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THE MODERN CEMETERY, 
Rules for the Employees of the Cemetery of Spring 
Grove, Cincinnati. 
1. All employees must be at the places appoint- 
ed for roll-call at six-thirty (6:30) A. M. 
2. Must be industrious and attentive to their 
work. 
3. Must not hold conversation with the other 
workmen when at work, only as necessity requires 
for the proper understanding of their respective 
duties. 
4. Must not smoke, or bring into the grounds 
anything to eat or drink. 
5. Must be courteous, polite and neatly 
dressed. 
6. Must not leave their work without directions 
to do so, or by the sound of the bell. 
7. Must not use profane language under any 
circumstance. 
8. Must not take anything away from the 
grounds or remove anything from the lots without 
permission. 
9. Must not put tools, or anything else, under 
or in the branches of trees or shrubbery, but when 
done using any tool must return it to its respective 
place. 
10. Must take their own tools with them at 
night, so when coming to work in the morning they 
may be ready, without having to spend time in 
looking them up. 
11. When passing through the grounds, must 
pick up all paper or any light rubbish that can be 
carried in the hand. 
12. Must not hunt, trap or shoot without per- 
mission. 
13. Must not go through or over the fences of 
the grounds, and must use all dilligence to prevent 
others from doing so. 
14. Must not cross the sections, ingoing to and 
from work, except the one on which they are work- 
ing, and then not to make paths. 
15. The men in charge of horses and other 
animals must treat them kindly and take good care 
of them. 
16. Teamsters, when working with other men, 
must not leave their work before the bell rings (un- 
less instructed to do so). They must be at the 
stable at five-thirty (5:30) A. M., that they may 
have ample time to care for their teams and be 
ready when the other men arrive. 
17. They mnst not, under any circumstance, 
receive any compensation for courtesies extended to 
lot owners or any other persons coming to the cem- 
etery. First violation of this rule will insure in- 
stant dismissal. 
18. All employees must make themselves ac- 
quainted with the rules and regulations of the cem- 
etery, and immediately report any violation of 
them. 
19. The violation of any of the foregoing rules 
will cause the offender to be suspended for three 
days, for first offense. Second offense — dismissal 
from the employment of the cemetery. 
Wm. Salway, Sup’t. 
An unusual funeral service was recently per- 
formed in St. George’s Church, New York, by the 
rector. Rev. Dr. Rainsford. It was over the funeral 
urn containing the ashes of Mrs. Lillian Poole, the 
soprano of the Jarbeau Comedy company, who died 
in Pittsburg and was cremated there. The urn, 
eleven by eight inches in size, was placed at the 
head of the middle aisle at the foot of the altar. 
The mqtal case containing the ashes was in a hand- 
somely finished cedar box, covered with white satin. 
On two sides were photographs, one showing her in 
ordinary dress and the other in the character of 
Priscilla. It was supported by a beautifully carved 
white pedestal. Dr. Rainsford made no change 
from the usual Episcopal burial service. When he 
reached the part, “Dust to dust,” he took some 
ashes from a silver dish and sprinkled them over the 
flowers on the urn. After the services the urn was 
removed to the house of her father, where the family 
will keep it surrounded with lilies of the valley. 
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An old-fashioned horizontal marker in one of 
the cemeteries at Alexandria, Va., supposed to 
mark the grave of Aaron Burr’s only daughter, 
bears the following inscription; 
To the memory of a female stranger whose mortal sufferings 
terminated on the 14th day of October, 1816, aged 23 years and 
8 months. 
This stone is placed here by her disconsolate husband, in 
whose arms she sighed her latest breath and who under God did 
his utmost to soothe the cold, dread ear of death. 
How loved, how valued once avails thee not, 
To whom related or by whom begot; 
A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 
’Tisall thou art and all the proud shall be. 
To him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name 
whosoever believeth m him shall receive remission of sins. — Acts, 
loth chapter, 43rd verse. 
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The Kansas Chief asks what has become of the 
old-fashioned people who used to rub the backs of 
their hands over a dead person’s face, when the 
coffin was opened at the grave? We give it up. — 
Goshen Democrat. 
They have gone to join those who turn the face 
of mirrors to the wall, and stop the clock at the 
hour of a death occuring in the house. — Western 
Undertaker. 
And will soon have the company of the few re- 
maining adherents to several equally as supersti- 
tious ideas, that obtain in some sections of this 
country. 
