Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-20
Rex Guides His Master to All Ills
 Customers.

he knows the customers and they likewise know him.
 Rex really does the principal part of the travelling, and his master, Miles M. Goodwin. sells the goods. The master Is blind, but with the travelling ability of Rex he is able to cover his territory as he did before he lost his sight Rex is his masters eyes. Goodwin lives at New Castle, near here, and the story of his affliction is a pathetic one. He was a handsome. well-built young man and popular everywhere he went. He made friends and was a successful salesman. For eleven years he sold clothing on the , road for an eastern firm. Then blind ness came upon him. A few years ago he was stricken with atrophy of the optic nerve and he lost his sight. He spent years and large sums of money in trying to regain his vision, but 1t had gone:
 { Then Goodwin went into business at his home town. starting cigar ,jobbing house under the firm of Good. win & Dille. Goodwin longed to be on the road again for his own house, and one day he had an inspiration as he observed the intelligence displayed by his dog Rex, then pup. The ex. pertinent was tried and it proved sue. cessful, but Rex was quick to learn, and it was not long before he under. stood that it was to be his work to guide his master from place to place. Since he started he has never failed for a single day to do his duty. When he first made his trips with the dog Goodwin had to inquire his way to the places he wished to visit, but when once there he introduced Rex. and Rex never forgot.
 He now knows :"all the trade" in the various towns the pair make" and the customers always have a cor dial welcome for the interesting sales man.
 Rex never makes any mistakes. He takes his master directly to where he wishes to go and loses no time in do- ing so. When they are through with a town he leads the way to the proper railway station.
 Mir. Goodwin holds him by strap that is fastened to the dogs collar, and a code of signals has come to be un- derstood by them, so that each knows the meaning of every movement of the other. Goodwin can tell when he is at a street crossing by the manner in which Rex ducks his head. giving the strap a slight jerk.
 Rex guides his master across the street safely, no matter how crowded it may be, and steers him clear of street cars, automobiles and buggies. Master and dog have never yet met with an accident.
 In violation of all rules Rex rides in the coaches of all trains and inter- urban cars in Indiana. for he is known to all the railroad folk. and all con- ductors have strict orders to carry the dog.
 Rex is a Gordon setter and is a handsome animal. Even though he has the intelligence of a man and devotes the most of his time to doing a mans work he Is still dog. and when the occasion offers delights in doing some of the things tha. it is peculiarly and particularly proper for a dog to do. such as running" a rabbit.
 One day recently Mir. Goodwin was waiting to change cars at a little coun- try station. He took advantage of the opportunity to give Rex a short out ing. and, releasing the dog from his strap. Rex was soon having the time of his life in field some distance away. As time for the train to arrive ap- preached Rex was still bust, and finally Goodwin had to send some men after him. and the travelling salesdog barely returned to his master in timo to catch the train.