Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 17, 1885
 [San Francisco Alta.]     Any one of a logical turn of mind who had been present upon the sea-wall the other afternoon would most surely have been convinced of the fact that the dog is the smartest animal of the brute creation. A small dog fell from the stringer of the wharf into the […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, December 19, 1874
    A gentleman on a visit to Scotland, came across some men who were washing sheep. Close to the water where the operation was being carried on was a small pen, in which a detachment of ten sheep were placed handy to the men for washing. While watching the performance his attention was called to […]
Published in the Belvidere Standard, Belvidere, Illinois on Tuesday, February 17, 1863
    A good dog story is always interesting, and here is one particularly so: There is an Englishman in Albany, N. Y., proprietor of a drinking saloon, who has owned a dog from puppyhood to days beyond his minority. When the last order of the President was promulgated directing a draft of 300,000 men, the […]
Published in the Belvidere Standard, Belvidere, Illinois on Tuesday, October 6, 1863
    Sir Walter Scott declared that he could believe anything of dogs. He was very fond of them, studied their idiosyncracies closely, wrote voluminously in their praise, and stories of their unaccountable habits. Once, he said, he desired an old pointer of great experience, a prodigious favorite, and steady in the field as a rock, […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 19, 1871
    A bitter quarrel has been caused by a church in Maine, from the practice of some members taking their dogs to church with them. The choir have refused to sing if the dogs are not excluded from the sanctuary.
Published in the Belvidere Standard, Belvidere, Illinois on Tuesday, September 9, 1862
    A very good anecdote is related of a Newfoundland dog owned by Mr. T. F. Strong of this city. Among other things the dog has been taught to take a basket and go to the market for meat. This duty he had performed for some time, when the butcher presented his bill for settlement, […]
Published in the Carrollton Gazette, Carrollton, Illinois on Friday, September 18, 1846
    The Cincinnati papers have notices of the death of a remarkable dog of that city, well known to the “oldest inhabitant.” The Harald says, that for twenty years past he has resided there and has generally signalized himself by attending, with great sobriety, all grand processions. He was buried with due honors in the […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 2, 1878
    A gentleman of Suffolk, England, being on an Excursion with his friends, and having a Newfoundland dog at the party soon became the subject of conversation. The master, after a sharp eulogium upon his perfections, assured his companion that he would, upon receiving the order, return and fetch any article he would leave behind, […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 30, 1875
    A few days ago Butcher Robinson’s large Newfoundland dog cooled himself in the canal, and after swimming far away from his point of entrance, he tried to get out where the wall was high up from the water. He made many ineffectual attempts to do it and failed. Gov. Smyth’s shepherd dog saw his […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 7, 1874
    We have read a number of dog stories lately, showing the wonderful sagacity of that animal, but the following, we think can’t be beat. Mr. H. T. Field, of Woodside N. J. came in town a few days ago to reside during the winter, leaving a favorite black and tan dog at home in […]