He had a small English spaniel, which
swam ashore. The dog was well known
at Duluth and along the northern Pa
cific railroad, mid was remarkable for
his intelligence ami sagacity. 1 1 is owner
was employed by the Northern Pacific
road to measure timlx-r delivered by
contractors. The dog would take the
end of the ta--line and go to the end
of a log, sixty or seventy feet long and
hold it at the end while his master
would hold it at the other, and do this
all day or until all the timlx-r was
measured. His master would send to
the Histotlice, simply saying to him,
"go up get letters;" the dog would
go to the jMistotliee and go around to
one of the clerks, lixik at him, wag his
tail, and was so well know n the clerk
would give him the letters, w hich lie
would carry back to his master, ami in
the same way would carry letters
which his master had written to the
ollice to Ik- mailed. Hi- scent w as very
acute.
'oming home from the wixxis one
day, Stewart was met on the road by a
couiianr of young people, who had
Ix-en at a picnic, Im.iiI a half mile
away. One of the young ladies had
left her parasol on the ground. Stewart
called his dog, and ixiinting to the paid
said, "go find and bring here." The
dog w as gone alxmt fifteen or tw enty
minutes, and returned w ith the parasol.
