The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-07

Of dazzling whiteness. The monument is
of limestone-doric columns supporting
the usual architectural, frieze, cornice
and all The monument proper Is a stone
rising some five feet from the floor and
bearing the long record of Folks public
services.
In 1879 Taylor's body was at Case Hill
cemetery. Louisville. awaiting removal
to Frankfort. where a suitable monu-
ment was to be erected over 1t close to
that which marks the resting place of
Richard Merton JOhson.
Filmore's grave is in peaceful and
beautiful Forest Lawn cemetery, near
Buffalo. almost upon the crest o fthe
I central hill. A lofty shaft of polished
Scotch granite rests on a pedestal Of the
same material superimposed on a base
Of Lockport stone, its only ornament a
slight moldng around the pedestal. 1t
is inscribed with his name in large let
tiers raised and on the faces of the shaft
are inscriptions in memory of the presi-
dent and members of his family. The
monument rises at the sead Of his grave:
great Norway spruce casts it's shade
on the foot.
Pierce's grave is in the modest enclos-
ure adjoining the old cemetery at Con-
cord n. II. Above it is monument of
pure Italian marble; spire with cap.
die and plinth resting on a base of gran
lite with a draped cross. Pierce" is in
scrihed on the plinth and there is brief
inscription on the panel Of the die. His
wife and two sons are buried near him.
Ruchanan's tomb is in Woodward
Hill cemetery at Lancaster, Pa. 1t Is
enclosed by a fence of black iron bars
with posts of notified granite. being in
torlapaH nv q fra hpH0Q of
The grass within is velvety and otted
with rose bushes. The body rests in a
vault of heavy masonry covered with
large limestone flags. base of New
Hampshire granite supports monument
in the Roman style-a single block of
Italian marble. wrought with heavy
moulded cap and base. carved with an
oak branch studded with leaves and
acorns. and simply inscribed.
I.incoln's monument is a great pile Of
marble, granite and bronze. In Oak
Ridge cemetery at Springfield. Ill. The
body of the president lies in the cata-
comb in a leaden coffin. enclosed in
cedar case with a sarcophagus of rich
white marble. having carved on one end
the word "Lincoln.'
Johnson's grave is on the summit OF
lofty cone shaped eminence half mile
southwest Ol 1IceIlN llle, liz
monument is of marble on base of
granite From piers on each side of the
graves of Jor',son and his wife springs
a granite arch Of thirteen stones: on this
rests the monument proper. plinth
suitably inscribed. die carved with the
constitution (minuS the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments) and an open
Bible on which rests a hand as II in the
act Of taking the OATH and taperins
shaft of marble festooned at the top with
the American flag and surrounded by
an eagle with outsetched wings.
Garfields remains. as we all must
know. lie in Lake View cemetery, Cleve-
land, O..
written shortly after Garfields death.)
."Ah, when we learn the spirit sound
and sign
And instantly our angels recognize,
No WEAKNESS can tire, no pain sur
prise,
Our souls rapt in the intercourse divine
Which God permits, ordains across the
line,
The changeless line which bars
Our earth from other stars.
Cambridge Democrat.