Telegram-herald., 1890-06-09
On eSsEs essvss
sxrloslttss seen a. - Aaeaa-s Cezaeters
"a n @ahtz,ss@ 80 SotsE~a Fess,ls-

new L-1e crave 0Eet tN4A- x ELtsfN
pataeasg' Fas g-ny o2ps and aAstes a.
CSFct1-ly err1-lscd - 4 Ser . l-aske bSli1se
P4rEs VIII > szsa3 Tea P0s Ia ~ uzidSls-
but the ulSts - ssEi sho s10s--- pas ths
kasless 81 IAe 1lhputsaza fe-si = isalsg ec.a
snd stie a. : woeass t-ex nuFieo tArvssisssi
osDszth tie HaoaoS " rrsSh ssrtA wloro0a
tbe toS reg = Grrsyosi
The iI-IlS grave j. eat oze - thousands
sueh Audcleo tssesAeT ~ a. e4a oo4orvo
people oeEaeseFy oas towards Ehe nsrfh
waSg oSyOnd It's elts llnliss AID close hy
tie bsLk ~ l.ack creak Aerv upoB scre
q Iss inelssure l. - tkiokly oocupao@ ~
the aszG tAGt The graves so3oin ons atsstA
eT row Pan IoN without az lNch II s<s@es
between e. sci Tie foot upon. NJ Vsra are
oonoells 1cg2eSth iIs gres2 cGrpes tie
crowded klilockS 81 olsy &lc graTot. nar
Go costly mana naents Arlse G. oonlmoulo
rate the virtues u tho departed aere
are nor even hs-astones. bal usSsliy slAos
u woo1 instead. most Il them merely
shingles and cid scraps q board stuok IIto
the ground. and aIl ths not bsoause II
an laek of love or reysrsnoe. baG slmpiy
for she reSs1l tAaI TIE bail4srs = this ne-
cropohs as poor.
ou ths pieos OF board a. the head q the
grave where The Bea sci IA sproGa o0t .
tbs Inscription:
ssdoRA Eeea
IA SCOTT
Sleep
= .n,AS
AGea yrs OH
This Is by 10 neSDs the only grove on
which TOYS and such thsnys are 10 be ssea
displayed On the contrary nearly every
lit.ie mound of earth that covers child's
coffin exhibits some relics of the sort
Near by Is a shingle serving the purpose q
"a head stone, agGiast which Is tied With
twine dolls chair with a china doh sit
ting "a H. The dolls dress has Lad al the
color washed oat of IL by tie rain bat il
still sits there patiently - II hss SIT for
many month waiting for its mistress Il
pick Il up when the day shall arrive aud
carry il before tie Judgment set.
On q grave not far OF l. tn box fGl q
empty spools-Ouce d0u b:le used Tor play
things 70 beggile baby hoars-aad a mouth
organ Tied . EnOt her head board j.
psir Of little rcins. and scattered over The
niound are several domiuo~s. a grave that
/ Is marked simply No l"-may he The
child had got no Hamc-Nvas sdcrnec nero
/ ly with q stoppered Nursing bottle.
The nursing bottles seemed 70 be o. al
things the most frequent decoration Of the
. gr;.yes-oertainiy the most pitifuL A. u
rule they we're partly alled with mud
washed i1to them by the storms But hey
were not boy any means Tie only kind Of
bottles 90 be noticed on the mounds Mcdl-
cine bottles were there ia plenty-enough.
/ indeed % sgPply ..n apothecary' shop with
! glassware. A. well IS could be discovered.
+ j. was much the fashion 70 place on q grave
al ;hc medicine bottles emptiec by the de-
/ ceased during the last and fatal illness
Thus one was enabled 70 surmise ~ a
/ glance whether or not the sickness had been
very long or complicated. Some graves
would have only two q three bottles. while
/ others would make showing ot as many
cs fifteen. Many OF the medicine bottles
/ on tho other hand were partly full
One head bos<d bore the epitaph:
Our Lahe stefi away
Q1.etly % Buah hand
In the sweet by and by.
/ On the grave were rubber don. q tn FIRE
J engine. very much rus:c1. and a little china
cat
/ a curious thing found on one Of the
mounds was u cast Of a human foot in or
dinary plaster CT the sort that Is used for
houses. Perheps the father Of the family
was in that business Other casts Of angels
and such things in the same rude material
were not infrequent. The most conspicu-
Gus object in the cemetery was "A huge
hobby horse placed over n small boy 3
grave. Many a day. doubtless. had he
ridden on il 20 Ban bury Cross A pathetic
Z ornament. washed down by the rain from
mound. was = child's school slate. Stick
ing up in the mud by IL WAS half used
slate pencil The slate Itself was broken.
one thing that struck the observer In
T the cemetery was that al the ornaments
and articles Of whatever description that
decorated the graves were without excep-
tion broken or deprived of their usefulDcss
in other wavs. II such had not been the
case they would he likely 20 be carried
away. Even a tin basin ca one mound. rel
with rust. Was punched foil Of holes. a
starch box on another grave was full q
fragments Of china dolls, and even the
nursing bottles were cracked The big
hobby horse had lost its rockers and every
one OF tie statuettes were more or less
mutilated. Coffee pots, with their nozzles
knocked OF in very many Cases served The
use of pots for flowers. though no flowers
we're in them. OF course. - Washington
Star.