The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-20
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

No obituary was published Of Jack the
Barge ONCE dog, who was taken away the
other day by the Bergh society wagon and
ere this day has gone the way OF all good
dogs. Yet Jack was - well known about
the Battery "a Bolivar Hose" Darrah.
Honest Bill Quigley and other city end
notabilities.
Jack became helpless az a result Of old
age. He was water spaniel with some
claims to good looks. In his puppy
hood he made his appearance at the Battery
This was about twelve years ago Where
he came from no one ever knew.
No one owned Jack; he just came, liked
the place and stayed. Tom Nugent OF the
Barge Office took care Of him till Nugent was
drowned By that time Jack had become
such fixture that no one thought of driv-
ing him away
With the years he waxed fat, till he could
only vaddle un and down the pier. Cooks
on the revenue cutters fed him Every day
a about feeding time Jack would waddle out
10 the side Of the pier and bark until the
cook opened the galley door and gave him
his ration.
In summer Jack was familiar sight in
Battery Park Surely no dog ever lived
such a Bohemian life 80 free Of care and
worry; al he and now that he Is gone the
Battery is sorry
A net OF some kind is to be found in almost
every police station. but pro badly the only
canary bird in the whole force is owned by
Capt. Robert Tighe The bird was given
to the captain 10y an admirer long while
ago. When he moves hls hrst care IS always
FOR the safe transportation Of his feathered
friend.
The sound Of a vociferously footed auto
mobile horn alarmed pedestrians on Park
row near the Bridge entrance yesterday.
and there was much scurrying and lodging
TIL a COP, having located the source OF the
noise. hustled No to a little blind man stand
ing on the curb. Under his arm the man
held an auto horn. which he squeezed vlgor-
ouslv every few seconds.
@G'wan. dive think yer divil wagon
Il iust wanted to get aero ~ the street,
and | use this method to attract attention,
explained the blind man. And the cop
safely piloted him through the tangIe.
Who wouldn't own oil paintings when
they can lie bought Mt 50 cents apiece
An original hand tainted old masters,
SAYS the art dealer who had them spread
out over an area grating one day on
Park place near the Sixth avenue elevated
station, and another on Park row, opposite
the Post Office.
The pictures are all the same size,
about 0 by c inches There are marine
views and landscapes, a few interiors and
some flower and fruit pieces. They are
sure enough oil paintings. The 50 cents
covers lust the canvas and stretcher no
frame blue marine study, not unlike
a Dutch tile, looks the real thing at very
long range The girls out FOR lunch stop
and say that an apple orchard in blossom
is lust too sweet There is also Nene-
tan scene with light effects that Rave
Turner nowhere.
Altogether some twenty-five or thirty
subiecis are shown The supply OF each
seems TO be inexhaustible. Those that are
sold one day are replaced by iacsml- Is
next day. business seems TO be DISK
Sometimes a. many as dozen will be
bought in the noon hour. Groups Of
friends discuss their points a earnestly as
c,nnoissetrs a an uptown exhibition and
when they make up their minds hall
dozen secure their favorites with rush.
A middle aged and very serious man
went into a downtown drug store early
the other morning and took the clerk aside.
Il want to see you privately he said
with great earnestness.
When he had the druggist in corner
he remarked In n voice that gr7w In volume;
i am suffering from an overdose OF horse
radishl Give me something quick.
The clerk murmured softly: ! wonder
! IL this geezer is a stringin OF me, as he
mixed up some medicine But the man
drank after looking around to ace II ne
were watched. On his way to the door ne
| tackled the drug man again IN the same
up and down voice. Said he:
THE horse radish was on top Of some
oysters Good day.