The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-02-08
The American Dollar Dog.

He Takes no Coins but Dollars and no
Counterfeit Goes.
gentleman from Cheyenne told the
NUGGET editor the same thing that is
related in the following Press telegram.
nearly two years ago The editor has
been sorry, ever since, that he told it.
because it had tendency to shake his
confidence in the gentleman's veracitv.
which had grown through many years
OF pleasant intercourse and friendship
Cheyenne, Wyo,. Jan. 20. Tony ssthe
American Dollar Dog" died here yes
terday aged eight years. When Tony
was year old he was found to have an
unaccountable craving for American
SILVER dollars. He would refuse anv
other kind of coin, and as his passion
lot American dollars was fostered by
his owner, Mr.. George w. Brown. he
soon became an expert in discriminat |
Ing between a good dollar and coun- I
terfeit. Tony. would refuse to pick nm
counterfeit dollar, Mexican dallar.
I'VE franc piece or a twenty dollar
gold piece, but would catch good Am
erican dollar in his mouth before II
could reach the ground, whenever one
was thrown to him. He became the j
talk OF the town, and was always shown !
TO visitors as one of the attractions of
the clty, Hundreds of these visitors 3
were incredulous of the stories told of !
Tony but went away convinced, after 8
trying him with good and bad coins.
Inc dogs wonderful faculty was fully 4
tested when he was about two wears old
when he was taken to Denver. and in
the presence of a number of bank off
Gals and other coin experts, he was
tested with coins by the United States d
Treasury department agent Scores of e.
counterfeets, many of them excellent
enough to deceive the ordinary bank IL
cashier, were thrown to him. but he re- d'
fused to pick them up, while he would SC
Jump for JOY and eagerly snatch up re
good dollar Upon one occasion a dol as
ar OF doubtful appearance was given m
Tony's owner. Thinking it was coun- m
5erfeit, Mr.. Brown threw Il 70 to-, all
Who, without hesitation picked it up. tn
Me- Brown accepted this as proof that We
ne coin was good and included it in va
as next deposit for the bank. The
'ank cashier threw it out and declared frs
counterfeit. Mr.. Brown then sent Il cis
the Treasury department, where it SUI
'as found to be genuine The wonder no
III faculty of the animal led his ms
wner to utilize him for money-making ter
urposes, and for almost a year Tony be
as dime museum star in Denver, tina
maha, st. Joseph, Salt Lake City and ma
her western cities, always attracting 1
'tention and never making a failure the
discriminating between good and era
ID coins. The constant work of pick vii
g up coins wore out the dogs front She
eth and he had to be retired from forr
e stage. Although his teeth was al wor
ost gone, Tony's love for silver dol wor
IS did not diminish, and even in his the1
1t and fatal illness he could be kept III
let only by allowing him toplay with 1--WE
American silver dollar. Tony's gold
ath was caused by droosv and a cold with
1tracted on recent trip to Denver the
i Salt Lake. Tony was a cross be- left
zen Yorkshire setter and bulldog.
de from bright, intelligent face, he
not very prepossessing in appear Th
,e, being a typical ''yellow dog" His fully
her valued him at $1,000 and had re- ors,
ed many tempting offers for him. bui
g..