The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-10-26
FAITHFUL DOG
DELIVERS MAIL
Cot ;. E1snptor esrssrtner. q & o
Publicity Mar, seins rhriiiins
Story.
DOG At BRIGHTON. o.
IS ZERO OF INCIDENT.
"her pos,ris;ress 10 Unable 20 Per.
form puties Dos Meets Train
20 Get PoYeh.

Col , Hampton Baumgartnsr the
indefatigabie. entsrprlsing and highly
successful publicity agent Tor the B
a o. X r. r. evidently getting him
self IN training for a position ss the
press agent % some comic opera star.
Col BaumFartner has generally lin
ted HE efforts 10 mighty Interesting
discussions Of the Improvement Nork
and new enterprises undertaken BY
the B- a o. r. X MANAGEMENT. ana
la this Held he has accomplished A
great deal giving the public a better
understanding % Is. s. o. plans and
OF the development OF the railroad
properties However. ne has engaged
IN another line Witness the thrilling
story below. II. after reading this
The public does not agree that Col
baumgartner IL nttcd for a press
agency job With ~Gaby DeLys' or
Lima Cavalier" We mistake our
guess. Here Is the story.
Until a few weeks ago few Amer
icsns. aside from those making their
homes down IN southern Ohio. ever
heard OF the little town o. brighton.
which Is one OF those places that
sometimes spring into national promi-
hence IN single day. NOT as q result
% rs remarkable strides for advance
ment by the adoption OF a novel
means OF increasing the population
with ome-seeker-eXcurHion rapidity.
nor does u occupy the center OF the
stage as the birthplace OF an athletic
idol. winning laurels as the hero OF a
recent sWatfest contest. It's simply
because Dame Fortune wanted the
people at large 10 know more about
Brighton that the town has come into
public note.
brighton. be u remembered. long
years ago abandoned what might have
been cherished ia the mind OF its
pioneer settlers that some day the
little place would be the great metrop-
oils OF the countrys population and
the bright ones Who continued 10 live
there either cOntented themselves
with their surroundings or else
moved 10 other communities OF
greater activitt The atlas discloses
the fact. however. that Brighton for
a-that IL a town OF 300 Inhabitants.
situated on the main line OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern railroad
In the Cincinnati district
The government maintains a post
ofice at Brighton. one OF, the busy in
siiiutiOns OF the place. IN fact: ana
By reason OF changes that have taken
place in the personnel OF the govern
ment employees. eventually resulting
In the appointment OF Mrs John Pol
lock AS pOstmistress Among Mrs.
POllock's duties In conducting the ar
fairs o, the postOffice is TO journey
10 the railway as the mail trains
whizz through and get the valuable
little pouch Of mail matter stamped
Tor Brighton. Mrs. Pollock was al
ways accompanied on this mission BY
a faithful canine friend. self.ap-
pointed guardian OF the malls. named
Jack Jack was an intelligent dog or
the sort that IN childhood We used 20
send 20 the other end 81 the village
10 bring home a basket OF sugar IN
his teeth from the store
"lll-luck eventually befell Mrs Pol
lock on one Of her journeys 10 the
railway station and she sprained her
ankle. the accident preventing her
from getting about She was in
quandarv as 20 how the mail should
be- brought to her the following day.
for all the village children Ver2 in
school. which precluded her sending
them 20 the trains Jack 10 was Who
saved the day for her and avoided the
complaint about the uOn-dellvery 81
mail matter IN Brighton WGhen be
heard the shrill whistle % the loco.
motive drawing the mail train. the
faithful old dog set up barking which
prompted Mrs. Pollock 10 iiberate him
Immediately he made q dash towards
the railway. TO await the arrival or
The mail bag. which when DO was
thrown on. he carried home Since
that day JACK has continued his task
o. meeting the trains. not a. a loiterer
about the station nor 20 meet play
mates but purely through business
motives
a passenger on one % the Haiti-'
more and ohio express trains. passing
through brighton. may chance to get
glimpse Of this dumb guardian %
ncie sam precious parcels and 30
viii then be- Temem bered that the old
yellow dog BE- Jack the mail dog that
brought bis home into national notice
ln half an hour. while af the same
time protecting the interests of bis
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