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Show A CAHINECEMETER Y WHERE PET D0G3 AND CAT8 ARE 1 BURIED IN 8TATE. Poetry and 8cutpture Adorn Their Tombstones Some Epitaphs Read Like Those of Humans Many Burials Costly. Now York. In a plcturcsquo llttlo spot situated on ono of tho most beautiful beau-tiful of the Hartsdalo hills lies ono of the oddest of cemeteries. Tho casual visitor hore, Inspecting tho inscriptions inscrip-tions on the tombstones, would expect to sco records of long forgotten gen-- gen-- eratlons, perhaps the history of tho village vil-lage In the lives of its citizens, but instead tho stones contained nothing but inscriptions to dogs, with an occasional oc-casional cat epitaph here and there. "Pldo, asleep," "Our beloved fox terrier, ter-rier, Flossie," "Dedicated to tho memory mem-ory of our pet cat, Smutty." Such a jumble of Inscriptions meet tho eyes that tho visitor begins to wonder whether tho souls of Pldo and Smutty now rest peacefully side by side or whether they arlso at tho witching hour to fight out once moro their llfo-long llfo-long battle. In that case even tho back fences of Harlem would bo preferablo to tho rural peace of Hartsdalo. This cemetery, moreover, contains French dogs and French inscriptions nnd German dogs. And just as human tombstones have little nngcls on them so theso dog tombstones havo llttlo puppies carved on them playing with toys. Next to ono of tho groves tho owner hns erected a big rustic mourner's mourn-er's bench so that he may grlevo for his pet In comfort. Tho most elaborate gravo is that of a bulldog that onco belonged to a family fam-ily named Wlllson. Resides having a big granlto stono at tho liend, It has two llttlo bay trees on either side, nnd at tho foot 1b a llttlo marble trough with thrco llttlo marblo canaries drinking drink-ing out of It. Tho canaries would bo ' moro easily explained If It wero a cat Srnvo, but perhaps this particular bull-pup bull-pup had feline predilections. For six months after he was burled this dog had fresh violets or roses Monument to "Babe." placed upon his gravo every day, It It chronicled. Tho burial cost tho bull dog's owner over $500. Tho grnvo digger of tho cometery also tolls of dogs burled In rosewood or mahogany coffins, somo with gold handles, and gold, Jowcl-studded col lars around their necks. "You havo no idea," ho will wander on, "how much money somo undertakers undertak-ers mako on the sldo in theso dog coffins. cof-fins. Often tho coffins aro lined with plush or velvet nnd cost largo sums o' money. "And then somo people insist on having their dogs embalmed beforo thoy aro willing to bury them. Of course tho undertakers keep that part of their business very secret, but they do It just tho same." Many of tho dogs that wero prize winners In their lively days have all their trophies, ribbons, sliver mugs and such things burled with them. Others have all their old collars, whips and playthings, and ono woman actually actual-ly burled a Rlblo and rosary with a dog. "Of course 1 know It must seem very silly," she said In explanation, "but It just makes mo fcol better, so why shouldn't I do It?" "And do thoy hnvo real funerals for dogs, with sorvlccs and so on?" asked tho scokeer of Information of tho dig-gor dig-gor of graves. "Well, no; no real sorvlces," ho explained, ex-plained, "though some of them would llko to, I guess, by tho wny thoy net. "Sometimes they bring tho body up from New York In an automobile, somotlmes they ship it up ns freght and met It at tho railway station with carriages. Only family and frlonds, you know. Thero nro novor vory many of them. "Hut the way thoso peoplo net when It comes to covering up tho box is woll Just about tho limit. And tho men nro not much better than tho womon, cither. I'vo got a protty Interesting Inter-esting Job, I can toll you. "And most of them come up regularly regu-larly and sco to it that I'm keeping the gravo In O K condition. And on tho day of tho dog's death thoy usually decorato tho grave with flowors. I can toll you I wouldn't mind being somo dogs." Thoro nVo now 450 dogs and about 20 cats burled in the cometery. Plots cost from $15 to $25 each, including a zinc lined box which Is hormotlcally soaled for shipping This, however, Is only tho minimum expensu for a dog funoral, and from this point tho.prlco goes up far into tho hundreds. |