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PARK AND CEMETERY 
TILTON MEMORIAL ARCH, TILTON, N.H. 
The Memorial Arch of Tilton, N. H., is said to be 
the only structure of its kind in the country. It was 
erected by tbe Hon. Charles E. Tilton, in memory of 
his family, and was suggested by the Arch of Titus at 
Rome. 
But though modeled after the Roman arch, it is. 
not an exact reproduction, for the Arch of Titus is 
adorned with sculptures representing the siege and 
fall of Jerusalem, while the Arch of Tilton is char- 
acterized bv a severe simplicity. It is built of native 
TILTON MEMORIAL ARCH, TILTON. N. H. 
granite, laid in huge blocks, without ornamentation of 
any kind. It is 55 feet high, 40 feet in width and 
stands on a foundation of stone and cement 40x70 
feet and 7 feet deep. 
The two columns of the arch rise from a granite 
platform reached by five courses of steps. On the 
platform, within the archway, stands a sarcophagus 
of polished Scotch granite upon the top of which lies 
a Numidian lion cut from the same material, the 
whole weighing 50 tons. 
The arch was two years in building and cost about 
$85,000. The hill upon which the structure stands rises 
from the banks of the Winnipesaukee to a height of 
150 feet above the river. From the summit an ex- 
tensive view of the surrounding country is obtained, 
and the arch is conspicuous for miles around. 
When the sarcophagus was put in place it was the 
intention of Mr. Tilton to have his body placed there. 
Subsequently he changed his purpose and set aside 
in his will a sum for the erection of the Tilton mauso- 
leum, which was recently completed in Park Ceme- 
tery, where his body now reposes. The vault consists 
of a central chamber, 18-0x14-4 in ground dimensions, 
with two wings, each 10-6x8-6. The two roof stones 
for the central structure are 18 feet long, and those 
of the wings are each 12-0x9-10x3-0. 
The arch and mausoleum are both of Concord 
granite, the latter from the quarry of John Swen- 
son. Concord, N. H., who .was also the contractor. 
SOME QUAINT SCOTCH MONUMENTS. 
A Biblical anecdote which has found much favor 
among monument carvings of the past is the story of 
Abraham offering Isaac as a sacrifice, illustrations 
thereof being found in several kirks in the midlands 
of Scotland. In one of these the artist has portrayed 
with lifelike fidelity and with great love of detail 
Abraham in the act of cutting the throat of Isaac. 
The dates of these two stones are 1769 and 1774, re- 
spectively. Gabriel blowing his trumpet, exhorting 
sinners “to fly from the wrath to come,” is another 
subject illustrating several of these old tombstones. 
It may be added that this form of illustration is to be 
found on a slab upon which is cut the following in- 
scription : “Erected by John Smith attendant in Ha- 
toun of Inverarity in memory of his worthy wife 
Bety Car who died May 23rd 1737, aged 41 years, 
mother to nine hopeful children, five sons and four 
daughters.” Indeed, pictures of persons blowing 
horns appear to have been in great request among the 
monumental sculptors whose early efforts are seen in 
Scotland, many of these figures being most gro- 
tesque. Among other models utilized by the artist 
alluded to were farmers, several slabs being orna- 
mented with pictures of farmers armed with cycles 
and holding a small sheaf of corn. It was also the 
custom of our early monumental sculptors to notify 
to the public by means of illustration the complaint of 
which a person died. George Cecil. 
SOME HORTICULTURAL MONUMENTS. 
Although many trees, both living and dead, have 
been honored by memorial tablets recording the his- 
torical associations which have rendered them famous, 
the cases are rare where the benefits conferred by cer- 
tain trees upon humanity have received any public 
recognition, writes Frank W. Crane, in the New York 
Evening Post. A town in Europe a number of years 
ago erected a monument to the potato which, indirectly, 
is a tribute to American production. If the potato has 
become indispensable as food to mankind, surely tbe 
apple stands in the same position in America, and par- 
ticularly to the inhabitants of New England. The fame 
of the Rhode Island greening is imperishable, but its 
great rival, the Baldwin, has had a granite shaft erected 
to its virtues. The Rumford Historical Association of 
Woburn, Mass., a few years ago erected this monu- 
ment to commemorate the discovery of the apple one 
hundred years ago. A carved figure of a mammoth 
Baldwin apple surmounts the shaft, which stands near 
the site of the original tree. It was discovered by Sam- 
uel Thompson, whose descendants still live in Woburn, 
but the fruit was named in honor of Colonel Loammi 
Baldwin, an eminent engineer and Revolutionary sol- 
dier, who grew so fond of the apple that he introduced 
its culture in many parts of the country. 
