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 […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 16, 1879
    A gentleman at the hotel in Naugatuck, Conn., had a small dog. Its master had but to speak, and whatever evolutions he suggested the creature would go through. Following a series of tricks and antics, the gentleman says, “Its prayer time, say your prayers.” The little brute sprang into a large office chair, put […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 13, 1878
    “The old watch dog “Fidelity” of the Fidelity Safe Depository, died of old age on Saturday night. His death deserves more than a passing notice. On the night of the great fire, October 9, 1871, “Old Fidelity was at his post in the Fidelity Safe Depository, and when the hurricane of fire swept over […]