"Death of a Noted Dog.—"Brick," a handsome and valuable setter dog, belonging to Dr. McChesney, has been as well known in Staunton as the night police, of which he had constituted himself a brevet* member. Nightly, in all weathers, he would wait for the night force to go on duty, and then follow them around on their beats till day-break, only taking a recess now and then during the night to drop in and take a walk around his masters premises. When day would break, this canine policeman would stop his patrol duty, and going to Dr. McChesney's would sit in the yard watching the room where little Walker McChesney slept, waiting for him to make his appearance at it. The harmless watchman was poisoned by some unknown person one night last week. He was a great favorite with the children, and was buried with every honor that may attend a faithful animal." Published in the Staunton Vindicator, Vol 32, #28, dated 13 Jul 1877 (see photo).
*brevet: the Oxford Dictionary says "a former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay."
Brick was the special dog of Dr. William Steele McChesney and his son "little Walker" AKA James Walker McChesney, born in 1867.
*brevet: the Oxford Dictionary says "a former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay."
Brick was the special dog of Dr. William Steele McChesney and his son "little Walker" AKA James Walker McChesney, born in 1867.
"Death of a Noted Dog.—"Brick," a handsome and valuable setter dog, belonging to Dr. McChesney, has been as well known in Staunton as the night police, of which he had constituted himself a brevet* member. Nightly, in all weathers, he would wait for the night force to go on duty, and then follow them around on their beats till day-break, only taking a recess now and then during the night to drop in and take a walk around his masters premises. When day would break, this canine policeman would stop his patrol duty, and going to Dr. McChesney's would sit in the yard watching the room where little Walker McChesney slept, waiting for him to make his appearance at it. The harmless watchman was poisoned by some unknown person one night last week. He was a great favorite with the children, and was buried with every honor that may attend a faithful animal." Published in the Staunton Vindicator, Vol 32, #28, dated 13 Jul 1877 (see photo).
*brevet: the Oxford Dictionary says "a former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay."
Brick was the special dog of Dr. William Steele McChesney and his son "little Walker" AKA James Walker McChesney, born in 1867.
*brevet: the Oxford Dictionary says "a former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay."
Brick was the special dog of Dr. William Steele McChesney and his son "little Walker" AKA James Walker McChesney, born in 1867.
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