 Under its stone canopy the words "Faith," "Hope," "Charity," and "Temperance" are chiseled.Atop this canopy is a life-sized heron, and the centerpiece is a pair of entwined heraldic scaly dolphins.Originally, visitors were supposed to freely drink ice water flowing from the dolphins' snouts with a brass cup attached to the fountain and the overflow was collected by a trough for horses, but the city tired of replenishing the ice in a reservoir beneath the base and disconnected the supply pipes.