The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-07-12

a DOGON Els TRAVELS'
10 TramrS N.nO Hundred Niles in
Twenty-Five Dcys--Home Again.
From Tic St. .joscph HcrnlJ.

Ihc following anccdotc, which is
strictly true, Was; lelatcl to our cor
respondent II few days since by II
very prominent and highly respected
lnllroad official, and is based Oh
facts contained i'll letter received
Il short time since hy Dan McC,wlcy,
ut Lcona, Kan.
Some time ago Mr.. McCawl.y's
father, who resides at Flat Rock,
Seneca county, o., shipped II full
hinodcd Shepherd dog hy express to
III; SDh at I.c0nn, Kan. I'm due time
the dog arrived At his destination.
and WAS conveyed in :, wagon to Mr..
AlcC.:s house. two miles from that
place. where he WAS tied up in the
barn to prevent his straylng. The
idea that on tho following morning
the dog would turn mp missing never
entered the hcld OF friend NJ ,c. and
hla aStCn!Sl'mcnt may be imagined
when he discovered shortly after
breakfast, That The dog hHt? broken
away and left for parts unknown.
The loss WIS deeply felt by all the
family, and steps were at once
taken tD discovc. the whcle-
abouts ofihc animal hat all their
efforts proved unsuccessful, and the
disappearance remained IL mystery
for nearly four weeks indeed, no
clue whatever could be obtained as
to whether he wan lcreu, or. if
stolen, who The thief was. So, after
making many unsuccessful attempts
to recover uim, Mac concluded j.
Was mystery too deep for solution,
and resolved to quit the search, at
the same time vowinS dire vengc nee
against whosncver should have
stolen his valuable present, provided
the thief WAS ever detected.
The disappearance OccuSiOnol
surprise and comment, and created Il
nine days wonder, but it is hardly
possible to i'm lginc how much more
surprise and establishment were felt
by Mae and his family on receipt OF
the following intelligence contained
i'll IL letter from Macs father, written
about four weeks after the disap-
! pca,nncc Of Of the dog.
! In this letter he informed his son
that twenty-five days after the
day on which the dog was received
ut the express Office at Lcona, he
appeared at bis old home in Fiat
Rock, Ohio ; or, in other words that
/ the dog, guidc,i by his instinct, h,l
Travelled nine hundred miles in twcn-
I ty.two days. The most astonishing
! circumstance connected with tins
anccdotc is that the dog was con
vcycd the entire distance from Ohio
to Kansas on his outward journey
IN IN express car, and how in the
world he ever found his WAY back on
root IS mystery which only that
dog can solve. That he had Travelled
the entire distance was Clearly ap.
parent by the condition he was IN
when he reached his Old home, being
footsorc, nearly starved, and badly
used up.
A wag, who had wrapped y piece
OF cloth having the word "Ccnten
MAJ on it around an egg and then
boiled it SO that the word appeared
plainly on the shell, sadly deceived
IA Portland Comm farmer, who took
it ont Of il nest where it had. been
placed. and exhibited it at the Office
of local newspaper as u wonderful
manifestation OF the hens intimntt
knowledge Of the history Of the
United Slutcs.
George Applcwhito, The last Of the
Lowrey gang, which was once sucl
a terror to tho good people OF Robe
son county, N. g., is again at large
having been released on "Wednesday
by order Of the Supreme Court
under what is known ns the amncst,
act. having been brought before tn,
conc" under u writ Of hahrtg corir;a
: Western edition inc5 Wc., ola
) "a''d iarua"r recently, and m!ornc,
hIn" that hl wruhi ~" 80 lrnre some