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A fITY OF THE DEARLAST RESTING PLACEFRIENDS.A SKETCH OF UNION CEMETERY.ITS ORIGIN, HISTORY AND APPEARANCKJust now it wlt;wld*|« hard to find atmtre beautiful spot than Steubenville's City of the Dm Summer** sunshine a inf shower* have burned every bud andexpanded every leaf, until everywherea» far a* the eye can reach the foreet ofliving green stretches away over hill and valley, over level and incline, varied by dower* of every kind, while through it all gleam the white brilliancy of the marble or more sombre color of the granite. Bui at many, very many points only a green hillock in there to indicate Ilie moulder * ug remains beneath. I Hd you ever stand at the Ua»e ot tbs sol-dier» monument just before the leaves on the trees had attained their foil size, and notice the sea of del kale green that stretched away to the south, w ith its graceful billows rising and falling with the breeze, while the sunlightslanted ncruns the top? Or at McOuokpoint, looking dowa the ravine, when? through the ©pcu * ug* bet ween the trees are visible iiaidwirf Uae sky, all the more intense by contrast, relieved at intervals by the lioatiag by of a fleecycloud; it may seen an extravagant statement, but it in the unanimous opinion of those who have visi ed themost tanaona cemeteries on both side* of the ocean that our cemetery excels them all in natural beauty. Fere La Chaise, the faatout Parisian resting place and (lla^wviii «it I lublixi, have areputation as wide m the world, butthey remind one of square* and augles,as though there was no space to lom% ho room for beauty except in atone, andwhere the dead Would certainly hustle each other in geUing4out on the resurrection morn. Even Greenwood, with its magnificent drives and sea views, in only superior in the wealth lavished on the costly monuments and tombs with which it is tilled.Of course time is required to bring an institution like a cemetery to its fullmeasure of beauty, but the Union Gamete ry ia already deservedly the admiration of stranger* and the pride ©J citizen*. The natural advantages oi the grounds, the diversity of hill and dale, the iuier-sec ting valleys adorned by noble tree*, remains of the primeval lorests, the babbling rivulet*, the cool shady drives and walks and a thousand other attractions all combine to make it a place where it is at least a melancholy satisfaction to lay the loved ones to rest, and its constant throngs of visitors on every pleasant Sunday as well as on week days all testify to a deep interest in it and an appreciation ot its beauties.j
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Steubenville Weekly Herald
Steubenville, Ohio, US
Fri, Jun 17, 1881
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