The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-22
How a YaIler Dog was Sent Over
the Wires. !.

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A good story comes from Norwalk
Connecticut. One day last week 3
gauRt, slab-sidcd chap, with parti
Ecles ofhayseed on his coat and in hi.
toWTcolored hair, stepped up to. the
telegraph Office at the depot and ask,
ed if the boss was in, The hsl6peratot
asspred him thai. he was, aadshisslu-
raj friend vent on TO relate that he
lived up in Danbury, hadSohedgwu
from there that morning, aud intend:
ed bringing his brether's dog which
4 man in Norfolk wanted, tobuy,bgt
had forgotten il, and,Ranted toSnow
if the. dog copldbc sent down from
there by telegraph. The man Of
alssfs aasi, '9s SSss ia SssRsss1. Cd
"Certainly, sir; that is 4 matter Of
daily occurrence. All that is neces-
sary for you TO do is to give mo a de-
scription of the dog, so that no mis-
take can be made; call again in about
an hour and the dog will be here"
at lisa yellow dog, with small ears,
and is about so high" said the gran
ger, placing his hand eighteen inches
from the floor. He then took his de-
parture with the remark that he
would call again soon. The opera
tor then sent his messenger boy to
look for a dog as near the description
as possible, which ho soon succeeded
in finding, it was at once brought to
the office, and secured to the opera
tors desk by means of piece of tele-
graph wire. After a little coaxing
the dog was made to lie quietly down,
and everything was in readiness for
our rural friend, Punctual to the
time appointed he made his appear
ance, and asked if the dog had come
"I will see" said the operator, and
stepping to the instrument he tap
ped few minutes on the key, at the
same time inserting his legs under
tho desk, he managed to step on the
dogs tail which made the canine
yelp. "Ah! he's coming" said the
operator, and then tapping more furi,
ously on the key, he at the same
time kicked the dog clean from under
the table, who not rClishing this kind
of treatment, barked furiously and
ran around the Office with the wire
attached to his neck "FiftY@ oerrts
SIR. said the operator, turning round
to the countryman: "Uncommon
nice dog; must be worth $50; but he
is the hardest dog l ever received
over the wires; he is so muscular, you
see, that he broke the wire, in fact q
piece of it is now attached TO his neck
which he broke off"
During the whole ofthis operation
the countryman gazed on the opera.
tor with eyes wide open and full Of
surprise; but when the dog came
from under the table and was seen by
the countryman, that was the culmi-
mating point, and he was struck with
amazement. After looking at the
dog a moment or SO, he said; "Say
Mister, he amt so big as he was, and
he is darker; how is that?
"Oh! that is easily explained, said
the operator; you sec the chemicals
employed in making electricity oil
course darkcns his original color, and
the velocity with which he passed
over the wire caused him to contract
in size; but after YOU expose him to
the air for short time he will soon
assume his original size and color
"Du tell" said the countryman
and, after placing fifty cents on the
counter picked up the dog, and walk
ed out Of the Office, remarking that
"the man who invented them tclc
graphs must be very knowledge
Bile man"
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