The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-04-11
THE TELEPURP.
.,,yp NEW INyENTIoN-HoW A YAL-
LER DOG WAS SENT OVER
THE WIRES.

-, rood story comes from Norwalk,
-coOn, One day last week gaunt,
slab.sided chap, with particles of hay
..ed on his coat and in his tow col
o,ed hair, stepped up to the telegraph
ace at the railroad depot and asked
ss,be boss was in. The operator as
lad him that he was, and his rural
,.;ood went on to relate that he lived
n in Danbury, had come down from
,bore that morning, and intended
hrioeing his brothers dog, which a
Inn in Norwich wanted to buy, but
had forgotten it, and wanted to know
wthe dog could be sent down from
tbere by telegraph. The man of
lightning seeing a very good chance
mr a little fun, at once answered:
aCertanly, sir; that is matter Of
a.;ly occurrence. All that is neces
sary for you to do is to give me a
description of the dog, so that nc
m;s,oke can be made; call again in
,hoa;t half an hour, and the dog will
be here"
at is yaller dog, with small ears,
and is about so high" said tie Gran
osr placing his hand eighteen inches
tram The floor. He then took his de-
rorture with the remark that he
would call again soon. The operator
then sent his messenger boy to look
FIR q dog as near the description as
nossible, which he soon succeeded in
finding. 1t was at once brought to
,he office, and secured to the opera
tors desk by means of a piece of tel
eoraph wire. After little coaxing
the dog was made to lie quietly down
and everything was in readiness for
onr rural friend. Punctual to the
time appointed he made his appear
auCe, and asked if the dog had come,
81 will see," said the operator, and
stepping up to the instrument he tap
ned q few times on the key, at the
same time, inserting his leg under
the desk, he managed to step on the
dogs toes, which caused the canine
to yelp. "Ah! he's coming" said
the operator, and then, tapping more
iuriously on the key, he at the same
time kicked the dog clean from under
the table, who, not relishing this
kind of treatment, barked furiously v,
and ran around the Office with the
wire attached to his neck. FIFTY
cents, sill" said the operator, turning
arouad to the c0nntryman. ''Un
common nice dog, must be worth $50
but he is the hardest dog | ever re
Ceived over the wires; he is so mus
cular, you see, that he broke the
Wire-in fact, a piece Of it is nov
attached to his neck, which he brokt
off,
During The whole of this operation
the countryman gazed on the opera
tor with eyes wide open and full o
surprise; but when the dog came
FROM under the table and was seen b,
the countrymsn, that was the cuImi
mating point, aud he was struck will
amazemeEt. After looking at TIL
dog moment or so, he said: "Say
mister, he amt so big as he was
and he is much darker, how's thatT
ooh! that is easily explained,
said the operator; "you see the chem
icals employed in making electricit
Of course darkened his original color
and the velocity with which he pass
cd over the wire caused him to con
tract in size; but after you expos
him to the air for short time b
will soon assume his original siz
and color"
"Du tell,' said the countrymat
and, after placing so cents on tn
counter, he picked up the dog, an
walked out of the Office, remarkin
that "the man who invented tele
graphs must be very knowledgabl
man. The Operator.