Daily camera., 1898-10-28
A BUSINESS OPENING.
Some Ambitious Young Man Should
Start 4 cfsmatory for Dogs.
II 10 . Demand which There 10 At
Present No sataifaetory Means OF
supplyins Women Went
Pets CrensatsA.

E Women GAve a want which there is
at present no ga tisfactory means OF sup
.p!ying. That's unusual. There are SO
many things in the world that there is
no earthly reason for wanting, and for
which the want has to be created, that
10 find q real need Of something
that is not, and yet might be, is phe-
nomenal. This present need is crem'
atory for pets, place where their re-
mains can be decently redused to
ashes which can remain perpetual re-
hinder to loving friends.
There is surprisingly large number
of people, prominent people whom all
the world knows, who believe in ere
nation for human beings, and there are
Il good many, not so prominent per
haps, who believe in cremation for their
pets if for no one else; but no place has
ever been arranged where this could be
satisfactorily done.
Perhaps the only dog who ever had
the honor to be cremated in regular
crematory was much-loved pug by
The name of Pompey; this was in Eng
and. Pompey was one OF the many
faithful four-footed friends and
belonged to an English clergyman
One day, obeying the common law
which human and canine mus, follow
he departed this life, much to the sor'
row and regret of his master.
"For cremation we ought all to be
devoutly thankful" soxloquized the
reverend gentleman with whom Pom
pey had lived so long, philosophisally
THE sentiment as well as the sanity OF
cremation is much finer than that OF
burial. Think of it, No more terrible
months with the wind and snow and
rain above and the lonely dark prison
house of unimaginably loathsome de.
cay beneath-nothing but fair golden
ire for an hour and delicate white
.,shes. a, once symbol OF eathly life
sigd heavenly purity "
rh,>y sen,iments did not apply par
icu' -, to i>ompey, but as Pompey
had ,..ed about the time his master was
pia nning a visit to Woking cemetery
he decided to take the remains Of Pom
pc, along
~ know he would not have objected
to being cremated," said Pompey's mas
,er--"he was so much more sensible
than most people, and l am sure he
would have scorned to be buried like &
common dog"
So, after question Of the man In
charge, Pompey, in the box in which he
had travelled, was placed on raised
sliding railway, at the entrance to the
,osed furnace door. AT ia sign the door
opened and the box slid quickly into
hamber which was at white heat, the
,oor7was quickly closed again, and IL
bout 40 minutes all that was left OF
;our Poupey was u coffee cupful OF
.,,hes. What became of them he mas
.er does not tell, but it is impl ! that
hey did not go into one of the
picturesque urns which are reserved fo1
human ashes.
Not 10 anyone's knowledge has dog
ever been regularly cremated in Amer
.ca. Letters are received by the people
1T the head of the crematory companies
very once in awhile, and also tele-
grams and even personal visits from
,.wners of much loved animals, who
would like to have them cremated, but
their requests are never granted.
81 will not listen to it," says one OF
the head men of crematory company
The place for human body is not
the place for dogs, and ! will not al
low them to be brought there, though
am fond of dogs myself"
There are not many people who have
asked for this privilege--perhaps not
more on an average than one or two
persons year-but if regular crem-
ei;ory for pets should be started, there
IS no doubt that i, would be we'll pat
.onized, and in some families there
would be no end of little urns contain
ng the ashes of faithful Pompeys and
.ridos and Trays, and even of Tabbys
and Toms. Every fiourishing dog and
eat show makes it evident that Amer
ica needs pet crematory.-St Louis
Globe-Democrat.