New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-28


who passed through the devious and winding avenues
20 thcMy crowded with hundreds of thousands OF
departed people. Well there are many men OF many
lands You see the names OF Frenchmen, or persons
NJ French desccnt-old IIuguenots: Of Dutch, OF
Hebrew OF German, and OF Irish; but the great the
overwhelming majority seem 10 be OF Anglo-,axon
stock Here are some examples noted by the writer
in his accidental wanderings hher and thlther: Burr
Lick Tyson. Gregory. stewart, Low, Cobanks. Hicks
R,iss Barter stodart Eaton, Cook Avery
saxton. Pryor. Holmes, Runncll, Parker, Jenkins,
Hustled Gilbert. Prescott, sutton, Bird, Williams,
strang Frohingham Hutchinson, Titus, Marshall
Hallivan, Livingstone, Townsend, Ellsworth MID
dcton Bruce, TrImble, Armstrong, Luther, Beck.
Buck Glover Mum, Mason, sharp Weeks, Cromwell
West and Fauke
The only matter which fills you with regret as you
leave the extensive territory Is the number Of MUIR
ders Of which you have been the unconscious cause.
You look back. and Immediately behind you are the
dead bodies of big black ants which you have ramped
out Of existence.
what matters t?n says some unfeeling cynlc.
II does matter
And the Door beetle. that tread upon.
In corporal suGersncc finds pans as greas
As when a giant dies.
CYPRESS HILLS CEMETERY
Cvpress Hills Cemetery contains 400 acres II is
at the other extremity OF tho city, and Is situated
on a rising ground, the Jamaica ana brooklyn
turnpike Horse cars, electric cars and elevated cars
will bear you there In short order. ana while II Is
neither stately nor so imposing ms It's more dlo
TINT neighbor You are forced to admit that 1t Is
lust the spot where tract OF land devoted to 50
sacred n purpose should be. 1t is within sight and
sound OF a regular constellation Of cities: and while 1t
would be q bleak stand In cold weather for person
who had not yet thought Of making provision for
his final resting place. the siverng blasts Of winter
that sweep over the hin do not disturb the repose
Of the dead. From a tower you can the Navesink
Highlands the majestic harbor Of New York, and the
unduating eNpansc Of the Atlantic Ocean. The
bodies Of 13j 900 persons here crumbng into
dust Travel through Cypress Hills Cemetery, AMI
striking monumental features greet the eye.
For instance, here Is the one in honor Of Colonel
James II. Perry, erected By the surviving members
Of the 4sh Regiment Ncwl0rk Volunteers, which
he CALAMITY commanded. The Metropolitan
Police is also here. and is the imposing
column erected by the members OF the Press Club
EvERGREENS.
In Evcrgrccns Cemetery 80 acres are laid ont at
considerable expense and, in addition to the 10000
persons who been buried here up the close OF
le92 IN increase OF from 1900 10 5000 swells the
lis, each year. \ large plot which Is separated from
all the surrounding graves, contains the bodies OF
20 coo sailors, the majority Of whom were Americans
hut there among this ono" great army OF lighting
men scamen OF many Municipalities, ana ms you can
rectangular spot. The Actors Fund OF America ha'
bull, monument in the plot on Prospect Hill which
has been designated for the reception OF Its de-
ceased members The order OF Elks has also tract
Of ground In Eycrgrcens.
CALVARY AND THE HOLY CROSS.
Calvary Cemetery may be said to be the most pop
place OF burial for the Catholic population OF the
twin cities. II one may be permitted to use the word
popular in disconrsing on such "A theme Han
million OF those who In life yielded spiritual allegiance
10 the Roman Pontd here sleep the sleep that knows
upr-o TER
Calvary. The 800 acres which II contains are IN New
town. adjoining Broolyn. in an 'a''ery direction;
The trustees OF II. PatrlckS Cathedral own IT, ana
some bitter contests have been fought inside a well
rs outside to the right Of burial here OF
agitation concerning the rise and fall and rise again
Of the Rev. DR.. Edward Mctynn. calvary cemetery
aver With monuments rs handsome and costly you
can see anywhere I'm the vicinity OF l'roohlyh' !,
great place for the Irish. and there Is an auracuV
architectural pile which you can So" Iohs MaN 1i'
I'm memory of the soldiers Of III" irish Brigldc
Whether IT. was Gladstone nom" h,T or Of notmr. in
England such that which Is said To have engulicu
- S,.cnnrc on Thc Lost Atlantis" history does not
record but there Is an inscription on the monument o
one dead Irishman In conformity with his eNMeSS'u
wish when living which Is sur to arrest the eye 3H
reason 81 Its bcicosc prophecy This monument WI"
outlasi The British Empre, Holy Cross Gene
terry. another Catholic burial sTSmnl; tdtn.S yioH
r. Hamilton f., IN" superintendent; II mas s., o, ,E
greatly cnarsef zinc" ~ to maS t.. room O ''r ''
OTHER BURIAL PLACES.
Lutheran Cemetery. i'm Middle Village. covers $50
ocr.s Of ground and contains al that Is mortal 81
300 900 human beings; $500 Of them were buried
there last year. You can reach th, place hy the
car, ~ the Long Island Railroad. You can take an
Eastern District ferry from Ncw-lork ard thence 10
your destination by Of horse ear, In North >crori'
t. without mentioning tho crcmatory ~ Fresi
Pond wher, the bodies II sd persons hay" been
reduced TO ashes sine" i--I. when the rhc" Wa>
,tah-h,d II may De- laid that al ~ the large AM
we'll known cemeteries hnV" now been spoken al.
% country graveyard" would suffice 10 describe them,
hat range nom acre to one hundred acres IN
extent. The Quaker Cemetery at Ncwt"Wn covers
only OF ground the Mamoii'S
eight Mount Hope. lively" acres; Mount phVc
SN acre, Mount Ncbc. fifteen acir,. and 81 MiciaeIS
Cemetery in NcwtOwD. 100 acres. whrr" You cnn 20
II YOU wish by ~ the Astoria ferry There are
only six acr;s occupied bv sharcth Israel Cemetery
nevertheless T. place OF great interest for Hebrews
Many wcLnowu persons Of hi, faith mr." buried In
Sharclh Israel over the spot whrrr rests ,onnmo,
dore Levy Of N" nltod States Navy, i handNom"
and costly monument on which Is carved Il repre-
>cntaton Of wnrShp and the announcement mat
the abolition Of corporal punishment in u" American
II Won consider the total of ground laid ont IN
Ncwtown for the reception nf the dead II Will reach
> 900 acres about two and half times the size
OF Central Park and almost four times the size Of
Prospect Park. 1t Is grim reflection 10 consider
That ample provision T. thus made In Brooklyn and It's
vicinity for the thickly crowded community Of men
and who radlatlng 10 distance of hltern
miles with Ncw-York City Hall a. centre. have
permanent one
AMONG THE BROOKLYN PARKS.