Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-25
GRANTs MONUMENT.

Just above Grants tomb Hes the
american League baseball grounds near
which the great Columbia university
leaM her splendid domos against the
NNy, Ana now just beyond the uni.
NrlrllY We como 10 the ascent upon
Mihl'h rises the tomb of Gen Grant,
Nlh imposing monument IL conatrllciod
w. Nllle granite, win white marble
,,u,orlor surely The great general
Mnoso Wlfo Hes beside him, has n most
tuuuilll, ana peaceful resting place,
nh lolnp STANDS upon u Hill 1870 feet
opoi' inc river through tho openings
OF pc great forest trees, IN to be- seen
nc proud cNpnnso Of the hudson, dotted
noLo ana there with white winged
hls on The opposil, shores
through the purple haze, nrotchlng
a,Why, lQr miles, are the green slopes ~
w IA lhadeb ON the JerNy coast
Npo,o lhe ponlgo ON a pal 81 Of tho
lolnb, Whpro Hes lhn man o. war, are
inscribed these words!
LET us have peace"
IN 1877 tho slte ~ Graure tomb was
me home ~ George Pollock, ana was
gNllod strawberry hill, Mr., Pollock
nailed ANA Wae forced 10 sell his prop.
orP ana be went TO lgnglnnd, leaving
behind, however tiny monument,
mhrklnB the grave of hls favorllo child,
rms niue tomb SIN stnnda, the mscrlp.
lion has been blurred by the passing OF
"a hundred years, but we may read Il
SUI Erected Ia the memory of an
nmI1ble child ~ clair Pollock, died
loth OF July 1897 IN the NTH year Of
his age"
MAN that " born OF woman IN Of
row years and full Of trouble"
T., lio cometh forth Ike a flower and
"llc llcelh also like a shadow ana
conllnuoth not
Ntrange circumstances Of chanco ana
rate that the magnificent tomb shrIn.
ing nations pride, and the humble
Flono marking the grave Of IAN ami.
able chlld,' should stand side by side,
10 suggestive Of the sharp contrast
everywhere 10 bo found In daily HE,
RIVERSIDE PARK,
Riverside park, which extends for
lhrce miles from Qpp Hundred and
Thlrllolh Ia SaVonty-socond street, is
called tho most magnificent residential
Avenue IN the world II would be be-
You'd the power Of pen % describe this
park, for which nature has done 50
much ana whose natural contours have
Ten preserved, with many Of the
trees Of the forest primeyol," for II
II u succession Of picturesque Vows ~
natural beauty broken by the mag.
nllleont handlNork OF man, At the
end Of the park whore stood the New
YORK Orphans asylum, now stands the
most expensive ana Rltterlng private
residence IN America, II IL owned by
'haH NJ, frhwab, who paid for the
bull AZ a cost OF over ,20OO,000 Wor.
Thy Of passing notice are the soldiers
and Sailors monument, 10 commomor,
ate the citizens Of New York who took
part IN the ciyll war ana IN q glft Of
the clty, Olh0 statue OF Washington,
which IA glfl NJ the school children Of
the city
Mid an the palaces of commercial
knss, arr literature ana the church,
are represented by nm overwhelming
minority IN tho homes ~ Richard
Mansfield Julia Marlowc, James Cor.
don Bennett and Bishop Henry q. Pot.
ter Below the residential portion ly.
ing along tho Hudson, arc tho marta
and ports which represent tho busy
busting world ~ trni1c, travel and
trade, ns ono pier looks very much like
another We win pass on IN silence I'm.
III we again reach Twonty.socond
street,
II IA now almost dark for the long
beautiful twilight that horads aps
preaching evening In New York IL giv.
NIX way 10 dusk and lights are twink.
Inns Ike millions of soIntilla,hR stars
from either shore, their long reflections
Hanclng splrolke along the water
which IN made active by myriad boats
constantly passing and ropassIng, MAKE
NIX IN AL y faIry'llko scene that surely
could not be surpassed even IN Venice
Ana now os the evening has como wo
WIN part and take up our Journeys
through interior New York In our next
,ouor WIN a good old'rashlonod Eng,
llth "goodbyr' and German "auf.
wlcdorsohen"
JOHN +, MEA{IN,