The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-04-06
owNEY, rHE FAMOUS TRAMP DOG.
Has Travelled from One End Of the United
States tn the Other.
tFrom The Cincinnati En0"if"r.I

dog, arrived IN Cincinnati a few DAYS
ago over the Big Four from Cleve-
land, Buffalo and New York.
lie came through in a mail car and
as soon as the train stopped Owney
made for u mail wagon and rode tc
the Post office. He walked into the
clerks room and afterward paid his
respect to superintendent Davis,
During the afternoon Owney called
on the Enquirer and had his picture
taken.
Owncv is not handsome dog, by
any means. His color is mixture OF
shaggy gray, yellow and black. lie
is stonc-blind in one eye, but the
other is as bright as a "golden
guinea" and shows intelligence of
the highest order. Owncy's pedigree
is unknown, but that doesn't matter;
he is knowing dog and keeps scru-
pulously clean for a tramp.
Oweny lived Originally in Albany,
n. Y. Two years ago he came into
the possession of a mail clerk and
was taken on run on the New York
Central.
That settled it. The fast run just
suited him, and since then he has
been on the go from one end of the
United States to the other. Hc dis
dams coaches and Pullman sleepers,
and will ride in nothing but mail
cars. There he is at home. His bed
is
UNDER TIE COUNTER,
and during the day his favoritc pas
time is at the door with his paws
braced upon the sides, viewing the
country. If the landscape suits,
Ownev remains in this position for
hours. If it doesn't come up to his
standard he turns in disgust and lies
down out of the way of the working
clerks.
Owncy is dainty eater. He shares
the lunch Of the boys on the car, OF
gets out at the first station and goes
to the lunch counter, where the best
on hand is none too good, and with
out cent of expense at that.
Owney knows no master, but hs
something like 5000 owners, who
take lively interest in his welfare
In the past two years he has probably
travelled as many miles as any one
man in the country Recently he
iourneyed to Washington and called
on cx-Postmastcr-G General Wana
maker, and it is expected that before
long he will repeat the journey and
make his bow to President Cleveland
and Postmaste- General Bsscll.
Owncv might be called the great
American traveller. He has done the
effect East and the wild and woody
West. He has shown UP suddenly i'll
Frisco, and shortly after in Seattle,
Wash. New Orleans is a tavorite
place, and SO is Galveston and Ft.
Worth, Texas. Owney also likes
Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago.
He knows a railway mail clerk at a
glance, and will follow no one else.
He can also pick out mail wagon as
quick.
a peculiar feature about the dog
is that he has never been in a wreck,
and therefore is looked upon by the
bows in the service as Il mascotte,
and the trains are thought to be safe
when he is on board.
The last time Owney was in Gin
cinnati was about year ago. AT
that time he was covered with med
ais. None are left, and what became
of them is not known. Owney, how,
ever, still wears his fancy collar hcav-
lily mounted with silver, upon which
| is inscribed Convey, Albany, n. "
Owncy left Cincinnati the same
day over the Big Four for Chicago
He will remain there one day anC
proceed to st. Louis, and from there
to Kansas City and direct to San
Francisco. He will return to Chi
cago in time for the opcnig of thu
Worlds Fair, and if he can be induc
ed to remain he will be placed OF
exhibition with the United States
display.
Before owncy left Cincinnati h