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Show A Grave Suhpet. Tbe subject is a eonibre one, and one that will bring to mind remembrances remem-brances of heartaches and griefs, and regretful recollections that will never die; but a few brief notes taken in connection with a ramble "all among tho dead men" may interest some of our readera, and henco we present them: On tho northeast bench, at a respectful re-spectful distance from tho city, partly enclosed by a substantial wall und partly by a good fence, the burying bury-ing ground is located, covering a large area and is thickly dolled wilh the gravestones and monuments of the dead who lay thero. On the-14th of August, ISIS, the first interment on record at the sexton's office was made, being that of George B.f son of George B. and Melissa Wallace, and the Becond, a daughter of the same parents, Mary M., who was buried on the 27th of Septembor, same year. Since that time, bow maoy sorrowing i friends have deposited dear ones beneath be-neath tbe sod within the limits ol that graveyard I How many have lain away precious darlings, loving kind- red and devoted friends to rest until they all shall moot agaia ! But why continue, Seeing that dath, a necesoary end, Will come when it wi.l come. From the date above given down to the 30th of October last, the number of burials recorded is 3,979. Twenty-nine Twenty-nine years aud a few months. But the records during the early year3 of the settlement of the people here were not perfectly kept, and the present sexton, Mr. Joseph E. Taylor, thinks, from Burveys of the ground and observations ob-servations made at different times, that the Dumber, if correctly entered, would have reached 4,200. To tbe original Bite there have been added ten plots, lettered aphabetically, each of which measures 2G rods by 18 rods, and portions have been given by tbe city, one to St. Mark's, Episcopal church, one to St. M.ry'a, -Catholic, and one to the Je ws. It is probable that the St. Mark's portion will bo abandoned in the course of a shDrt time, and burials by tbat church made in the Mount Olivet cemettry. There is talk of this dow and the question will Bhortly be decided. - I .The first sexton who gave bonds to the city, for tbe performance of the; duties of the office of sexton, was Mr. Jacob Gibson; after him, Mr. Jesse C. Little attended to the cemetery and burial, beginning Borne time in 1856; Mr. John Gray acted as sexton from December 3d, 1862, until F. A. Mitchell succeeded him on the 21st of July, 1863. Mr. Mitchell continued in the office until May 19th, 1S64, and on the 224 of that month, Mr. Joseph E. Taylor, the present incumbent, incum-bent, took bold. During tbe thirteen years and a half that Mr. T. has held the position of city sexton, bis strict and untiring application to his duties have earned for him a "well done, good and faithful Bervant" from tii bc who have entrusted him with the functions of burying the dead and caring for the Salt Lake city cemetery; ceme-tery; - |