St. Landry democrat., 1888-11-10
IN A QUIET NElGHeORHOCD
Buying lot Ia the City Of the Dead
Caste In IA Cemetery.


"Tour first real pstate2 Sad. sad But
we've all got to come to it. But isn't it
Il satisfaction to have few feet in a well
kept place like this? Why, grow fonder
and fonder Of it every day. Surveyed
and b:lilt up most Of it myself. you SIC.
There's monument for YOU! Tow il 1t
to your liking? Pretty heavy. Ah. bur
lis lasiinE-ro stained surfaces, no ginger
bread work to cruiuble off Take MY nd
VICE, Young man, and when goa buy
your monument don't invest in ularC!e.
Tam: worth twopence ton. except to
the dealers. Nothing Ike granite.
The superintendent led tie way along
then paused rs if 70 get his bearings Ills
strange combination If business t:sc: ;.,id
harmless gossip made the reporter feel
Hide Ike a grief stricken purchaser OK X
burial SPOT.
Now, let me see about what you'd
naturally want, said he. cycling his COM
pa,lioa critically. lis Il sizing him up 80 IS
10 e2ve himself needless trouble. You
sae everybody has his special liAinsF, and
We have to SOFT Of estimate customers
tastes before showing him q los. All
sorts Of people apply to us, and we have
- Use Il good deal Ct tact and Judgment
50 as not 70 offend present lot owners or
new customers We have to discriInin-
a;a even i'll the gravel II negro comes
t. me I've got To sell MIN lot, but I've
also got to Pat him in his natural Gle
ment. If didu't there would Ike Ned 70
pay
Bat that. / should think. ia a difficult
task. Supposesuch 4 person al yon refer
u wanted q i!Ise lot in what y"ru call On
aristo2ra,ic ne;ghborhool, how would
you set around the lnat;tr!'
On, bless you. that's easy enough.
No}sod:' knows what lots gro for sale hus
myself; ;lnd if a man select lot where
| don't think he belongs. why, tho let's
already sold. Sees IL d>,esn's look last
right, but it's got to Ire done. What
would one Of your wealthy aristoCrass
think If s!lcull sell IL li.tIe lot next to
lis hi>s one. AMI the owner Of tao little
lo1 should erect $50 white bronze torlh-
stone riENt under the nose of his 5000
grAgIte monument? War in the camp
right "tT! tell YOU there isn't Il po!>;1-
i.r cemetery ii Chicago that hash / its
South SIDE anl its West Side is M;chi
gan cvcn5o a:ld is South CLARK street.
Iol no:iec il having cut the cemetery
We group a number Of big lots i'll lii,
most c)::~ pirllous places. Caste lines are
inevitable, even iii q graveyard.
"Nvii, Snow me = 10. where a poor
devil OF u scribe would naturally belong,'
SAID the reporter.
Yea, in just minute. Going to
b1.:y wife or c!,;ld3 Oh. not married.
But suppose you re going to he. Now.
here's some nice slightly lots at 500.
lat then there's 10 provision for growth
Of family or extensive local i'm
2roveIlents. Being buried here is
Gool deal like having standing
room in q theatre; you kind Of feel
Us though somebody We're going to trall,
Gu Your toes al the while. And il YOU
should become az rich as Jay Go.!ld you
coulda put Up monument. The lots
too small; yCH Il have to b. content with
q hcad5torn. | want to sell you a lo1
t:.&t YOU Il be satisfied with hereafter and
yot.r children be proud Of.
Lat me gee something q little better.
them laterposcl the apparent purchaser.
Ill advise you to 60 into 4 new sub
division, wi,2re the improvements that
have been lnata are COOL and biae fa-
:,.r2 developments. II is here just 90 II
is down town. New streets and s.?lsii-
visions ou,shine the old ones. Now.
here's g laounl''-Jy this tine they lad
arrived pretty nearly q. The west side Of
the cca,etcry-s' where the lots are large
and cica. There's PLENTY Of room her.;
the grade is high ana tie drainage good.
But seldom bring, the likes of you here,
because j. s a sort Of foreign settlement,
You notice how the sens and 'ossia.
and dts prescln;;,a;e. You'd scarcely
fcclat home here il I'd sell you lot Ee-
sides. the locality has one great and PER
mancat drawback. Xonder ere the
single graves il plain sight. You
wou.dn't Ike to live always in sight Of
the poorlloa3e, and you'd scarcely want
to be buried in view Of potter field No,
know you wouldn't he satisfied here.
You'd better put a little more money in
your ground and get something that will
rise in value rather than sieteriorate. All.
have it. Just come over here"
The superintendent led the way to the
southeast, near a pretty expanse OF wa-
ter Consulting lis book. he picked out
4 particular lot and pointed 1t out with
satisfaction.
NOW. here you are" said he, i
couldn't show YOU anything better In
the whole cemetery. Price moderate.
neighhors Of high class, near public
drive. where you know things will
always lie kept in order. This lot will
&c worth twice its present value year
from now. Cae hundred and twenty
FIVE dollars and room enoug!, for dozen
intecn.cnts besides q monument. You
can't do any better. Just let me put
your Ea,no down fer it now and you can
arrange The details at The down town
Office. Lcois at the monuments going
w ell around you here. Can't have bet
ter data ~ which to judge of the LEGAL
i;y. Fight across the driveway yonder
i one IF ihe largest lots in the cemetery.
We've l!st q f.nccy price On it Just TO 90
to induce some capitalist to buy it and
Put up 81 expensive monument. That'n
i2ll additional tone to the neighhor!lool
and I'll the lots around will feel the in
tis.cncc. 1t would pay to buy this lot
rurtiv as Il business investment. Chi
cage Tribune.
A Trick Of tho Bakery,