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Treasurer................J*fUKt. O Bfattik.The Association thus formed has l»ecn duly organized into a body corporate, under the name and title of The “ Hiix-Sipk Cbubtsrt.” Immediate operations will be commenced towards placing the grounds in suitable shape for the uses for which they are intended. They will lie properly laid out by acompeteut rural architect—trees will be planted, fences removed, and carriage ways aud walks constructed, aud every desirable ornamentation added that may be suited to the purpose. The grounds are amply sufficient, we understand, to be divided into two or three thousand lots, and whcu properly arranged will contaiu some three tailes of c»r-riarro way, and over four miles of foot paths. The improvements will I*? entered upon as soon as the engineering and platting can Ik; perfected, and the grounds will doubtless be ready for interments early next spring. In the brief space of two or three years, therefore, we may anticipate seeing within the limits of our beautiful and flourishing village, one of thelargest and handsomest Cemeteries in the country.In this connection it is proper to add that, this commendable enterprise will not be, in any sense, a matter of private speculation or prolit. No person can, by any possibility, make a dollar out of It. All the receipts, from whatever source, must bo applied to the payment of the property and the improvement and embellishment of the grounds ; and each owner of a lot will receive as much benetit from these improvements, as those chosen to carry them out Thus hus been secured, for ourselves and our ebildren, a pleasant and suitable resting place after death. It is an object worthy the highest type of civilization, and the best evidence of a well-regulated society. Suitable care ol the dead has always been considered one of the most sacred of duties, and we are glad that it is our privilege to live In a community where this duty is not overlooked or neglected.
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Middletown Whig Press
Middletown, New York, US
Wed, Oct 10, 1860
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