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PARK AND CEMETERY 
CEMETERY NOTES. 
An annual fair is held in May in Framingham, Mass, the 
proceeds of which are devoted to the care of Edgell Grove Cem- 
etery. It is a ladies enterprise and this year has met with its 
customaiy success. This offers an excellent suggestion to other 
places to organize an annual effort for a similar purpose. Such 
efforts very rarely fail to secure returns. 
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The annual report of Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Mich., 
shows: Receipts, Sale of lots $18,346.42, work done $12,112.59, 
Interest $360.25, sundries $5807.25, or a total of $36,626.51. Ex- 
penditures, including interest dividend, $30,704.71. Surplus 
$5921.80. The Secretary, Mr. Joseph M. Thompson, died May 
12, and Mr. M. H. Winters, Asst. Supt., was elected to succeed 
him. The season has been very favorable for landscape effects. 
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There is evidently active interest manifested by the Gaines- 
ville, Fla., Improvement Society in cemetery matters. The 
ladies connected therewith are to have the use of the ‘•'■Daily 
Sun" for one day in the fall to raise a fund to assist in keeping 
the cemetery in order. The plan now pursued is for each church 
to subscribe about $4 per month, and a man is kept nearly con- 
stantly employed on the grounds. It would be interesting and 
instructive to know how the necessary enthusiasm is kept up in 
a climate practically all summer. 
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The remains of Charles Carleton Coffin the noted war cor- 
respondent and prolific writer of histories and other literature 
for the young was recently interred in a lot in Mt. Auburn cem- 
etery on Gentian path, adjoining the monument to Rerijamin 
Franklin, Mr. Coffin was adopted by John A. Andrew Post No- 
15 G. A. R. and that organization will, as a memorial, bear the 
expense of the purchase of the lot. The grave will be marked by 
a granite boulder from the “old farm” m New Hampshire, in 
which will be inserted a bronze tablet. 
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In Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N . J., the past year has 
been an unusually busy one in the way of constructing founda- 
tions lor monuments One new vault was also built for Dr. H- 
Genet Taylor. Harleigh has suffered for want of rain very much 
the past year, the rain fall having been very light, so that the 
prospect of being able to use city water in the near future is 
exhilarating. A new lawn of three acres h.as been prepared, up- 
on which it has been decided to allow no grave mounds and to 
place all markers level with the ground. 
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A number of the stockholders of Aspen Grove cemetery^ 
Burlington, la., are endeavoring to perfect a scheme to insure 
the preservation of the cemetery for all time. The idea is to 
secure the signature of 25 well known citizens of Burlington, 
each of whom are to bequeath to the cemetery $1,000, making 
a total of $25,000, which is to form a perpetual fund, the interest 
of which is to be devoted to keeping the lawns, flowers and road- 
ways in the very best repair and order. It is expected that the 
effort will meet with success, and is one that on the face of it 
seems both possible and practicable. 
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The Trustees of Mt. Auburn, Boston, have broken ground 
near the northern entrance for a new chapel and administration 
building. From competitive designs submitted by several of the 
leading architects of Boston .that of Mr. Willard T. Sears was 
selected. The chapel is in the old English style and cruciform. 
The extreme measurements are in ft. by 40 ft., not including a 
covered cloister nearly 12 ft. wide for the formation of proces- 
sions. There will be a clergyman’s robing room, large organ and 
other modern conveniences in the building. The administrat- 
ion building will be 60 ft. by 57 ft. and will contain a counting 
room, Supts. office, waiting room and Trustees room, all con- 
nected by a central reception room. A covered wing connects 
the buildings. 
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A new cemetery, called Fairmount Cemetery, situated 
about 14 miles from the City Hall of Buffalo, N. Y., adjacent to 
Tonawanda, has recently been dedicated to public use. It con- 
tains some 190 acres, and the prospect of acquiring a neighboring 
farm will increase it to 240 acres. The work of improvement is 
being rapidly carried along, and the purpose is to perfect a cem- 
etery on the modern lawn plan. One of the distinctive features 
of management is that one half of the amount realized from the 
sale of lots shall be set aside to form a permanent fund for the 
perpetual care of all lots. About one half of the grounds is now 
under active improvement. 
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As a set-off to the oft discussed question of removing the 
hat in the cemetery at a funeral, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Bos- 
ton, has for some time used a tent practically the same as those 
of Forest Hills and Lowell Cemeteries, only larger. The con- 
ditions ruling necessitate a broad and high tent, and the size is 
20X20 ft, but other sizes are proposed. The frame is of galvanized 
pipe in sections, so arranged as to go together quickly; but a 
more compact and readier design is being experimented with. 
An important question in relation to the use of the tent has been 
a fair charge ; some cemeteries make no charge for tent, but a 
good price for matters pertaining to the grave. The Mt. Au- 
bnrn authorities concluded to make the tent an optional matter 
and the charge for its use $5. Present indications point to the 
use of the tent, more or less, irrespective of weather. 
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Some fine memorials have been erected in the cemetery of 
Spring Grove, Cincinnati, during recent months. The McDon- 
ald Mausoleum is a fine work. It IS built of Hallowell granite, 
in large blocks, one roof stone weighing over 27 tons. A figure 
of the same granite, stands each side of the doorway, one rep- 
resenting the “Morning of Life,” the other “Night” or sleep. 
The interior contains 18 catacombs. The floor is of mosaic, 
and the ceiling is arched with panels of veined Egyptian marble. 
The inner doors are of granite with bronze panels, the double 
outer gates are of bronze of elegant design. Another beautiful 
structure is the Slimer vault, constructed of Hallowell granite 
about a year ago. It has 20 catacombs, and is one of the most 
substantial buildings ever erected. It is a graceful and chaste 
structure, and much admired. A much higher type of mortuary 
monument is becoming a feature in Spring Grove. A new en- 
trance has been built to the cemetery, a mile and a quarter dis- 
tant from the front gate. The posts are of Indiana white lime- 
stone, and the gates are good examples of wrought iron work. A 
handsome design for a lodge has been selected, but it will not 
probably be erected for a couple of years. 
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The annual report of Greenwood Cemetery, Zanesville, O. , 
shows receipts of 18,970, which includes $1,831 for sales of lots 
and $1,005 digging graves. The disbursements were $2,634 
for salaries and incidentals and $2,418 for improvements. Zanes. 
ville has two city cemeteries owned by the city and controlled 
by three trustees elected by the voters. The people take pride in 
their cemeteries and -'laim to have the most beautiful and best 
kept of any city of its size in the country, 21,000 inhabitans. 
