Bisbee daily review., 1910-03-06

name OF this vessel was the South
erner." and before II made It's initia
voyage. but one steamer had made
the trip across the Atlantic-that was
the Savannah" and that vessel only
used her paddles part OF the way. they
being contriyed so they could be taken
adeok. when desired.
Among the varieties OF things in
Guided among the Dead Letter collec
ton Is genuine internal machine. :
II was directed to Captain Euiate OF
the Spanish man-of.war vizcaya. a,
the time that vessel was lying out
side OF New iorS just before war was
declared with Spain. Extra precau.
tons being taken. by the Postofiice
Department the bomb never reached
the Spanish captain. Fearing such
an attack tht postal officials advised
Captain Eulate MOTTO receive any
mail until il had first passed through
the hands OF an expert The eap.ain
assented and the bomb was detected
before 1t reached him
One OF the cases contains an envel-
ope in which is enclosed n lock OF
Charles Guiteau's hair II was sent
by the assassin OF President Garfield
in a letter addressed 20 a Young lady
In Baltimore. In the letter Guiteau
begged the young lady to aid him in
securing funds for his trial. At the
time the letter was sent the lady was
travelling abroad. DO addresses being
left Il was returned to the Dead Let
ter office.
or the many unusual things 10 be
seen In this museum there are none
more interesting and pathetic than
the story OF the little Scotch terrier.
owney. whose remains are mounted
and given a prominent place Ia the
exhibit with his harness and tags. The
story of little owney has bee ntoid..
re-told and written about many times
IN years gone by. but Il should be told
again for those not familiar wi n IL.
and again as a happy reminder to
those that once read of this dogs in
teresting career:
In 1856, in the postoffce at Albany
New York. a little Scotch terrier was
found curled up. fast aleep on top
CT some mail bags where it had taken
refuge from the cold. The maliclerks
took pity on him and adopted him.
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weather. Quite frequently hey would
pat his head and say who is your
owner?" and in this way ne derived
his name.
One day he followed the wagon 10
the depot and boarded the cars with
he mail: he was unobserved until
after The train started. when some q
the railway postal clerks. discovering
his presence. took charge Of him and
lent him back TO Albany Having
learned the trick. he made frequen;
trips with the mail. always returning
10 Albany. though his patrons never
knew where he had teen.
Thinking it would be interesting to
know where he went. the employees
If the Office gave him a tag inscribed
Owney, Albany Postoffice. Albany, y
T." attaching card thereto reques
ing the postal clerks TO affix tags TO
show where he had been. His travels
soon became so extensive, however.
that the ,ags grew burdensome, 50
when passing through Washington on
one of his transcontineental tours.
Geeral Wanamaker pre-
sented him with a set of harness from
v hich he tags Of all sorts and de
scriptions were suspended. He tray
eled from one place TO another, al
ways following the mail; for eleven
years he kept this up. visiting Europe
and Asia. as well as travelling through
out the United Sta.es and Canada.
The Mikado Of Japan presented him
with a silver medal on one side Of
which was the national coat Of arms.
Owney met HIS fate at Toledo, Ohio.
when an attemp- was made to have
IS picture taken. He was chained in
the basement Of the postoffice to await
the arrival OF the photographer At
such an indignity. Owney bristled up
and barked furiously; a clerk in the
postofice endeavored to quiet him
and received bite in his hand. He
spread the report that Owney was
mad and the postmaster summoned a
policeman, who shot him, thus ending
the career OF the famous little dog.