New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-23
GODS ACRE N PROSPECT FAhh.
A QUIET SPOT IN THE PLEAsuRE-0i'oOND
vJ1rrRT, DEAD FRIENDS LIE

or-rr-r spot IN THE PLEASu RE-GItOuN NJ
WHERE DEAD FRIENDS LIE.
:, ,os oluavs been Brookyn's boast that f'os-
meet Park surpassed i's sister. '"hNh' iH"' ~
Natural charm and freshness. ana many H"""F''s
$40 e,v.r assent 10 int clan. - this I'm" nj
,he wear TIE beauty q the p"0Nl'' rr'at estate
srouses new delight IN me hearts o' many VINO
wander alonR tho shady paths or p'u~" Z" r"7'
ov,hiIe In the cool fragrant hooks when open "P
N then, at every turu. The long W''do". NV
forr,boiie4 the lake and mo enticng Vale OF arm
mere have each their adh"r"nis hut -" ''s''"'
know that within tho b'a"''"' ''''''' 49,"
lies a city Of the dead
t,..-,,, 3D.. PARK ay ~. Conoy Island cato IL Is
h,, a few moments walk under the shady trees
and one has reached the little gate with US ="
odmiitance" plainly go %" read when me "h'
all abou. there passed into tho hands ~ me CITY
for - present purpose the Society OF fr'''''S '
fused 70 sell the ten ncres bordering upon what
le now tho Long Meade" OF INC i"Ih' ''' WIZ
was used as q graveyard
The Park Commissioners 81 that time turned
fhis prohem over 20 Frederick Ia" 'ImS''
Isrdscape architect His design. that Of "ncrchns
the cemetery with closely growing trees ava
ehrphs has proved successful This and the Tact
that the graveyard Is situated on higher rr"uhH
than the surrounding land hnve made m" existence
of q cemetery within the Park limits unknown 10
mos, az tho plcn sure seekers who visit IN" PARK
during the year
Tho little pathway branching or from IN" drive"
md leading down INTO th" close-set h'if" oi 'r""s
o,d bushes was cool and Inviting II ono wnnd"fs
down the path by ne gate ana looks k"ht' H'
si.ns II tho outer svorld shut ont. ana on} mo
drowsv hum 81 much going ana coming ei poop"
foot and aWhrcl reaches thc "nr H. ms NH''
euot tho Friends 81 generations past lie, ihii ~"
even after death TO 20" simple. unosicntf t"ua p'i
which they had professrd in lf" WIN no snow
Of sfon- or marble. placing ono above in~ "ti.,f Jul
worldly eyes they sleep their last "iycp. non
rcstinr rlaccs are marked. however. by modest
stones Uniform In szc and SHAPE. each WIN m
a,nc 81 the departed the date or hi- hirth ana
nat Of his death chsel'd upon II.
ono uitlc stone nigh up on the hillside ana over
hunt by Rose OF Sharon bush now In tull bloom
I,as touching In the STORY told in tn" r." ~"Tro
craven uron IL. passed away AT tW"nty-pnc IN"
record rfnd and yet after these many years the
dat ,yas l-i-,-it srcmcd harder rat" than thai
Of many another written within TINS gray" ydrd
until STOPPING one reads upon the fhc" OF Inc
stone. Elizabeth. wife Of John Winthringh"m
md then the story assumes another aspect. me
grief II the husband could be imag!ncd as he caIne
ono winter day 10 iay his Young vii" down Tor IN"
sIc,p thnt knows 200 waking When. forty years
after his people laid him beside his wife. had the
oldcn timcs when hey pght"d thor troth hccoin"
only a memory to MIN. was II ms fun 81 tender
incoming as the DAY when the young girl herself
spoke the words =,
There many sad. sweet Stories III the grave
yard IN Prospect Park.