Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1890 — Epitaph on a Dog. [ARTICLE]

Epitaph on a Dog.

. _ What is said by the authorities to be the grave of the only dog buried in Greenwood Cemetery is in the Howe plot, at Hemlock and Battle avenues, not far from the Soldiers’ Monument on the Battle Hill. The plot is a circular one, surrounded with a granite coping, and in the center, upon a granite pedestal, is a bronze bust of Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine which bore his name, and whose death took place in 1867, In the rear of this monument is a modest headstone, resembling thousands of others in the great burial-place. It is of polished Quincy granite, and the inscription is surrounded by— a delicately chiseled ivy vine. The stone bears the name “Fannie,” Died Dec. 10, 1881.” underneath the name give the eleiv to the identity of the body buried beneath the stone. They are as follows: •’Only a dog, do you say. Sir Critic? Only a dog: but as truth I prize, The truest lovo I have won in living Lay in the depths of her limpid eyes, Frost of winter, nor heat of .-uminer. Could make her fail if my foosttep led; A nd memory holds in its treasure-casket The name of my darling, who lieth dead.™ In the plot are buried Elias Howe Salmon and Harriet Holiday Salmon, The grave of the dog is little known to curious visitors, as it is not pointed out by the regular carriage-drivers, and workmen seldom say anything about it unless directly questioned. Some years ago the directors passed resolutions forbidding the.burial of pct dogs and cats in the cemetery grounds, but the animals are occasionally smuggled in by plot-owners, it is reported.— Y. Y. Tribune.