Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-03

garded with aversion and despair, and
Stunned. Instead they are trans
formed by the skill of the landscape
gardener and florist into public parks,
with dover covered islands and artis-
tie gardens ana beds of bloom TO
brighten the landscape and drive away
soAne of The fearsomeness of death
Great ponds, spanned with rustic
bridges and filled with goldfish CLEAN
in the expanse of velvet lawns Great
groves OF evergreen trees ~frame the
cemeteries, costly and beautiful nauso-
leuns OF granite line the top of Gene
terry Ridge in Oak Grove,-while in the
older cemetery Maple Grove. Druid
Park. forms the vestibule leading into
an italian Garden of large extent,
while the open gates are Frightened
with flower beds in summertime as is
the park itself In the new cemetery
there is an island-iike jungle of rocks
and trees IN the center Of which Il
large summer house is hid. for a re-
treat in cage Of sudden rain or for rest
10 the tired visitor. Unsightly fences
of iron and Wood are torn away and
are now under the ban, while in both
the cid and new grounds the lawn sys-
tenn for let making is doing away
with the old plan of separation Of lots
by narrow paths. Also in both cepe-5
tarics are hundreds of specimen
trees Colonies Of squirrels both red
and gray are protected and both GEM
eteries are popular as homes for song.
birds These two cemeteries, Cities of
the Deed, wherein lf.o90 former Bath
citizens are at rest, are now fTvorite
parks Ter Sabbath and holiday strDlls.
They are often claimed Ia be the most
beautifni Lurial places of Maine AID
are af, refining influence 10 citizens,
and aid in the wise dissipation of the
abnormal fear of death.
With the trust Llnd returns and the
s. COZ or $4,000 which Bath annually
arpreprlates for her cemeteries and
parks all these public grounds are wen
kept an Baths plan for caring for
her dead with economical results to
tie living, may well be copied by the
city of Auburn or other cities of the
state.
Maine TO Have State Crematory
Talked.
Speaking Of cemeteries causes the
Traveller TO recall that often of late
he has heard the proposition made
that the citizens of Maine get together
and build. somewhere IN this State. a
crematory. so that the increasing
of those desiring cremation
for the bodies of relatives and friends
may not be obliged To send the re-
mains To Forest Hills or other Massa-
chusetts crematory with the attending
additional costs, and also make the
process more familiar to Maine people,
so that little by little, this form of
disposal Of remains may be more pop
ular and more generally used Cree
nation. if generally in operation in
Maine would go. far toward reducing
burial costs. remove the need Of huge
tracts OF land for interment use and
prove of greater hyeienic service to
The living. IL is the Travellers inn
preston that some 95 per cent of the
human body is composed of liquids
and all this disa ppears during crema-
ton in the brief interval of an hours
time. The ashes in urns take up an
space for interment
whereas the bodies as now buried re-
luire considerable ground.
Again. were cremation followed, as
il will be for reasons of hygiene ana
economy sooner or later. the cost of
burial will be reduced. In the retort
IF the erematory no metallic sub
stances are allowed to go. Simply the
body in it's coffin. which latter has
been stripped of its handles and cloth
covering, il such be used is placed in
side the furnace. Naturally less cost
Is caslsets will come into vogue and
those of metal never be employed.
Similarly no box of either metal or
wood will. in cremation. be needed or
used Ii is so far more healthful for
The living. this quielS redection of
ashes as against the present slow re-
auetion covering many years. so de-
structive To disease germs. so sure In
the possible prevention of the spread
Of contagious Diseases that it may in
the present century be made obliga-
tory by law.
Last evening the Traveller was chat
ting on many subjects with Chas.
w. Morse at his home in Bath The
drifted TO the necessity
Of new kinds of business for the in
crease in prosperity of the lower Ken
nebec valley. when the great New
York promoter suddenly exclaimed,
How strange il is that the lower
Kennebec valley should almost within
the past generation have been so
by Destinyl Why, when we
we're boys, the business of the river
valley towns and cities below Angus
Ia consisted chiefly in shipbuilding,
and ice and stone ship
ments. The cargoes mostly left the
river by water. thus helping our coast
ing fleet. Steam sounded the knell of
and. instead of jumping
into the building of steamers, our ship
sat in their chairs in their
offices and sulked. Why. when | saw