GENEROUS BEQUESTS.
LATE MRS TOWN" SEX D'K IttTATc. LOVE FOR ANIMAL-. Apropo- „!' the Lite .Mrs fownsi lid' bequest of fiiiia for liic .Sucic.y for tlu Prevention ~f Cruelty to A.ihnuls in OhrHcluircii and £>uoi> for the Association of Prevention of Cruelty to Animal in the parish of Melew in the Isle of Man, the story of her distress at the death of a favorite cocker spaniel is cap ped by another .story of her alieclion for a greyhound that she owned at Gh'ii mark some years ago. The animal used lo sleep in her own room and had (-ill: coverlets and eiderdown quills and other unusual comforts. When it died Mrs Tmvnsend had a full sized marble fitatm of the dog on a marble base, erected over its grave and the statue is w ii<| l« be there at the present day. Mrs Townsend was also very solicitous about the waifs ami strays of the 5)„.,.p rj 0 ,.|, rt If a lamb was injured in (he railway truck or in any oth. ,- wav she u-.il |*o ■have it put a-idc and hrou.-M up ;'.s a pet on the fai .if the burl.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 4, 23 May 1914, Page 5
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192GENEROUS BEQUESTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 4, 23 May 1914, Page 5
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