Show A dog express daniel henshaw esq recently read a very interesting 0 paper on statistics and anecdotes of Tray trav traveis travels els eis before the new england historic and geneale genealogical ical society which has hag since bince since been printed he states that before the establishment lish ment of stage lines people were nvere sometimes g greatly perplexed by means of transmitting messages and letters of importance on one such occasion the following 0 very ingenious 0 and extraordinary mode was adopted with entire success A family living over fifty miles from boston who had removed from there a f few evv years be foie fole 01 e taking 0 with them their favorite dog rover had several times made their annual visit there always accompanied by the same faithful alth aith ful fui animal the necessity of sending a letter etter to boston had now become urgent in the extreme and indispensably necessary yi yet there seemed no possible way of trans transmitting mittin it but by procuring some one to go on express which chic at that time was next to impossible while ahil they were deeply perplexed in contriving ways and means some one said perhaps more in jest than in earnest send rover now rover hover had proved himself on many occasions intelligent and faithful beyond others of his race and the idea took at once it was decided at any rate to try the experiment of sending rover as bearer of des patches provided he could be induced to undertake so arduous and hazardous a mission the letter ietter was accordingly pre prepared ared and while they were fastening it around aroun This his neck the old dog would roll up his eyes in dee deep tb thought ought aa as if pondering on the magnitude az and responsibility of his bia charge while he seemed to say 1 I understand tb the business perfectly but dislike the undertaking and must beg to be excused and when the crisis came he did beg and plead most mose piteously but after pointing to the east tle the command was peremptory go 1 and away he went in good earnest not on the old circuitous traveled road but on a bee line across lots determined to make short work of it and probably not stopping for rest or refreshment till be he had reached his place of destination which was waa a little before daylight the next morning there were tw two 0 houses in boston not far apart where the old dog felt equally at home he gave gava notice at atthe 1 athe first by howling and scratching at the door but the family not understanding the purport of so unseasonable a call refused to respond and he soon repaired to the other where the surprise and astonishment at seeing the old dog with his message was indescribable he was welcomed and greeted with as much joy and gladness as if he had been an old intimate friend just returned from a long and dangerous sea voyage ile he was indeed an old friend the representative of long absent friends at a distance and bringing glad tidings from afar the fame of this achievement soon spread among the friends and through the neighborhood and rover became the lion of the day this is 13 believed to be the only instance where a quadruped has ever acted as bearer of dla dia dispatches patches or post for carrying letters alone and so great |