Year: 1877

TED Win luncn parueS, ana the popping
of champagne corks was as continuous
as the Fourth of July fre-cracker. There
seemed to be more interest taken than
during the previous days; and, while the
great mass Of the people are a little shy
of the new system of book making, they
still evince deal of curiosity and de-
sire to learn.


The result of these races, of course,
you got by telegraph, so that it is only
because at present they are the leading
social event in our city that | speak OF
them. There was time when no lady
with any regard for her reputation went
to a race; now, no lady who cares any
thing for social prestige stays away, so
completely has the establishment of Je-
rome Park and our increased visits to
our English cousins overturned the
prejudices of quarter of a century age.


Last week | had occasion to visit
Greenwood, our City of the Dead
Scarce any one resident in New York
who has not friends buried there, and
who at least does not make one or two
pious pilgrimages a year to see that the
flowers have not been killed by winters
frosts or summers heats. At present 1t
is perfect rose garden. There is scarce
ly lot that has not variety of this
queen of flowers abloOm within its en-
closure, and most of them are carefully
tended.


There is one lot there, however, which,
when visited Greenwood, attracted my
attention. Its history is sad one. Its
rusty iron fence, enclosing its unmarked
graves, would seem to indicate that
either no one was left to care for 1t, or
that those who should do so, were far
away Such, however, is not the case,
although not even a name is over the
gate to designate to whom it belongs


The owner died twenty years ago and
left large family. Almost his last re-
quest was that the name which had been
forgotten in the putting up of the iron
fence, should be cast and placed there.
Unfortunately, he was wheedled on his
death bed into making a will, leaving
one of his sons sole executor, and all
mention of his real estate was carefully
excluded from this document. The
dying man was then held up in bed, and
his hand guided while he signed this IA
tai instrument that gave into the hands
of this one man the power to cheat all
the rest of the family. 1t need hardly
be said that this he proceeded to do with
an alacrity worthy of his original rascal
ity. He feathered his nest, while the
rest of the family were left too poor to
do what they would have done so gladly
I-erected monument to their fathers
memory. Instead of having the piece
cast with the name to put over the gate
TO that enclosure, he bewailed the cost
of the fence that encircles it 1t has
never even had a coat of paint in all
these years. Three bodies have been
laid there since the last that ofa young,
er brother, who as boy was left to this
mans guardianship, but whom he great
ly neglected, and who finally died in the
prime of manhood from over work in Il
hat factory, work TO which he had not
been accustomed, but he had wife and
children, and must labor for them. He
made an appeal to this incarnation of
selfshness, but in vain, and he died fin
ally of cerebro-spinal menengites, as
thoroughly murdered as if the blow had
been dealt with single thrust of that
brotherly hand instead of being the re-
suit of 4 twenty years robbery and
wrong.


| God works in mysterious way,


His wonders to perform


is as true to-day as ever, and this wealthy
man who lives in satisfied selfshness on
a farm in Jersey, raising blooded stock
and quarreling with his wife, stands to
day exposed for the hypocrite and thief
that he is, having forged deeds for prop
erty, or obtained them under false pre-
tences, the probabilities being that a
speedy lawsuit will be the result, and
his illgotten gains be returned to the
,rightful owners, while he has every
prospect of Sing Sing before him. Then
the rusty fence will be painted; then
first of all, the other children Will raise
monument over their fathers grave,
and then the other graves, too, will be
marked with the names of those that
rest below, for it has been sort of sol
emn fact with the family that no other
tombstone should be put up until their
father was thus honored.


This is but one Of the many tragedies
of Greenwood, there are others of which
I will tell you at some other time ofper-
haps as vivid an interest, meantime the
new carriages they have inside the gales
start every fifteen minutes and the driver
who tells you the owner and the COM
mercial value of all the principal mOnu-
ments rapidly dispels any melancholy
feelings you may indulge in by his mum
dane remarks. However there is no
more lovely place to go in Il summers
day than Greenwood, and its labaryinihs
are now made easily accessible to the
stranger.


One speciality Of that flOurishing insti-
tuition, the New York Press Purchasing
Agency, is the furnishing dress makers
with genuine French fashion plates, not
mere reprints, but absolutely published
by leading houses in Paris. They can be
obtained at small cost by sending to their
Office, 239 Broadway; room %, and fash
ionable dress makers who are fitting out
people for the summer resorts, will OBJ
tain most admirable hints for original
costumes in this manner.


Last winters book sales Of private IL
braries have also placed in the market
many rare, valuable and curious books
Anything Of this kind can also be OBJ
tanned through them. In fact, anything
you desire can be purchased for you.
Send for their circular.


A large number Of Mr.. Vanderbilt's
friends went down the bay on Saturday,
cruised about, and dined, or as one Of
the company said, "eat things and got
rheumatic" but no William appeared,
so they were doomed to temporary dis
appointment. As railway fairs have
been cut, and opinions differ about its
being by William HIS advice before he
left, or his sons determination after
ward, his return is looked for with some