The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-18

House, North Anna, Ashland, White
Oak Swamp, Reams Station"
The master was Brig. Gen. John
Hammond, who served through the
Civil war in Company III of the Fifth
New York cavalry and whose name
went on the roll of honor for meri-
torious service. And each Memorial
day the grave of this equine ''hero"
is decorated along with the graves
Of the human warrior dead.
Even more traditional than love of
man for his horse is his love for his
dog. So it is not surprising that in
various parts Of the world may be
found monuments erected to the men,
DRY Of mans best friend" Most IA
nous Of these, perhaps, is Lord By
ron's monument to the Newfoundland,
whose affectionate disposition and con-
slant companionship so endeared him
to the poet that he was inconsolable
when the animal died. So there
stands in Newstead abbey in Not
tingham, England, today a shaft of
brick and marble surmounted by an
urn. On a tablet are inscribed these
words: "Near this spot are deposit
ed the remains Of one who possessed
beauty without vanity, strength with
out insOlence, courage without fe
rocity, and all the virtues of man,
without his vices. This praise, which
would be unmeaning flattery if in
scribed over human ashes, is but
just tribute to the memory Of Boat
swain, Dog"
In Edinburgh, Scotland, worn gray
stone statue of a dog is the outstand-
ing feature of fountain at the corner
of the Greyfriars' churchyard, and the
Grassmarket, where bubbling water
coOls the tongues Of thirsty dogs. The
fountain and the statue perpetuate
the memory Of Greyfriars' Bobby, the
constant companion of an old Scotch
farmer who ended his days in the
Scotch capital. For two days after
his death the little dog lay in abject
grief, on his masters grave. Then a
crusty old gatekeeper chased him out,
for dogs were barred from the church
yard. But Bobby came back, and
neither rules, nor gates, nor walls
could keep him out.
He made himself official guardian of
the grave and gradually increased his
domain until it included all the
churchyard. He chased out stray cats
and warned off small boys who stole
into a forbidden playground. The
fame of Greyfriars' Bobby spread over
Edinburgh, and when at last he died,
all the town, from the grand folk In
the castle to the street gamins, united
to do him honor by building the foun-
tain with it's statue of this exponent
Of deathless devotion.
In Central park In New York city
stands bronze statue Of a dog which
commentaries an incident that has
become a part of the heroic legend
Of America. For this is the statue of
BALTIC, an important member of the
dog team which Leonhard Seppala
drove over those 675 snowy miles,
from Nenana to Nome, Alaska, carry
ing his precious load Of diphtheria
serum to a frozen city in the throes
of the epidemic, while the whole
world awaited with breathless inter-
est to hear the result of his race
against death. And similar bronze
statue Is soon to stand either In the
Tiergarten or Under den Linden in
Berlin which will perpetuate the MEM
DRY Of the Red Cross dogs who served
so heroically in the World war.
1t is not especially unusual, per-
haps, for man to erect monuments to
his two best friends, the horse and the
dog. but it Is unusual for him TO erect
monument to a COW. For that rea-
son the statue of Segis Pietertje Pros
pect, Holstein COW, which stands
over her grave on the banks of the
Snoqualmie river near Seattle. WASH,
| is unique among memorials. The rea-