. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . Sept. 25, 1779 ; diedat Boston, Mass., Jan. 5, 1844. On the left is a small white marble obelisk in the Ord-way lot. Mr. Ordway is a musician, and the harp on thefront of the obelisk, together Mith the inscription below, arevery appropriate. There is this inscription : — Staccato is life — Presto is death — Placido the grave. Turn to the left into Columbine Path, examitie the Thayerand Binney monuments, pass bettceen the tioo into Heath Path,and then
. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . Sept. 25, 1779 ; diedat Boston, Mass., Jan. 5, 1844. On the left is a small white marble obelisk in the Ord-way lot. Mr. Ordway is a musician, and the harp on thefront of the obelisk, together Mith the inscription below, arevery appropriate. There is this inscription : — Staccato is life — Presto is death — Placido the grave. Turn to the left into Columbine Path, examitie the Thayerand Binney monuments, pass bettceen the tioo into Heath Path,and then return to Fir Avenue. The Binney monument is one of the finest in the Ceme-tery. On the back is a large weeping female figure, and onthe front a beautiful figure of an angel. It is inscribed, —Amos Binney, M. D., died at Rome, February 18, 1847, aged 41. Returning to Fir Avenue, we pass on the right the Poor,Pratt, Leland, and Dunbar lots, all appropriate; that ofJohn II. Kelse)^ on the left. The weeping figure in this lotis beautifully executed. On the right is Dr. S. O. Rich-ardsons monument to the memory of Ella, a white marble. BINNEY MONUMENT. See page 48. 50 MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY. temple, with a sleeping child therein. On the right is thepublic lot called St. Johns. There is nothing particularlyworthy of the visitors notice here, except a tablet to thememory of Capt. Josiah Cleveland, a soldier of the revo-lution. To tho memory of Captain Josiah Cleveland, of Owego, N, Y., thistablet is erected hy those amonj; whom lie departed this life, and whofelt resjject for his private virtues and {gratitude for his public was born at Canterbury, Conn., Dec. 3, 1753. He died at Charles-town, Mass., June 30,1843. lie was an officer of the Army of served his country bravely and faithfully throu<,h the vvholf; war ofthe Revolution. He fought her battles at Bunker Hill, Harlem Heights,White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, and Yorktown. Hesustained
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