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ground, it commands the most extensive as well as diversified 

 views of any of our local cemeteries. Its walks and paths are 

 conveniently arranged ; its memorials are tastefully conceived, 

 and the inscriptions thereon are noticeable for their explicit and 

 appropriate wording. 



A large granite monument in the form of a cross is one of the 

 many features of attraction which meet the eye upon entering 

 this cemetery. It consists of a massive granite plinth, surmounted 

 with a well proportioned base ; this is succeeded by a die, above 

 which rises the cross-shaped shaft. The inscription on the die 

 reads as follows : — 



vs&s* AN1MAE PER MISEWco *^ DEI 



REQUTESCANT IN PACE. 



Upon the larger monuments, many of which are quite attrac- 

 tive, are the surnames Burns, Carr, Casey, Corbett, Cronin, Crowe, 

 Daley, Fagan, Farrell, Fee, Foley, Halley, Hayes, Keating, Loden, 

 Moore, Quinn, and Tully. 



Over the door of the receiving tomb are the figures " 1881." 

 What the future may reveal in the way of further improvements 

 in this hallowed ground cannot be known or prophesied. But if 

 the rapid strides and marked progress which have been made here 

 within the past ten years are any criterion to judge by, it will soon 

 rival in attractiveness many of the older burial-grounds. 



CEDAR STREET CEMETERY. 



On the old road leading from Hull Street to the present thor- 

 oughfare between Hingham and Cohasset is a small burying- 

 ground of perhaps a quarter of an acre in extent, in which lie 

 the remains of several families whose surnames are found among 

 the earlier settlers of Hingham. The spot has been occupied as 

 a place of interment for the fathers, mothers, and children of 

 those whose homes were in this vicinity for a century and a half 

 or more, and contains all that was mortal of many who were 

 pioneers of this locality. It is a sequestered spot yet easy of 

 access, and the surroundings are quiet and picturesque. 



Several tombs, monuments, and tablets, of modern construction 

 have been erected upon the grounds within the last half-century, 

 but many of the more ancient headstones are rough, moss-cov- 

 ered, and unintelligible. The surnames most noticeable upon 

 these memorials are Beal, Freeman, Humphrey, Litchfield, Lo- 

 throp, Nichols, Phinney, and Stoddard. Among the older in- 

 scriptions are the following : — 



