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THE BATTERSON MD.MU:4ENT, HARTFORD, CONN. 
Th:; illustration herewith of the beautiful mon- 
ument recently erected on the family lot of Mr. 
J imes G. Batterson, in Cedar Hill cemetery, Hart- 
ford, Conn., in memory of his wife, who died Jan. 
10, 1897, will surely bear out the promises sug- 
gested by the fact of Mr. Batterson being widely 
known as a manufacturer of monuments. 
It is cut from red Westerly granite, and both 
the*material and workmanship are as near perfec- 
tion as is very well possible. Of the sarcophagus 
form, it is very massive, of fine proportions and in 
their graves shall hear His voice, and they who 
hear shall live. ) 
Such a monument in a cemetery will exercise a 
potent influence on future designs. The classic 
simplicity, albeit embellished in due and proper 
.spirit, with its dominant proportions, suggestive of 
durability and memorial permanence, invites criti- 
cism certain that it fulfills the requirements of re- 
fined taste and an exalted regard for the possibilities 
of the future in regard to monumental art in the ceme- 
tery. It is an excellentexample of classic proportions 
and a suggestion of advance in cemetery memorials. 
THE BATTERSON MONUMENT, CEDAR 
excellent taTe. Two members o ily show any c irv- 
j '■ ing, and that has the proper effect of emphasizing 
S the rigid simplicity of the plain polished surfaces. 
The base is unpolished and the dimensions are four- 
I > teen feet by eight feet si.x inches, and eighteen in- 
ches thick, weighing about fifteen tons in a single 
piece. d'he monument is nine feet in height and 
weighs about forty-eight tons in all. Nearly smoth- 
ered by the carved vines of ivy and laurel, which 
decorate the frieze and seem to have grown upon 
and about the letters, is a Latin Scriptural text from 
Saint John’s Gospel: 
'1 VKNIET HORA IN QVA OMNES QVI IN 
I SEPVLCHRIS SVNT AVDIENT VOCEM EJVS 
I ET QVI AVDIERINT VIVENT. 
m (^Thc hour will come in which all who are in 
HILL CEMETERY, H,ARTFORD, CONN. 
John Marshall's Grave. 
Mr. Jackson Guy, a Richmond ( Va. ) lawyer, 
thus writes of John Marshall’s grave at Shockoe 
Hill Cemetery, Richmond; “The only neglect that 
can be attributed to Marshall’s grave is the general 
neglect that may be said to apply to the cemetery. 
The .section in which he is buried contains six 
graves, each with a horizontal monument, and all 
in a straight row, his and his wife’s being the cen- 
tral two. The tombs over the Marshall graves arc 
exactly similar and are in perfect preservation, 
and the section is inclosed with an iron picket fence 
three feet high, the ground surrounding being 
everywhere covered with green periwinkle or grass. 
A large and beautiful poplar marks the spot of the 
Marshall section, with a stately magnolia near by.” 
