. The story of Cooperstown . ased to be used for burials, beyond those permitted, for special reasons, by act ofthe Vestry of the parish. This disuse has securedto the churchyard the right to grow old gracefully,without the too frequent intrusion of recent death,and to acquire the picturesque charm of antiquitywhich in cemeteries seems to dispel all the terrorsof mortality. The love of old burial-grounds belongs to a dis-tinct type of mind and temperament. To someminds all cemeteries are equally devoid of visitors in Christ churchyard, of whomthere are thousands d
. The story of Cooperstown . ased to be used for burials, beyond those permitted, for special reasons, by act ofthe Vestry of the parish. This disuse has securedto the churchyard the right to grow old gracefully,without the too frequent intrusion of recent death,and to acquire the picturesque charm of antiquitywhich in cemeteries seems to dispel all the terrorsof mortality. The love of old burial-grounds belongs to a dis-tinct type of mind and temperament. To someminds all cemeteries are equally devoid of visitors in Christ churchyard, of whomthere are thousands during every summer, theclassification of sightseers is automatic. Someglance at Coopers grave, peep into the church toglimpse the memorials of the novelist, and hurry 326 CHRIST CHURCHYARD 327 away with an air of duty done. The lovers ofchurchyards hnger, and stroll thoughtfully amongthe tombs. They find a charm in the most obscurememorials of the dead. They read aloud to eachother the quaint inscriptions. Now and again they. Alice ChoateA Glimpse from the Rectory pause, note-book in hand, to copy some chiseledepitaph that strikes the fancy. They kneel or lieprone upon the turf before a crumbling tomb todecipher its doleful couplets, thrusting aside theconcealing grasses, lest a word be missed. Theywander here and there beneath the shadow of thevenerable elms and pines, and, before departing,enter the old church, to rest and pray within thestillness of its fane. Aside from the part of the churchyard reserved 328 THE STORY OF COOPERSTOWN for the burials of the Cooper family, the only en-closed plot is the small one just south of it,squared in by a low fence of rusty iron. Thisbelonged to the family of the Rev. Frederick , who succeeded Father Nash as rector ofChrist Church, and afterward became a chaplainin Congress. The oldest tomb in the churchyard holds an in-conspicuous place two tiers east of the Tiffanyenclosure. It is the grave of Samuel Griffin, theinn-keepers c
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