The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-03-31
1estriptire Atirles.
For the Democratic Advocate.
Some Famous Graves In and Near
Baltimore.
Greenmount Cemetery.

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when row after row of brick houses reflected
scorching heat into the streets, where pc
destrians, walking along, many of them
carrying an umbrella in one hand and a
handkerchief in the other, tried us best
they might to bear the oppressive heat, that
| passed beneath the spacious arch and
entered Greenmount cemetery. What a
change, from the tumult of traffic and the
ever and eternal hurry of rapid transit, to
the quietpess apd rcpose, not only suggested
but really to be found here. Sauntering
along the roads and gravel walks, soon
forgot the hustle and confusion Of the
world behind me. and found myself in a
dreamy mood, that received encouragement,
rather than abatement, from surrounding
objects. And thus walked along, passing
from beneath the spreading limbs of some
old patriarch only to enter another shadow,
until suddenly brought to stand, having
reached the end of the walk, 1 found my
self at Rinehart's grave. Having left the
present behind me when entering this place,
and up to this time, perhaps, my thoughts
had wandered into the future, [ was now
confronted with the past, and with it in a
way that would make one desirous of rend-
ing times veil to secure glance at things
which had bee4.
Rinehart's grave lies at the intersection
of two roads or rather at the branching OF
one. and unadogped by any raised stone or
monument, you think perohanee his mem
ory is not honored as it sho4ld be. But
far from this his resting place is the most
impressive and the longest to be held in
memory of any tomb or monument in this
old cemetery. Over the grave, upon a
stone base, is the figure, said TO have been
executed by the sculptor for his tomb and
undoubtedly his last work. 1t is bronze
of Endymion. The youthful shepherd re-
nowned for his fairness of face and form,
as the old legend tell us, is lying upon a
sheep skin thrown over a rock, sleeping the
eternal slqpber which Jupiter imposed
upon him. Resting on his arm, his head
has fallen little forward ike one whep
dreaming of happy memories long past /;
and at his side, the horn which had echoed
so often among the valleys Of Mt. Latmus,
as he stood at the mouth Of his erotto in
the moonlight salnting Diana, has dropped
from the partly open hand and now lies on
the skin at his side. The whole appear
ance and peaceful attitude suggest that for
which it was intended-sleep. Beneath
upon the base is the inscription Of Rine-
hart's birth and death. Several other
works in the cemetery are by him, wrought,
for the most part, when, during his early
life, he was employed in Baltimore. One
of them was executed after he had gained
fame as a sculptor. 1t is the form of an
angel with extended arm dropping flowers
upon the stone beneath and also profile
of Mrs. Wm 7. Walters. on the founda-
tion of the statue. Both the figure and
bas-relief are of bronze.
Now while thinking of these old legends
of the heroic ages, and of the sculptor in
his home under fair Italian skies, | wan
dered on to other parts, sometimes over
mounds covered with grass, high and rank,
then again past graves entirely concealed
beneath waving myrtle or other creeping
vines, until / came, at length, to small
lot close upon the roadside. in which are
several fat stones. The following is en-
grayed on one Of them, together with other
inscriptions
JOSEPH f. JOHNSON,
Born at Longwood, Prince Edward Co. Va
February 3, 1907,
Died March 81, 1891,
Brig-Gen. U. S. A.
Gen. c. S. A.
Beside the general is his wife and others
of the family. Plain and unpretcntious
this stone marks the end of an cventful
life.
Not far from here is the Booth lot. In
the centre stands tall obelisk, from one sur
face Of which the face of Junius Brutus
Booth looks forth from the chiseled monH-
menti while the other sides contain the
names Of members Of the family buried
here, which the creeping vines, given birth
at the surrounding graves, viii ere long
conceal in their eDtwinino folds There is