| Show AMIABLE CHILD MEMORIAL NEAR TOMB OF GR GRANT NT Since 1707 the grave of ot An Amiable Amiable Ami Ami- able Child surrounded b by Its Iron fence has been within the filS easy view flew of all New Yorkers who pass aS along what Is la now Riverside drive at Grants Grant's tomb Yet recently a woman woman wom wom- an who explained to the conductor of a Fifth avenue bus that she had bad observed the enclosure probably a thou thousand and times In the SO 30 years ears she has h. lived asked what the cance of the fence tence was A bab baby was II burled there a long time ago the conductor explained That was Wal the extent of ot his Information Yet Tet It has been stated that out of town visitors to Grants Grant's tomb often otten Inquire about the grave of An Amiable Ami Ami- able Child just a little north of the great tomb Residents along the drive say my that the grave Is almost never visited although among the thousands thousand of motorists and sightseers sightseers sight light seers leers who pass dall dally daily there are undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- many whose curiosity Is aroused by It The Tile tombstone bears tills this Inscription lion tion Erected to the memory of ot an amiable child St SL Clair Pollock died 1 15 July 1707 In the 5 year of his age Man that Is bun bUD of woman Is of ot fe few years year and full fun of If trouble no lie cometh forth like a flower and Is cu cut down ho he fleeth also as a shadow am and not The child was wal a nephew of ot George Pollock a merchant who owned considerable con con- lid crable pro property pert In that vicinity lie He sold lold the property on which the grave stood In 1800 and In the conveyance con conS stated There II is a small smal smallen en enclosure do sure near your our boundary fence within which lies the remains of a favorite child covered nd by a marble monument You will confer a pe po- peculiar collar culiar and ond Interesting favor upon m me meby meby by allowing me to convey the enclosure ure ere to you ou so that you yon OU will consider It a part of your own estate keepIng keepIng keeping keep- keep Ing It however always enclosed am and sacred There Is le a white marble funeral urn prepared to place on th the monument which will not lessen Its Ita beauty New New York Sun |
