Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-06-16

Years ago, when Delmonico's was a,
Fourteenth street, New York, the cafe wa.
not always as quiet and orderly as it i:
now. One night a notorious bully walked
up and down its marble floor fourisliing q
loaded pistol, and putting all the walters
to flight in his attempt to intimidate
another guest, who calmly slipped his wine
during the display. Upon another occa-
sion, young man about town, boastIng OF
his IAIck and science, engaged in fisti-
cuff affray with lightweight professional.
and was coolly knocked out of time, after
several rounds, nobody daring to interfere
during the combat. Warned by these af-
fairs, Mr.. Delmonico took As measures
accordingly. The next time the bully
with his pistol attempted to enter the cafe,
he was touched upon the shoulder by this
little man in black, and tremblingly lis
tened 10 few whispered words, carried
his mania a potu to another saloon. The
next time the lightweight prize fighter
and his crowd approached the door, they
found the little man In black upon the
threshold and moved on to more congenial
localities, as if he had been a referee or a
detective. Since those memorable nights
there have been no disturbances. no quar-
rels, no boxing matches at Delmonico's
Every habi,ue remarks the perfect order
preserved and the absence of any apparent
attempt to preserve it. No tramps or
beggars, no banco-steerers or stool-pigeons
infest tbs restaurant, which attracts the
best custom of New York. 1t is as if the
house was club, at which none but gen.
tlemen were allowed to enter. In fact, the
company is severely sifted at the door.
and the man in black is the sieve through
which all must pass They go through
uncsnsciously, they never remark the pro-
cess or the operator; but the results are
the peace, order, comfort and refined ele-
gance for which Delmonico's is famous.
The effect, therefore, is acknowledged by
everybody; the cause is, Mr.. James Cusick,
the man in black at the door. Our readers
do not need 10 have Mr.. Cusick introduced
to them. They will not soon forget the
trainer Of John Heenan, who accompanied
him to England, and made him fit TO win
the international fight with Savers. OF
those good old days Mr.. Cusick has still
much to relate when the doors of the cafe
are closed for the night. and he unbends
for while with representative of the
press. To hear his outspoken opinion of
English fair play would rouse the British
lion even in his degenerate epoch when
Berlin decides the fate of Asia. To listen
to his stories of the poisoned water, the
bribed policemen and the Yankee shrewd-
ness which outwitted all attempts to ''get
att Heenan during his training, stirs the
blood ike the sound of bugle, even in
these piping times when the prize ring is
as dead as its champions, and has only
glove fights for its ghosts. But Mr.. Cusick
is a living example of the practical uses of
the noble art of self-defence, which ought
to gladden. the hearts of such scientific ex-
psnents as Colonel Monastery. The spec
tacle of one little man in black
mounting guard over a magnificent restsu-
rant, crowded with ladies and gentlemen,
and protecting them from insult and an
noyance by the prestige of his skill and
experience, has its moral as well as its
mystery