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iced are t to gvt y of uch ie of ion, she nore :vcn low e., ex-our ursOJS,n to Ive, die sold imo and andUll}’k in K—For Iko Time*. A CIHETERY jroa IQX WA1**,r.)fhatneybisirstion,HI.rc-theFor two yeant past this has been considered » pressing want. Meetings liavc been lield, cotn-iniMcca appointed, autt grounds examined in every direction. Finally tl»c public choice seemed to favor a spot one mile west of town, embracing tho old camp-meeting ground. This tract 1ms been purchased by nn association of citizens who propose forming 11 Cemetery Company. As Ihu owners declined soiling a part, lliey wore con{iel!-ed to purchase the cotiro tract of one hundred ami fifty-three acres at $50 per acre, amounting to over $7,500. The enterprise, as will bo Seen, is expensive, and is based 011 no e.vjactiilion of profit, but looks wholly to the public necessities, and the attractiveness and credit of our beautiful and growing city. The silo commends itself to public approval from the following considerations: First, an appropriate distance from the city ; Second, freedom from interruption by Railroad crossings: lliii’.t, the beautiful undulations of surface, certainly not surpassed by any spot in litis level region ; fourth, a thrifty growth, and great variety of small forest trees ; Fifth, a soil adapted to a luxuriant production of grass and ornamental shrubbery; situl sixth, a substratum of gravel aud sand, over so much of tin; area as is needed for interment, as will appear by the record of test pits, excavated under the inspection of the laic city engineer.It is the design of the company to lay off the grounds in the most tasteful manner, and to spare no expense in their improvement, that may be warranted by the liberal co-operation and patronage of the •.-oiiisinmity, in making the spot attractive. not only as n burial place, but for pleasant and quirt resort lor the thoughtful and coti-j t'-inp!::!ivc.| In every a- prct this is n beneficent and coin-; n-eiid.-jiile piddle enterprise. A considerate and . pinns i-aru ii r ti»c place or sepulture, and for its ; appropriate adornment, has marked the highest j grade ofOirisliaii civilization in every age. The ■ purest and holiest memories gather around such | a spot, and i be hand of affection stands ready to • beautify i'. Thu idea of a fopnrate and inaliona-I (do family otsite in the small area required ss the | last resting place of kindl ed and friends, to be be-j cunbigiy lt;*:iinnit'tiled and cherished, it may be is ilro,n ■- ucralinii to generation, is in unison with ti*.; the bc?.i iulrresls of uur being. There nre few ir- : more interesting passages in nil the historical dc-n.n ! litKM'.iiins of the Uiirle than that which records.1 PS •, even ivitli hi in-1 test detail. Itie drcmnsfcinces al-‘emhnsr llr-- purchase of the '‘field of Epiiron, by the Hebrew Patriarch, as a family burying place.”I (leu. riia’r- And as this is said to he the lirsl m-nHvl instance in the world's history, of id j the formal ■•'iitfevaiiec of mi estate in landed property, mi ii furnished an occasion for the highest caiithki.ui if i.v.irli-ous and dignified demeanor in the transai' iiin of business. Il is wortliv of rc-, mark to-, that in matters of taste, as well ns in 1 lie dotnahi «f the .affections, a.strong resemblance is seen between that primitive period and our Own times. A forest, or a partial forest, was selected, nnd the preservation oftiie trrc* Rjiccially provided far ill the conveyance --“flicheld ami theearelhal was I heivin.irW ,r/( (hr trers tiiat were in the field, and that were in the borders round about, were made sure nn to Abraham for a possession of u burying place bv the Sons of Helh.”IF.EiA t;lt;«i Cimxm:.—-The Michigan City Enterprise, rivtmily :» divided 1 lemucnuic paper, has passed into the linnd of Titos. ,1 kiinkoix. lisu..andforepolitllOJMlnr . woul ot/to task, and i rious they In copic back whic “T beju fairly Of Ui seetii tiona Ok lion “scet what unde: cntiri posed T Conv1 pie oi into c t he pi licau cln.ro big oi publii No he wa on to kind t publtiWlOfnvlt;The o enrtbl; and Ii' is into ing dii States ty of s with 1 We in public pies,” pose tl Nov, origins: gamzail'll'l'T-refuse most li a slave that ca the bib our Ut Agai noighb “Am are the kind of of the union \ to sec f an imp “Poo
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Fort Wayne Weekly Times
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Wed, May 11, 1859
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