National Republican., 1883-02-28
AN ARIsrocRATIc DOG
Who PntroniTed Dentist, Was Fond OF
DOughnuts, and Never Would Eat TIL
Ills Teeth Had Been Brushed.

| DoNRhahWNht hliN NtNNE ANhh iii
His Teeth Had Been Brushed.
Chicago Nous.
There is grief in the residence of DR.. Gideon
| T.. Moore, at One Hundred and Sixty-third
street aud Kingsbridge road, New York city.
Lord" st. Bernard dog of the original
| type, and the idol and defender Of tho house
hold, is dead. The New York Sun says that
he had been sick since July last. His condi-
| tion was not considered dangerous until two
months ago, when he caught q severe cold.
lie was taken to the American Veterinary coll
lege for treatment. He did not improve. His
cold developed into pneumonia. He received
constant attention, but steadily grew worse.
On Saturday last he was placed in n carriage
and again taken to the college. He was
greatly emaciated and could not walk His
mistress was informed that his disease was
incurable. To relieve his sufierings it was
decided TO chloroform him. When Mrs.
Moore left him he tried TO crawl after her,
but was too weak When the chloroformed
sponge was put to his nose he put up his feet
and resisted, but he put them down again
when told to do so, and the Chloroform was
administered. The body was sent to Mrs.
Moore's residence. 1t will be temporarily
buried in the neighborhood, and finally taken
TO Hungary for burial.
Lord was born in Chamouni Switzerland,
on March 10, 1875. One year later he was
brought to America. He was 80 inches in
height, measured feet from his nose to tip
of his tail, His hair was soft and fine, and of
tawny hue. He had heavy black tipped
name and bushy tail that gracefully curled
at the end. He had q large white cross on his
breast, and his feet and tail were tipped with
white. His eyes were his most attractive
feature. They were large, and of soft brown
color. His bark was strong and resonant, and
his growl lion like In its fierceness. He was
known to nearly every member of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of
which his mistress is q member, and was o
familiar figure in the streets of Carmansville.
He would accept food only from the hands
of his mistress. He had q partiality for
doughnuts One afternoon, while going
through Carmansville with his mistress, he
espied lot Of donghnuts in bakers shop.
He leaped up against the window and indi-
Gated, by several motions of his head and
paving of his fore feet that he would like
some doughnuts. Mrs. Moore went in with
him and purchased few. The storekeeper
offered them to him, but he would not touch
them until he got them from the hand of his
mistress. He was very fastidious. He would
not drink water that was not perfectly clean.
crumb Of bread floating in IL would cause
him to reject it, He would never eat unless
his teeth had been previously cleaned and
his mouth washed out. Two of his teeth
were filled with gold.
He lived five years in Lafayette, a suburb of
Jersey City, during which time he was the con-
stant playmate and protector of tho school
children there. While walking in Communi-
paw avenue Lord saw woman whipping her
child. He ran up to her, caught her by the
dress, and made her let the child co. He then
bent down his head and gently rubbed his
nose up and down the child's face. He then
stood guard over it until his mistress called
him away. He would allow children to stick
pins into him until he howled with pain, but
would never harm the children. Any little
dog could take a bone from him without the
slightest protest ON his part but he would
allow no large dog to trespass on his rights in
any way. lie was never rowdyish.
He was taken to Coney Island for the first
time last summer. His first exploit was to
seize the clothes of woman bather, whom
he probably believed in danger, and en-
deavored to drag her ashore. When Mrs.
Moore called him away the bather dived in
the surf. Lord uttered howl of distress and
swan to where she had gone under. 1t was
some time before he understood that the
bathers were in no danger.
Two rag pickers were in front Of Mrs.
Moore's residence beating q broken down
horse attached to a heavy load of old iron, last
summer. Mrs. Moore protested against the
inhumanity of the act. The rag pickers be-
came abusive and threatening. Lord was in
the yard. He seemed to understand the situ-
alton. Clearing the fence at bound, he was
at the side of his mistress in trice. He
leaped into the wagon, grabbed the stick from
the hand of one of the rag pickers, and, hurl-
ing it from him, pushed the other rag picker
Off the wagon. The two Immediately became
meek and apologetic. Mrs. Moore made them
allow her to have the horse fed before they
continued their journey. He was never
known to bite human being.