Show HIS WAS A BLASTED LIFE the dispatches a few days ago spoke of the grave of james G blaine how it was without a fitting monument or even slab to mark the resting place of the great statesman A contemporary gives this explanation in 1890 when walker blaine died the maine statesman went to oak hill cemetery with a friend to select a site tor the burial and in the center of the lot chosen be noticed a gnarled and twisted hickory tree which was blasted and dead As blaine looked at the tree he remarked to his friend that it aptly represented his blasted and disappointed life and requested that nothing should mark his grave but the dead tree his wishes in jhc thc matter were respected and for several years it was the only mark by which the last resting place of the great statesman could be distinguished A few months ago the tree was blown down during a cyclone and mrs blaine decided to have the grave suitably marked and selected a monument exactly like the one over walker blaines tomb it is a marble shaft about eight feet high without any inscription except the name of mr blaine and the date of his birth and death |