New-York tribune., 1902-05-04
'F His DOG HAS INSPIRED BISHOP DoANE TO WRITE POEM ABOUT


of the Senate and Assembly and attends many
| Of the hearings of committees and the debate
| Of upper or lower house. Often in the midst +
a heavy debate in the Senate. when two su,I
| Legislative orators as Senator Grady and Sena-
| tor Bracket are pitted against one another the
Bishop will be seen entering the chamber by
postern door with Cluny close at his heels. The
Bishop will lean against of the big brass
posts that support the railing in the rear Of tie
chamber. while the st Bernard will stretch him
self out near the huge onyx fireplace. with
eye his master and the other the deb@trr
who has the floor.
Tlsre a time, and it not very long
ago, when the dog used to precede his master
as the two went about the town. Then it was
that Cluny acted a sort of herald well as
bodyguard. The dogs years. however. have
now begun to tell on his big frame, and he often
lags far behind the head of the Albany DiO-
cese that the latter has to turn and call him
by name. 1t happened the other day that
the Bishop chanced to meet an old acquaintance
in State-st. just as the master had turned to
call to his dog
"Cluny is growing old faster than you" said
the friend. as he grasped the Bishop by the hand
Both Of US have exceeded the normal span"
answered Bishop Doane, the big St. Bernard
came up at last and rubbed his ponderous head
against his masters knee.
"Cluny was ten years old only few weeks
ago" he added. "and I was seventy a half
dozen days later But time seems to tell on h..I
more heavily than me. At home. he likes -
doze nearly the whole time, whereas l take )
short nap now as fifteen years ago, and spend
| as many hours in study and reading ever
Il understand that he has learned the differ
ence between the Sabbath and the other days Of
the week." said the friend.
Yes. the dog. better than some people that l
know. realizes when Sunday comes, and the diff
ference between that day and the secular days
Of the week has made his mind a deep anI
lasting impression. On weekdays he goes with
me to the cathedral for the short daily service.
watching for my first movement toward leaving
the house, that he may be not to miss me
But Sunday he lies patiently at the head. OF
the stairs and never makes a motion toward
following me, Sunday with him is altogether .
day of rest"
Don't you think, Bishop, that dogs differ
much in temperament and in quality of intel
Iect as human bcings?" quered the friend,
the big st. Bernard impatiently wagged his
tail. as if he believed the Bishop ought to be
going.
Most certainly" replied the Bishop with con
siderable emphasis The leading character.
stcs Of Cluny, for example. are his dignity and
his devotion to me. I do not think that he is
remarkably clever. But his nobeness and af-
fcction beyond dispute. He is never faI
away from me. from the early morning, when
he comes into my room to wake up. uutI
midnight when he goes to his kennel and |
my bed. lie is at my heels in the house and at
my heels in the street.
He dscredited himself once twice in his
early life by indulging in a curious dislike of
some individual dogs. Now, however. he is
peaceable very Indifferent to most people very
discriminating TO his friends. giving an al
most undivided affection to and to my two
older granddaughters, who have been his true
lovers through all his life In Albany boys and
men stop TO speak to him in the street, and IN
my summer home. in Mount Desert Island ~ is
facetously called the Coadjutor Bishop Of
North East Harbor.'"
Cluny is dog OF no plebeian origin and. in
token OF his noble descent. inasmuch as his
grandmother, Duchess. belonged 10 Governor
Tilden. he is the only member Of the canine
family in this State that is admitted to the
Executive Chamber. Through the courtesy II
the Bishop, The Tribune reprints below the fun
pedigree Of Cluny, which dates back To the
middle of the last century, when his ancestors
We're imported from the monasteries Of St Ber-
nard. Thus it is that the name Of Cluuy. which
is one Of the ST. Bernard monasteries. was gis-r
to the Bishops bodyEuard.
The pedigree is as follows:
CIuny. born March Is92
Tiber. born July. Iss9