Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
Dogs Sleeping Here
in HOnored GrdUes
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Francisvale Home, founded about
twenty-five years ago by Mrs. George
McClelland. Follow the shady path
pointed out to you, and you come upon
the cemetery.
Strangely enough. the very first
grave shelters no dog Of any breed, but
cat instead. Hucklebcrry is the
name, and he COR she) is designated as
a Liberty Bond Cat. term which no
one seems able to explain.
Huckleberry died August 3, 1919. ac-
cording to the simple inscription on
the marble slab. which also bears the
name of F. II. Chatfield Huckleberry's
owner. The grave has flowers growing
around It.
The largest stone in the cemetery,
five feet tall and nearly as wide. bears
the following inscription:
This Stone Is Erected bD Arthur
Peterson IN memory of his too dogs,
Sand, a Scotch collie, died August II,
1911, and Mozambique, a st. Bernard,
died March II, 1919, for mdny years
MS dfectiondte companions and faithful
friends"
Grave of Bugs" Potter
No visitor can help noticing the stone
inscribed with the unromantlc but ex-
pressive name Of Bugs" Potter.
Bugs grave is surrounded by q
we'll trimmed low hedge and geraniums
and daisies blow gently in the wind in
front of the stone, which bears the fol-
lowing verses:
Bugs, our dear dog0ie, Is here;
Under the sod he Is lbing
Grief can but poorly erprcSS
SorroW zoe felt at his dying;
Perfect companion todS he,
One btg man iCc called him,
Time cannot make us forget:
Truly and sadly zoe mourn him,
Enduring ,rith patience until the end,
Re9"'escdt In pace, dear little friend"
The founders of the cemetery have n
large lot with four graves. Chief of the
stones in this McClelland lot is the one
in memory of Gobbo, born in 1875 and
dying in 1889. No occupant of the
cemetery goes back in time as far as
this doggic, who was for fifteen years
the pet Of Harriet Hare and George
NcClelland, according to the inscrip-
tion. Also in this lot is the grave of
Francis" for whom the cemetery is
named Francis. died in 1910.
Quits" and Carl lie side by side
/ in tho same lot.
That familiar inscription found on
many stones in most graveyards, "In
the Hope of Blessed Immortality. is
not lacking in this cemetery. 1t is
written over the grave of "Princc," +"
who is further described as a Dearly
Beloved and Faithful Friend" The
date, March 10, 1908, is also on the
stone.
Sweeter Than Candy
! The prize verse, though not tie most
| tonching. surmounts the grave OF
'Snookic Middendorf." who died at the
ripe old age of fifteen. This is what
some one said Of 'Snookie":
'Ow Darling Pet
We niR RCUcr forget
She tCdS SWectcr than all
The candy she ct (dteJ.
| OF "Skibo," who died November 80,
| 1918, some one wrote in kind of
! blank verse:
''Sktbo iored as, zoe iored him
He has gone from our home
But not from our hearts,
There Is only wooden shaft over
the grave of QuCcnic Rhoades Mattson
but it contains II ilorid tribute in vers,
which says:
I'm mV heart your memory fingers
Tenderly kind and true
There Is not q day dear Queenie
That do not think of gou."
There are altogether 245 graves II
the Francisvale Cemetery, anu n-,ut
thirty Of them have shafts Of stone anC
marble. Many which have no inscrip
tiOnS save the names of the logs, nt.
tract attention because Of the odditS
Of the names.
For example, who could help but
notice the quaint but expressive name
of "Eatin and wonder whether hi,
famous appetite was the cause of hi,
demise. Then there are Toddles
Toodlcs, Red Pepper, Teddy. Jock
Tuck and Tootsie, Rafferty,. SaphC
Brightly, Chin Lee (nationalities arc
evidently unlimitGd), Gypsy Girl
Skeets Diva CerbGrus and Missile Eus.
| It's
The funeral services are not eabor
ate; in fact, 1t is seldom that the
owners accompany their pets out to The
cemetery.
But il is not an uncommon thing, oi
n bright Sunday afternoon. for IA mo.
tOrCar to drive up, an occupant or two
alight and go up into the cemetery t
lay bright flower or two in toker
OF affection and undimmed memory fol
n faithful. dumb friend.