Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-09
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| a satisfaction TO have a few feet in well
kept place like this? Why, grow fonder
and fonder Of 1t every day. Surveyed
and built up most Of it myself, you see.
There's monument for you'll How is it
to your likingi Pretty heavy. All, but
it'slasting-no stained surfaces, no ginger
bread work tocrumble Of. Take my ad-
vice, young man, and. when you buy
your monument don't invest IN marble.
f, Taint worth twopence ton. except to
the dealers. Nothing like granite.
The superintendent led the way along
the eastern limits Of the cemetery and
then paused as if to get his bearings. His
strange combination Of business tact and
harmless gossip made tho reporter feel
little like grief stricken purchaser Of q
burial spot.
Now, let me see about what you'd
naturally want, said he, cycling his COM
panion critically, as if sizing him up so as
to save himself needless trouble. "You
see everybody has his special likings, and
we have to sort of estimate customers
tastes before showing him a lot. All
sorts of people apply to us, and we have
to use good deal Of tact and Judgment
SO as not to offend present lot owners or
new customers. We have 10 discrimin-
ate even in the gravel II a negro comes
to me I've got to sell MIN lot, but I've
also got to. put him in bis natural ele-
ment. II didn't there would DO Ned to
pay"
But that, should think, is difficult
task. Suppose such a person as you refer
to wanted fine lot in what you call an
aristocratic neigh0orhood, how would
! you get around the matter7'
'Oh, bless you, that's easy enough.
Nobody knows what lots are for sale but
myself; and if man selects q lot where
don't think he belongs, why, the lots
already sold. Sect 1t doesn't look just
right, but it's got to be done. What
would one OF your wealthy aristocrats
think if I should sell little lot next to
his big one, and the owner of the little
lot should erect $25 white bronze tomb
stone right under the nose of his s., 900
granite monument? War in the camp
right oft tell you there, isn't popu-
lar cemetery in Chicago that hasn't its
South Side and its West Side, its Michi-
gan avenue and its South Clark street.
You notice in laying out the cemetery
VIC group q number of big lots in the
most conspicuous places. Caste lines are
inevitable, even in graveyard"
well, shoy me lot where poor
devil Of scribe would naturally belong"
said the reporter.
Yes, in just minute. Going to
bury wife or child7 Oh, not married!
But suppose you're going to be. Now,
here's some nice slightly lots at 500.
But then there's no provision for growth
Of family or extensive local i'm
provemcnts. Being buried here is
good deal like having standing
room in q theatre; you kind of feel
asthough somebody were going to tramp
onyour toes all the while. And if you
should become as rich as Jay GOULD you
couldn't put up monuments. Tho lots
too small; you'd have to be content with
q headstone. I want to sell you lot
that you'll be satisfied with hereafter and
your children be proud Of. ~
LET me see something a little better
then, p" interposed the apparent purchaser.
"pd advise you to 60 into new sub
division, where tho improvements that
have been made arc good, and bide fu-
ture developments. l. is hero just as it
Is down town. New streets and subli-
visions outshine the cid ones. Now,
here's q mound"--by this timo they had
arrived pretty nearly at the west sido of
tho cemetery-"wi:cre the lots are largo
and open. There's plenty Of room here;
! l,o IL; l., L ;c.L.a a Il
But seldom bring the likes Of you here,
because it's sort of foreign settlement.
You notice how the sens and 'oskis,
and dts predominant. You'd scarcely
feel at home here il I'd sell you lot. Be-
sides, the locality has one great and per-
manent drawback. Yonder are the
single graves in plain sight. You
wouldn't like to live always in sight of
the poorhouse, and you'd scarcely want
to be buried in view Of potter's field. No,
J Enow'y you wouldn't 10 satisfied here.
You'd better put little more money in
Jour ground and get something that will
rise in value rather than deteriorGte. All,
have it. Just como over here"
The superintendent led the way to the
southeast, near pretty expanse Of wa
ter Consulting his book, he picked out
particular lot and pointed it out with
satisfaction.
Now, here you are" said he Il
couldn't show you anything better in
The whole cemetery. Price moderate,
neighbors of high class, near public
drive, where You know things will
always be kept in order. This lot will
be worth twice its present value a year
from now. One hundred and twenty
five dollars and room enough for dozen
interments besides monument. You
can't do any better. Just let me put
Your name down for it now and you can
arrange the details at the down town
office. Look Mt the monuments going
up all around you here. Can't have bet
ter data by which to judge Of the local
ity Right across the driveway yonder
Is ono Of the largest lots in the cemetery
We've put fanccy price on it just so KS
to induce some capitalist to buy it and
put up an expensive monument. That1l
lend additional tone to the neighborh21l
and all tho lots around will feel the in
iluence. 1t would pay to buy this lot
purely rs a business investment. Chi
cago Tribune.