Sunday, September 4, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Saturday, January 5, 1828
    A child was left tied to a chair, in a house near Easton, Md. while its mother went for a bucket of water-during her absence, a hog entered the room, upset the chair, and threw the child into the fire, where it was so shockingly burnt, that it survived only a few hours.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Friday, August 26, 1825
    Russia,-On the 5th of April, two women, walking at Riga, in a solitary part of the city, were torn to pieces by a pack of dogs which had no master. By an official account of the devastation committed by wolves, in the government of Livonia, in 1823, it appears that they devoured 1841 horses, […]
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Saturday, March 8, 1823
    A Monster!-A Hog has arrived at New York from the interior, weighing 1465 pounds!
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, July 8, 1918
Terrible Tragedy Ten Miles From Antioch When Wm. Hennie is Victim of a Hog. Animal is Finally Shot. Hired Man Unable to Save Employer, Finally Sends Bullet into Its Heart. Â Â Â Â Can you imagine a 32-year-old man being killed, being chewed to death by a hog, within 30 miles of Waukegan? Here’s a story which […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 28, 1881
    Our Naples correspondent writes: “The other day, at the village of Piscinnola, a singular race took place, customary on the occasion of the annual feast of the patron saint-St. Antonio. At two p. m. the picture of the saint, with his inseparable pig, was affixed to the door of the parish church, and all […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 12, 1873
    A train loaded with stock reached Pittsburg the other day when it was discovered that nearly the entire cargo were smothered. 1,200 hogs and 200 cattle were lost.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 12, 1867
    These immense yards, which were incorporated in 1865, and opened to the public for business January 1, 1866, are now in full operation, and is the largest livestock market in the world. We give the following summary of their size and cost of construction, which will be valuable for reference:     Amount of land owned […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, June 10, 1918
Sheep Run to the Hills, Hogs Grunt as a Signal, Dogs Fashion Their Own Bed. Â Â Â Â Sheep, when frightened, always run to an elevation, because their ancestors originally came from the mountains. They always follow a leader, because in the dangerous mountain passes their ancestors had to go in single file. Hogs grunt because their […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, June 16, 1877
    Mr. Dodge, the Statistician of the Department of Agriculture, at Washington, reports, as the results of an investigation of the losses from diseases of swine during the past twelve months, the destrution of 4,000,000 animals of all ages, and a money loss of more than $20,000,000. One-fifth of the reported loss occurs in the […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 28, 1885
    John Chittenden had a tip over and runaway last Saturday. The team came in contact with a sleigh load of hogs and were thrown in the snow and stopped without serious consquences, except broken harnesses and hog-rakes.