Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1896 — FAITHFUL TO DEATH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FAITHFUL TO DEATH.

Why a Dot’s Statue Stands la a Brooklyn Cemetery. All who have entered the main gate of Cypress Hills Cemetery, at Brooklyn, during the last few weeks have had their attention arrested by the lifesize statue of a dog standing a few paces in front of a massive and handsome vault. Inquiries revealed a pathetic story .thus perpetuated. The vault, which is of granite, perhaps 10 by 15 feet and 12 feet high, has just been erected by the wiff&w of J. George Burckle. Mr. Burckle died Just two years ago at the age of 65. He had been a ranchman in the Dakotas, rqpaovtng to Brooklyn several years agfflj He, his ■wife and daugbty fam-

Hy, but there was as much affection lavished on a pet collie dog he brought from his ranch as upon any member at ■the family. After Mr. Burckle’s demise the animal was Inconsolable and wandered about vainly searching for the old famaliar hand that caressed him daily. He found his way to Ms master’s grave and was often discovered lying near it. Finally, the poor cretin ture died, heart broken at Mr. Burckle's decease. • This devotion that even deaifch could not daunt nor diminish so touched the family that it was decided to reproduce the dog in statuary. So there the faithful collie stands in life-like attitude steadily gazing at the: last resting place of all that was mortal of his master.

HOW A DOG’S DEVOTION IS HONORED.