of Horace Greedy, the pedestal repre-
senting rough pillow, pen and
| scroll, and the young Greeley at his
printing case. There is the monu-
ment of the Browns, bankers, six Of
| whom were lost together at sea. II is
| descriptive of the sad catastrophe.
| The firemen's monument is surnounted
by figure of a fireman holding lit
| tie child in his arms, and things con-
nected with the department are illus
trated on its base. This monument is
a touching tribute to the memory of
the foster-mother of Harry Howard,
ex-chef engineer of the fire depart
ment. and represents her as adopting
him when saved from burning build
ing as child.
But the most unique thing in inter
ments is that of five maiden ladies'
sisters waose ages ranged from 100
| to 1T years. and who all died within
a few years of each other. The lot in
which they are buried is called the"Old
Maids Plot" This tomb Of G. K.
| Garrison. ex-Mayor of San Francisco,
is beautiful thing in Oriental design.
This wonderful monument to George
Law is testimonial to man OF
pluck. When a young fellow he
| walked through the streets of New
York wanting y meal. Passing by
some new builiing, by some accident
IL hod-carrier fell off dead ut his feet.
Hungry George applied for the job
and got it. The Soldiers Monument
is an object Of interest in any ccme-
terry, but this Of Greenwood outtops
ANYTHING ever saw. Tie huge spire
Is effective IN black ami gray. Fig
ures representing the four divisions OF
the army were cast of captured can
non. A unique fence is made of guns
with fixed bayonets. a sad sight is
this large circular lot in which are
buried 105 unrecognizable victims OF
the Brooklyn Theatre fire in 1876.
Greenwood is great museum of NOR
tality.-NeaO York letter IN Kansas
City Star.