From the December 24, 1899 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Newtown, L.I.–One of the most neglected spots on all of Long Island today is the old town burying ground on Court Street, in this village, and it is a common remark hereabout that it is a disgrace to the City of Greater New York. Here are buried its former governors, its statesmen and its mayors. Headstones once marked their resting place and once upon a time their graves were kept in order, but now the place is a running ground for hogs from a nearby piggery, and they root for their sustenance in the old graveyard. Chickens scratch for their food on the graves of those once beloved, and the whole  place presents a scene of neglect and decay.”