Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1874 — A Conductor’s Dog. [ARTICLE]

A Conductor’s Dog.

A conductor on one of the trains of the Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota Railroad had, until a couple of days since, a Scotch terrier dog, which was his inseparable companion, and accompanied his master with unfailing regularity on all trips, the conductor going to the north end of the line one day and back the next. The dog had his place in the baggage car, and kept it all the time the train was in motion, but when the train stopped at a station he would step out to take a look at things, and when the bell yang he would resume his place in the car. He understood all the signs as well as any of the men, and when the whistle sounded “cattle on the track” the dog w r ould rush to the steps of the car and join his notes of warning with those of the whistle. Just this side of Guttenburg. a year ago, while barking at the cattle from the steps of the caf, he fell overboard, and it was supposed that he had been killed. The next morning, however, when his master’s train returned to Guttenburg, “ Scipio” was there and jumped on tfioard as if nothing had happened. He seemed to understand the time of the arrival and departure of his train, for many times when he has been absent at the house his master has found him waiting at the depot. A couple of days siuc<\ however, he met his death. The whistle had sounded a cattle alarm, and he rushed to the platform as usual. Just then the brakes were suddenly applied, giving the car a jerk that threw poor. “ Scipio” from his feet and he rolled down between the cars and was killed. —Dubuque t (Iowa) Times. ' —Don’t talk about roguery; all men are honest, if well watched. ' <