New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
TIGER DELM0NCO.
4 poVs STRANGE HISTORY.
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painting OF : large dog hangs behind the cigar
counter in Dsimpnico's BeAvorst houss. he 10
represented Tying on ono Of The pedesss Of the main
arfxanee whose marble pillars form ut setting.
ts head Is erect II he bad heard familiar stop
~ voice. II is picture Of Tiger Dcimsuico. who
w.s famous dog In wan Street twenty yexs ago.
Do you BEE that psnHnEfs Inquired % elderly
w., street broker the other das as with syeunper
DOMINATION he entered the restaurant Wei speak
M AZ dogs tcre is the picture Of one whose ~ ami
death were distinguished by as remarkable Natures
A are the careers Of most mon Lorenzo Deanonico
osd the Italian artist, caounni. o. 900 to paint
thst portrait Mr.. Delmonico never referred u 1t as
other than portrait and after his death, eoud tsn
tsmss thas amount hxve recalled old TIGER 10 LIE.
believe Dclmonioo woua siAoy nave psrsea VIA 'H'
money! ~
Tne speaker had ss&ted himself st ; table and TO
the ssssnting mods and yuu-don' eme so'a Of his
lsspoe, continued In reminiscent strain: Yes. pve
~sd stories Of tho marvellous intelligence displsed
by nfseuEne doss. Of Byron's wonderfully fecirro
Gated affection for HIS trucst frepd' and, a. sou
Know. never miss bench show. but IN all my q
pedenco as a dog fznoier. I have never seen Dag
set that could hold candle for downright huna,n
petnsss to the original Of that pictdfe.S
xSf,tst ave been quite purp,r yawned tho youngtr
deser In stocks ordering the champagne, be trnd
the subject and jotted down in book memorandum
derived from his senior, about Lachawanna STOCK
ready listener, who had become interested IN hs
dog chat, soc shout learning moro Of Aold Tigers
life. And he accumulated ample material for oog
raphy. What do you think Of . dog outlving his
usefulness ard then deliberately committing suicide
You don't believe It'll But do you question tho
yoracity Of ouch old NewYorkprs rs William James,
Daniel Redmund and many others, who have spent
pretty much all their lives on tho street, and pride
themselves upon enjoying tie regulations that their
words are as good a. their bonds Ask any old
- he tail ufYff
that suicide, prcmeditatsd and unnistahabie. was
precisely the case Of their old fiend' Tigers death
THE sToRy THAT MR.. LoNGuI TELLS
John N. Lonshi, the business manager Of tho Del.
nonioo house IN Broad-st, who has been In the
pclnonlcos employ for close ON 10 half century,
WA entirely familiar vita the dogs career Over
bottle of yellow wns IN the centre of an attentive
rroup he bexan thin story: Some twenty years ego,
one crisp morning IN the carly srring Mr. Dclmonico
anrearey A b,s bose olsd in nm overcoat
mat reaobed nom bis head to b,s heels From ono
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new friend and would ever afterward have for him
nghinee fccosninon "heh nc wou'o come 70 sne
Restaurant.
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especially fapcIed. One summer Mr.. walters took
Tiger TO spond few weeks with him on the island
The following season, at precisely the same time. we
missea tne aos i.0oi VIC ses'@uisn' sha sossSn w"
made for him high sad low.
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and every ono had come TO the conclusion that the
dor was dead who should put IN an appearance al
tho restaurant out TIsef 10 peoh As nithe ana spT
as dancing master Mr.. pelmonco almost expected
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