American enterprise Burley's United States centennial gasetteer and guide . AD VERTISEMENTS. 801 ^-^ T°. NATURE AND ART INVITE INSPECTION AND ADMIRATION. Mount Vernon is unquestionably the best in its situation of all the rural cemete-ries of Philadelphia, on account of its elevation, its perfectly dry and roilin: surfaceand the unsurpassed beauty of the surrounding scenery. It consists of over J8 acres,and is, by the terms of its charter granted to the Company, for ever to be lield sacredas a place of sepulture. Many advantages and inducements concentrate here toattract the living. Tiie Garde
American enterprise Burley's United States centennial gasetteer and guide . AD VERTISEMENTS. 801 ^-^ T°. NATURE AND ART INVITE INSPECTION AND ADMIRATION. Mount Vernon is unquestionably the best in its situation of all the rural cemete-ries of Philadelphia, on account of its elevation, its perfectly dry and roilin: surfaceand the unsurpassed beauty of the surrounding scenery. It consists of over J8 acres,and is, by the terms of its charter granted to the Company, for ever to be lield sacredas a place of sepulture. Many advantages and inducements concentrate here toattract the living. Tiie Gardel Monument (as above represented), erected to tliememory of Mrs. Gardel for her religious character and lier long and earnest laborsin the mental and moral education of American youth, is a magnificent tomb, andexcels any mausoleum in this country. The granite monument over the remains ofLawrence Johnson, and those erected by the Messrs. Musser, the Sherman obelisksand the family vault of Thomas Mackellar are handsome improvements. Thiscemetery is not exceeded anywhere as a final and beautiful resti
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