New-York tribune., 1895-02-10
SIXTH AVENUE AND 23D STREET
OTTER BONDS BRAVE PHILOSobfi D..
A pITIFUL PHASE or NEw-loRK LIFE AND ~
OLD MANS PECULIAR HISTORIAN AZ
PEAL FOR HELP.

A prrrFrL PHASE OF NETWORK LIFE AND An
OLD MANS PECULIAR HISTORIAN Af-
PEAL FOR HELP.
oualn. old silk hat OF the date OF lsii. battered
and rustv. but still cnging to bit OF ~ oid-tlme
gentility is the only relic which olNer" hon' ""
saved from the days Of hs prosperity Inc on
silk hat and Oliver have journeyed through H''
,opether growing Tusiier and poorer ana Hhaop'r
Zach vear oliver Bond. genial old bachelor mas
ros,sed the corrodlng hand OF time. ana has never
grovn rusty And row. dfter Nifty years OF almost
insenarable companionshp. the genial od phch''''
and the old silk hat. who began thcir JOINT 'ht''H
IN a Rowery mansion and passed through the ''illhE
sca. OF poverty TO a final shelter IN an h"H' ''''
tenement house. going 10 part company LOT "''
time. 80, :. g.
Like all old bachelors Bond has hobby. u =
an overnowerlng fOndness for feline prt7- i' ""'
tho feline tramps and waits Of the Ei-t sac nav
.A q, novertv a common bond Of sympathy ana
in all his adversely and distress he has sh'i'i NJ
, ,.i,h his pets Last Friday-he always gave
his ca,s FISH on Ffiday-he went down mo "e
h,s.,nent TO serve the Lenien dlet fe s'lp'n "'''
feu there was a snap OF bone am "h'h NE ''o'''
arne ne told him that he must nave leg "ihp"-
,a,cd or die and oliver. without a moment h'S'-
tation chose the latter. ana 'h'ie Wa " '"''''
brave philosophy In his decision.
90, Tagged man seventy years Oh is oi no
,,so anyway he argued. "and would rather d."
ou,etlv than be butchered In "A chhr'''p" hoSP'-
tai" 80
rho nbvsician. realizing that there was only an
teri,esimal chance OF his surviving th' OPERATION
r,ri,,cd him TO have his way. and that IS why
,h ola bachelor and the old silk hat are about to
sever their long partnership
His life has been peculiarly s"n one. Foi
,oars no has struggled bravely against misfort-
,nos which overwhelmed him, and the sting or
,overtv has been all the more keen because he mas
not always known it, lie was member OF
,rom,nen. old New-York family, ana MS fathcr'
7 oonard Bond was a wealthy hat manufacturers
HE mother was member Of the MHdcburger
family which for years occupied the old house
where tho Fifth Avenue Hotel now stands ana
ras known as the "Mildeburgcr Farm.
In those days when Twenty -third-st was way
go, ,nwn voung Bond considered more or
cres Of a Beau Brummc and was one oi thc most
pporstment suddenly left him penniless ana he
drifted out Of the gay circle oi fashionable ne;
~, throrgh all the troubles which came 10 MN
w ven, his bright CHEEKY smile and his old SILK
,iIe and no matter how lOwly and squali his
r,rrroundings ne has always been the same cheer
fuI courtly old gentleman. ana even now, nflnS
~ :. miserable little room in gloomy old rookery
A. M 2Gg East One-hundred and twenty -thlfd-st.
he maintains his gcntlencss ana cheer, ana the
shadow OF death has not dimmed the merry twinkle
J" '"un'T1 NJ bs a LITTLE money with which TO buy the
the mere necessaries Of life his last days might he
made cheerful and pleasant. and at least lie would
moi mart company with the old tile IN "A room with
The mercury lowering about zero
,rhe Tribune Will gladly receive any contrlbu-
tions which may be sent TO relieve his suffering
and distress.