The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-12
DEATH MOVING D0WS TUE MlSERs.
Another ssP0Or'' Man Dies Wealthy-Edward
v. Tardy, the Fated Feel u Ferfune-Ths
EicraI of n Miser,s Etbd.

Another ssP0Or'' Man Dies WeaIthy-Edward
v. Tardy, the Fnted Feel u Fsrtune-Ths
floral Of Miser's Eud.
The King Of Terrors is after the misers with ven
geance, and reaping tae richest harvest Of SELF
persuaded poverty he has had for many long day.
Three weeks ago Lyman AilJn left hts treasure OF
three-quarters OF million benind hun in garnet
Of Tay,or's Hotel Jersey City, ana closed his eyes
IN death without soul to see or mourn bis depar.
ture Locky Osirom. eftor grabbing pennies
together for half q century, accamulated fortune
and died the other day witAout spending any OF It.
The last case is that Of Edward V. Tardy, who gave
up the ghost Friday night at sGa sixth avenue, after
spending seventy 1.-TWO years on tAis miserable earth
making money and using none Of It. Tardy had the
true instinct OF the miser. He not alone went
grabbing for money, but grubbca In the street gar
bage for bread crusts and wasSed vegetables. He
had keen eye for potatoes ana turnpe and let rev
OF these healthy esculents "a sAe pain OF the
carried home with him 70 hts wretched place
Of ,nea, 9 ,Gta .o On HdMaEd qSS
was In this city IN the year 1vo1 or French and
English parents. HIS uncle, Alexis Decnanviere
to this country. Tardy's father was well-todo and
along with his son took cons peuous part IN seek
of his own. in which he sailed 70 almost every port
parts OF Africa Asia and soath Americ9. he
traded extensively VITA We saysges OF the
society, sandwich and Phmppiae Islands and
a cargo Of immense vaae whom he suffered COM
plete shipwreck and lost everything but his life
Twenty years more OF his lie gore devoted to TN
making OF money. and in tat tame his luck was ne
better, for he lost two fortunes In darsog specular
ton. Tired and disgastea with the ackle 'ade tina.
dispenses the favors Of wealth and prosperity, he
decided again TO run counter TO what appeS1eq
his inevitable destiny-tAat q iailing every spec
lation-and SO 1t happened he settled slowly down
to the slow, 'cautious and suspicious habits of
veritable miser.
talked no more OF grand enterprises in commerce
and turned tacltuIn and nisanthropcal. He
descended from mis- ngn .s.sn - speculator
paltry pile OF pennies. He never married but lived
with sister whose eccontz,stH q habit was about
house IN Greenwich avenue. where they had three
rooms and where they passed We Of unparalleled
$4,000, but they never bought neal II they could
contrive 70 CLEAN from the gareage OF the market
psss' sck :si :. oro. Seay o.. p.
entirely s y' too great had her removed 70 Bellevue
which he was reluctsnsy compelled TO pay nifty
dollars for her burial expenses. After this event
De e 1e a snd a q NH q
starvation. HIS stoveptpe Aat vas built and bought
TWENTY-FIVE years ago, sed Ma saoes came INTO ex-
no particular business ana never Wholly surrendered
his passion for speculation. He confined II, how
national securities, o. woA 10 eis he fu Of two
old trunks. Among his papers were discovered
number OF shares In me sOaeno to recover the
matey fell sick snd was In an almost
dying condition In has miserable hover ON
Greenwich avenue whom Q kind Asarted halfcraxy
old fellow named DIR. William Ssost Downey, char
acter much like DR.. RiocsbocOo In Buwers my
Novel;, found him ana carried him 70 ms place
at 274 Sixth avenue, Lad him IN bed ana attended
faithfully to him night and day for two weeks, bus
In vain. Edward V. Tardy gave up the ghost Friday
evening leaving bonds, securities cash, &C., worth,
at hurried calcula alton, t500oo and bcqueathing,
IN Will Of about ten Inca the whole to the chill
dren OF nephew who died some time ago, ana
whose widow is now married 70 Mr.. HouRhton, OF
this city He had q niece married 10 Colonel
stewart OF Philadelphia, but ne LETT her nothing
Eighteenth street, VIII take his remains to Green
wood NJ ten O'Clock tomorrow.