The Republican journal., 1874-02-26
Ulimaus Educated Dog.

There ,re irv travellers on the Harlem
Railroad no have not heard Of the cduca-
ted log At the @carsdale depot IIisname
IA knapp Il1 il the property OF MI Geo
llmall. the tation master Knapp is a
shepherd dog. about two feet high and j.
covered with 4 dark brown shaggy coat
Of lina hair. He wa, born in tie scotch
Highlands nearly four vcar% ago In his
infancy knapr Wa imported at consider
able trouble bl a gentleman OF |oarsdalp.
Who. BEING suddenly called t, Europe
AntR 4itGlu lrl e:4yr him tn Mir. IL
nIaH. &uti nu wrniue ani Intelligence
in knapp Mir Ihnau began to train hlm
Now kn1pi ru perlulm many wonderful
ieu H. ia hpcn Taught IL ~ 1T hi
master in 1hp performance oi his duties
around the depot Knapp la, learned to
teA by the olocl when the tram il due
ana At NIGHT whrn The hand point to the
proper hour knapp take his lantern
in HI mouth and tlnd~ on the depot
platform with Il light, Guiding tile cngi-
neel to Il stopping place Knapp knows
an express train from d mail train, and i
mail tram from 4 way tram In the day
time when an EXPIRE tram approaches
the station aud the tracI- is clear, Knapp
show 4 white lag which iomtics al is
we'll
Not many day ago Knapp appeared
with tie White flag as an express train
hove in light, but 7eeing two small chill
dren going down the wagon road igno-
rant ot tho approach of any train. he
simultaneously with the train. Knapp
dropped the white dag, and seiling the
red flag in hla mouth, ne darted toward
the crossing. The engineer saw the red
flag and shut oli steam before the animal
reached the chIdEtn Arrived 1t the
Gro sing lie stoc'i there and prevented the
train from passing until the children We're
safely over the track, and then he laid
the flag down and the train went ON.
On another occasion Knapp snatched a
child from in front of way train lust as
it was stopping at the depot. The child's
clothing was torn by tile wheels of the loco
motive, 70 narrowly had it escaped death
Knapp consult5 the clock crery day for
the arrival Of the mail trains A few mo-
ments before the mail is due Knapp sta
tions himself at the mail track, and when
the bag is thrown ticm the car he carries
it to the Post Office, and il il contains any
letters for his master hc takes them back
to him
When freight trains begin to switch
cars at the depot Knapp always :akes 4
red flag and trots up cr down the track,
as the case may Je, and flags any train
that heayes in sig 1t. Knapp always keeps
his position faithfully until called in BY
signals, just as any other tiagman is. En-
gneers all know Knapp and faithfully act
upon his signals. After the departure of
q freight train Knapp ottea walks down
the track and carefully examines all the
switches to see that the brallemen have
left them all right Satisfied that no
bunlcrs have been made, he walks back
to the depot, and if the clock shows him
that he has q few leisure moments, he sig
nities to his master a desire for a pipe
Nh I'llman has taught him TO smoke, and
he always keeps knapp's pipe ready for
Lighting when he calls tol it The pipe
being lighted, the animal sits on a chair
and smokes with rs much apparent ease
and comfort as his master
Mr, lman is 4 good musician. He has
piano in the ladies room of the depot.
and often performs on it, Knapp has
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