The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-09

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a E3l erection Of private memorials 10 pri-
I~TI waite citizens in the form of mark
IL III ers over their graves and for the
H. - statues, monuments and other
I&l memorials with which we honor
"a - our statesmen. military and naval
- leaders and other heroes. But how
shall we account for some Of the
strange memorials which through the ages. have
been set up by human hands and which man
continues 10 set up 70 q great variety OF things
both animate and inanimate. To give a COM
plete catalogue Of them would require no less
space than q book, but for an idea of their
variety consider some OF these:
Perhaps as queer an assemblage of monuments
as can be found in any one place on earth is
TO be seen in a cemetery ar Mayheld, Ky, where
burial plot contains Efe-size statues Of the
dead members Of one family, dressed in the
fashions Of their times. and the figures of vari-
Gus animals, among them deer, which were
the pets Of the various generations Of the fami-
" and were buried beside their masters.
Ordinarily you wouldn't think that cheese
would be an appropriate object for memorial
yet there is one. II stands near the little city
Of Vimouters in France on the farm Of q Ger
tain Beau Moncel, where during the latter half
Of the Eighteenth century lived Marie Harel,
who is credited with being the inventor Of Ca
nembert cheese Not only is the fame Of this
Norman milkmaid commemorated by this stone
shaft on the farm where she worked, but in
Main Place in the city Of Vimoutiers itself is a
statue Of her. back Of which is a stone bas-
relief showing the farmhouse on the Marcel farm
where she was born in 1851 where she lived
until her death in 1917 and where she made the
new kind Of cheese now famous the world over
These monuments were erected through the
efforts Of New York doctor, Joseph Knrim
For many years he conducted sanatorium in
New York, where the only medicine he gave his
patients for all kinds Of stomach ailments was
Pilsener beer and Camembert cheese Because
Of his gratitude 10 the inventor of the cheese
with which he made so many people well and
saved their lives. he made romantic pilgrim
age 10 Vimoutiers year so ago. and the re-
suit was this most unusual Of all monuments.
II was only q year or ago that news dis
patches carried the following story:
San Jose, Calif-A movement is in progress
here 10 erect q monument 10 the memory OF
Louis PeIlier, who. 75 years ago, started the
prune industry in America
Pellier came 10 California during the famous
gold rush Of 1919 Away from his sunny France
he missed the plums from his home locality
near Bordeaux, and wrote back for seeds and
cuttings, and searched the hills for roots Of
wild species on which his scions could be graft
ID. So interested did be become, he gave up his
quest for gold and gave the world the prune,
beginning what is now billion dollar industry.
From another part of the West at about the
same time came this news story:
Fair Play Colo-Prunes a burro. win have
4 monument Shot last month when he became
too feeble 10 eat after serving nearly every mine
In the region Of Fair Play he win have q me-
mortal Of samples Of ore taken from all the
mines in which he worked.
From Texas also came the news that monu-
nent is 10 be erected on the state capitol
grounds In Austin as q memorial TO the wild
mustang which played such an important part
In the development of Texas and the whole
Southwest The movement for such memorial
was started by Fort Worth citizen who pro-
posed that a fund of $4,000 be raised among
ranchmen of the state for such monument
Up In Alaska several years ago bronze
plaque bearing bas-relief of mule and
horse dedicated by the Ladies Of the Gold
en- North an auxiliary Of the Alaska Yukon Pf-
oneers. 10 perpetuate the memory Of the faithful
pack animals both mules and horses. who lost
their lives on the White Pass trail during the
Elondike gold rush days. With Gov George A.
Parks Of Alaska and George Black member Of
the Canadian parliament from Yukon territory,
officiating the dedication took place near In
spiration point above the famous Dead Horse
gulch-
If you want TO see how other members of the
equine world have been honored go down TO
Lexington. KY and drive out along the Win
chester pike until you come TO Hamburg Place.
the farm Of J. E. Madden. Nesting in q little
grove Of trees on this farm is what is thought
TO be the only cemetery for horse celebrities
In the world Dominating the grassy plot of
ground Of less than an acre and enclosed BY a
stone wall stands a stafue Of horse Upon the
foundation on which the statue stands Is this
Inscription. Nancy Hanks 2.04- For this Is
the last resting place of the world champion
trotter from 1892 TO 1891
Nor is Nancy the only great horse honored
In this Resting Place Of Celebrities or West
minister abbey of the Turf" as this graveyard
is called Another monument marks the grave
of Hamburg Belle whose worlds race record
of Il stood for many years and whose vic
tory over the great Uhlan al Cleveland In 1909,