Saturday, December 15, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, August 9, 1848
The sagacity of the dog has become a familiar fact in natural history, but an incident connected with the saving of life during the recent casualty from drowning on the front beach of Sullivan’s Island, merits record as affording a striking illustration of the instinct or sagacity of that animal. When the alarm was given, […]
Friday, December 14, 2012
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, November 23, 1833
An occurrence which took place under our own observation, adds another to the thousand instances of devoted and untiring fidelity of the dog to the human species. An old negro who lived in an adjoining county, owned a dog, which during the whole course of his life had probably never had the benefit of a […]
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, August 16, 1848
A few days before the overthrow of Robespierre, a revolutionary tribunal had condemned to death am ancient magistrate who was a most estimable man. His faithful dog, a Water Spaniel, was with him when he was seized; but was not suffered to enter the prison. He took refuge with a neighbor of his master’s, and […]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, August 10, 1833
[From the Kingston [U. Canada] Chronicle,] A very affecting account of the effects of this terrific disease has been communicated to us, which occurred in the family of Mr. Moss, a respectable farmer, residing near the village of the river Trent. While Mr. M. and family were sitting at home, a dog belonging to the […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 14, 1881
The Northern section of this city was thrown into the wildest state of excitement by the terrible attack on a number of persons by an infuriated bull-dog suffering with hydrophobia. For some time past Mr. James M. Epply, who resides on the Northern boundary of the city, has been the owner of two of these […]
Friday, November 30, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 7, 1874
The contractors engaged on the Boston water-works, had a valuable cart-horse injured some time ago. The animal was led home to the stable, where about fifty horses were generally kept. The hostler had a water spaniel, who for some months had been among the horses in the stable, living on great terms of intimacy with […]
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 19, 1881
A traveling party lost their dog at Leipzig, and ten days afterward, when at Berlin, about one hundred miles distant, the animal joined them again, ragged and gaunt. The dog had not before been over the road.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, October 24, 1849
Chews Tobacco Like a Man. A friend has just related to us a curious fact in natural history respecting a dog. In North Attleboro, Mass. there is kept, in a manufacturing establishment, a large mastiff, who takes as much comfort with a quid of tobacco, as does the most inveterate lover of the weed. So […]
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, December 19, 1849
We stated a few days since that a large Lynx had been killed in Weare, N. H., by a lad of sixteen years of age. A gentleman from that vicinity has given us the following particulars of the exciting event: On Saturday, Oct. 27th, a party of individuals in Weare started out on a squirrel […]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, March 9, 1839
A courier relates the following incidence of canine sagacity:-An instance of canine sagacity occurred in this city a few evenings since, which deserves to be recorded. A dog belonging to a merchant in State street, having been shut out of the counting room, was heard pawing and rubbing against the door for a long time, […]