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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, BELLEFONTAINE CEMETERY. 
Built about 1850. 
Don’t think that the cemetery management wishes 
to see your lot neglected; they are the most inter- 
ested parties, after yourself, in seeing it taken good 
care of. 
Don’t employ incompetent undertakers, as they 
make many mistakes, and then try to blame the 
cemetery management. 
Don’t copy the next lot owner’s designs; try and 
get up something different and new. 
Don’t put unsightly shells, tin cans, or other 
unsightly objects on the graves. They are a sign 
of ignorance. 
Don’t forget to have your lot top dressed with 
suitable top dressing in the late fall or winter. 
Don’t neglect to have your lot placed under per- 
petual care, if you can at all afford it. 
Don’t be putting walks in your lots, they are 
absurd for such a small space; an unbroken lawn 
looks best. 
Don’t leave your horses unhitched; they graze on 
and break down the borders. This looks very 
unseemly. 
Don’t have so much prejudice to trees near your 
lot. The foliage and shade that God has provided 
have always a genial influence. 
Don’t think it below your dignity to study our 
modern cemteries. There is a great deal to learn 
from them. 
Don’t avoid the cemetery; the thoughts it suggests 
are very wholesome, and may lead you to think of 
saving your immortal soul. 
The officers of the Calvary Cemetery As- 
sociation are: President, Most Rev. John 
J. Glennon, D. D. ; vice-president, W. J. 
Kinsella; treasurer, Joseph Gummersbach ; 
secretary, F. J. Casey; superintendent, Mat- 
thew P. Brazill. 
The following extracts from the Calvary 
Cemetery rule book will give some idea of 
the careful attention given to modern ideas 
of cemetery management : 
The joint ownership of lots of 400 square feet 
or under is prohibited. Said sized lots will not be 
sold or deeded to more than one person. The sub- 
division of these lots by the purchaser will not be 
acknowledged. 
Lot owners are not allowed to cut down trees or 
trim them in any way; if trees need trimming the 
case should be reported to the Superintendent. A 
charge will be made for cutting down and hauling 
away remnants and rubbish. 
Should any tree or shrub situated in any lot be- 
come, by means of its roots, branches or otherwise, 
detrimental to the adjacent lots, or avenues, or 
dangerous or inconvenient to pedestrians, it shall be 
lawful for the Superintendent to remove such tree 
or shrub. 
No hedges or enclosures of any knd around lots 
or graves are allowed. Lot owners who desire 
fences and copings removed, can have same done 
free of charge, and the lot left in good condition, 
the Cemetery retaining the old material. 
No iron or wire work, and no seats and vases, 
will be allowed, only by special permission; and 
when any article made of iron begins to rust, the 
same shall be removed from the ground. Boxes of 
tin, zinc or sheet iron will not be allowed on lots 
or graves. 
Mounds ^over graves shall be kept low, not exceed- 
ing four (4) inches in height. 
No vault will be permitted to be built unless the 
designs for the same are exceptionally good and the 
construction is solid and thorough. The designs 
must be submitted to the Trustees, and will not be 
approved, unless, in their judgment, the structure 
will be an ornoment to the Cemetery. 
All foundations will be built by the Association. 
Foundations for monuments must be as deep as 
the grave. 
Foundations for headstones, in single grave lots, 
must be at least three feet deep. 
Foundations in all cases must be of the same 
dimensions as the base it is to carry. 
No headstone exceeding three feet high, including 
base, will be allowed in single grave lots. 
All headstones over two feet six inches and under 
three feet must be three inches thick; all under two 
feet six inches must be two inches thick in single 
grave lots. 
Only stone or real bronze headstones or markers 
will be allowed. Composition of any kind prohib- 
ited. 
Headstones or monuments in single grave lots must 
not exceed eighteen inches square at the base. 
Composition of any kind is prohibited. 
All designs for stone work must be submitted to 
the Superintendent for approval before any foun- 
dations will be built. 
The number of gardeners allowed to do work in 
the Cemetery will be limited by the Board of Trus- 
tees, and each gardener must have a permit or 
license to do business in the Cemetery 'from the 
Board of Trustees. 
SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery. 
SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery was 
opened in April, 1864, and was therefore 
fifty years old last April. The total num- 
ber of burials up to that time was 38,655. 
During the first year there were interred 
464, and during the fiftieth, 1,150. The 
total number of lot owners totals 5,050. 
The area of the cemetery is 85 acres, of 
which 70 are in use. Of roads there are 
25,000 lineal feet, with an average width of 
16 feet. The sewers total 8,336 feet. The 
water system includes 3,700 feet of piping 
and there are 7,883 feet of concrete gut- 
ters. 
The chapel, which is illustrated here, is 
a handsome classic structure located on the 
main drive, 340 feet from the entrance, 
and was erected at a cost of $8,000. The 
receiving tomb is a remodeled family vault 
and has room for twelve bodies. The cost 
of erection was $1,500. The grounds are 
mostly rolling and of clay formation, with 
some level areas. 
The cemetery maintains its own nursery, 
TERRACE AND WINDING ROAD, CALVARY CEMETERY. 
CLEANING WEEDS FROM LAKE, CALVARY CEMETERY. 
