. Cemeteries for animals. Pets. [from old catalog]. " Petit Mignon Who was nothing Ixit a poor dog, gentle and good, killed^in tlie flower of her youth by a civilized savage " ^ the heart of his humbler " fellow mortals," his fourfooted friends and helpers, could pass unmoved some of the epitaphs I read. The first monument that meets the eye is a tall and imposing stone erected to the memory of that famous St. Bernard, Barry, w^ho had a record of saving the lives of forty persons on the snow-clad mountains of the Alps. Many worse than worthless men have died and costly monu
. Cemeteries for animals. Pets. [from old catalog]. " Petit Mignon Who was nothing Ixit a poor dog, gentle and good, killed^in tlie flower of her youth by a civilized savage " ^ the heart of his humbler " fellow mortals," his fourfooted friends and helpers, could pass unmoved some of the epitaphs I read. The first monument that meets the eye is a tall and imposing stone erected to the memory of that famous St. Bernard, Barry, w^ho had a record of saving the lives of forty persons on the snow-clad mountains of the Alps. Many worse than worthless men have died and costly monuments have been put up to their memory. Who can say with any justice that Barry, whose life was spent in faithful service as a life-saver, and who lost his life while trying to save the traveler who, in his cowardly terror, killed him, should not be honored with a stone to his Among those who were saved from death by this noble dog was a child, a little girl, lost in the snow, who clasped her be- numbed arms about Barry's neck and was carried on his back to the good monks in the hospice. This act of his life alone was sufficient claim for a memorial stone, but the inscription might well_^put to shame many men who read it. Translated it reads: " He saved the lives of forty persons. He was killed bv the ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, Anna Harris, "Mrs Huntington Smith," d. 1929. [from old catalog]. [Boston
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