PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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ODD SIGHTS in OLD CEMETERIES 
Hidden away in one of the most se- 
cluded parts of Prospect Park, Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., is a little cemetery, the ex- 
istence of which is doubtless unsus- 
pected by thousands who throng that 
great pleasure ground. 
It includes nearly twenty acres and is 
surrounded by a primitive wooden pal- 
ing. 
It is known as the Friends’ Burying 
Ground, or the Quaker Cemetery and 
though in the heart of the park is not a 
part of it. but is private property, and 
is owned by a private corporation. The 
act of the Legislature which protects 
all property devoted to cemetery uses 
provides for its continuance. 
One of the sights of Orange, N. J., 
is the phenomenon of a large tree grow- 
ing directly out of an ancient vault in 
the old Orange Cemetery. It is an oak, 
and as may be seen in the illustration. 
has attained to quite a considerable size. 
It seems to be flourishing in its strange 
location and bids fair to stand for many 
more years. 
Two of the accompanying photo- 
graphs will chow the transformation 
has been wrought in what was formerly 
Colgrove cemetery and what is now 
Colgrove Park, at North Adams, Mass. 
Colgrove Cemetery was the oldest of 
the town cemeteries. Originally it was 
the property of Jeremiah Colgrove, and 
the burial of bodies began there as early 
as 1800. 
In 1843, Mr. Colgrove deeded the 
property to the “Deacons of the Bap- 
tist church to be held in trust as a 
burial lot for the people.” 
With the opening of the new cem- 
etery on the corner of Main and 
Brown streets, in the latter fifties, 
burials gradually ceased in Colgrove 
TREE GROWING PROM VAULT, 
ORANGE CEMETERY, ORANGE, N. .1. 
Cemetery and no bodies had been 
placed there for more than a quarter 
of a century, at the time it was 
finally given up for cemetery pur- 
poses. The cemetery was left wholly 
uncared for and finally the deacons- 
of the Baptist church transferred to 
the city what title they had to the- 
land, and a bill was passed by the 
state legislature permitting the city to- 
take the land for park purposes in 
1903. About 500 bodies were taken: 
from the plot and removed to South- 
view Cemetery, where they were all 
re-buried side by side. The tract 
was improved as a park last summer. 
QUAKER CEMETERY IN PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
COI,GROVE CEMETERY, NORTH ADAMS, MASS., AND THE SAME SITE TRANSFORMED INTO A PARK. 
