Cindy - But I think it was the companion dog, LAZARUS, that he wrote about, and for whom/which the whole town turned out for the famous SOB's funeral. It really was a big event here, the story goes. Norton actually owned one of the mutts, and the other one was simply a pal who attached himself to the royalty. Norton himself, a bankrupt gold-seeker, spent time on both sides of the SF Bay, and was as famous in Berkeley as in Bagdad-By-The-Bay. I'll check the SF History Center at the Library to see if they have a pic file. Richard R. >________________________________ > From: Cindy Lovell <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Sent: Saturday, January 8, 2011 11:17 PM >Subject: Re: LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR! > >What a coincidence that you posed this today. I'm in Enterprise, Oregon wh= >ere the community is reading Tom Sawyer for The Big Read and I was brought = >in to do a teacher workshop and the keynote kickoff. My host said I had to= >meet someone here who has had a nagging Twain question for some time. He = >collects oil paintings and years ago had purchased one of a dog done by Eus= >tace Paul Ziegler (then a student) in 1903 titled Bonheure. He was told th= >at it was a painting of the world's most famous dog and that Mark Twain had= >written the dog's obit. I don't know how you get from Bummer to Bonheure = >or if this is a wild goose - er, dog - chase. Does anyone know anything ab= >out Ziegler painting such a picture? I took a photo of the painting this m= >orning on my iPhone and would be happy to email it to anyone who'd like to = >take a gander. =20 > >Thanks! >Cindy > > >Cindy Lovell, Ph.D. >Executive Director >Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum > >120 N. Main St. >Hannibal MO 63401 >Phone: 573-221-9010 ext. 402 >Cell: 386-748-1256 >Fax: 573-221-7975 >Email: [log in to unmask] >Web site: http://marktwainmuseum.org/ > >"Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker wi= >ll be sorry." ~Mark Twain > > >________________________________________ >From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Reineccius [= >[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 5:40 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR! > >Today, 8 January 2011: (from CoastToCoastam.com) > >On this date in 1880, the "ruler" Emperor Norton passed away in San Francis= >co. The eccentric Joshua Abraham Norton proclaimed himself "Emperor of thes= >e United States and Protector of Mexico." During his 20-year "reign," he wa= >s humored by the locals, and currency was even issued in his name. > >Richard R - San Francisco/Oakland >The Twain Lane Collaborative, SF > >NON-TRIVIA: Emperor Norton was usually seen up and down and near Market Str= >eet SF, in Berkeley and elsewhere, in the company of two famous derelict do= >gs, _________ and __________. Twain knew them personally. > >No prize will be awarded for knowing the answer w/ or w/o a lookup. > >There's fun info at the SF Virtual Museum: >(including a famous Jump cartoon drawing) >http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/lazarus.html > > >