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Show "AMIABLE CHILD" MEMORIAL NEAR TOMB OF GRANT Since 1797 the grave of "An Amiable Ami-able Child," surrounded by Us Iron fence, has been within the easy view of all New Yorkers who pass along what is now Riverside drive at Grant's tomb. Yet recently a woman wom-an who explained to the conductor of a Fifth avenue bus that she had observed the enclosure probably a thousand times in the 30 years she has lived, asked what the significance signifi-cance of the fence was. "A baby was burled there a long time ago," the conductor explained. That was the extent of his information. Yet It has been stated that out-of-town visitors to Grant's tomb often Inquire about the grave of "An Amiable Ami-able Child," just a little north of the great tomb. Residents along the drive say that the grave Is almost never visited, although among the thousands of motorists and sightseers sight-seers who pass daily there are undoubtedly un-doubtedly many whose curiosity Is aroused by it The tombstone bears this Inscription Inscrip-tion : "Erected to the memory of an amiable child, St Clair Pollock, died 15, July, 1797, ln the 5 year of his age. Man that Is born of woman Is of few years and full of trouble. Lie cometh forth like a flower and Is cut down ; he fleetli also as a shadow and continueth not" The child was a nephew of George Pollock, a merchant who owned considerable con-siderable property in that vicinity. He sold the property on which the grave stood in 1S00 and in the conveyance con-veyance stated: "There Is a small enclosure near your boundary fence within which lies the remains of a favorite child, covered by a marble monument You will confer a peculiar pe-culiar and interesting favor upon me by allowing me to convey the enclosure enclos-ure to you, so that you will consider It a part of your own estate, keeping keep-ing it, however, always enclosed and sacred. There Is a white marble funeral urn prepared to place on the monument which will not lessen Its beauty." New York Sun. |