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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Mad Ram Tramples Mrs. T. J. Stahl; Breaks Her Limb.

She Fought Off Furious Animal With Slipper Until Neighbors Came To Her Rescue. Her Injuries Are Serious.      After an infuriated ram had broken her right leg, Mrs. T. J. Stahl, today fought off the animal with her slipper until neighbors could arrive to drive the animal away and thus probably owes her life to […]

Hit By Goat; Gets Insurance.

Louisville Appraiser Obtains Accident Payment on Odd Claim.      Because he came in contact with the business end of one William Goat, Jack Richardson, chief appraiser in the office of the local port at Louisville, has been paid $12.50 by an accident insurance company. Mr. Richardson was spending his vacation on a farm near Glasgow, […]

Fatal Duel With Ram.

Farmer Dies From Exhaustion After a Hard Battle.      Bridgeport, N. J., Dec. 16.-G. Willis Bateman, a prosperous farmer of Fairfield township, died from exhaustion after a terrible struggle with a big ram. Bateman had sold some sheep, and when he was separating them the ram attacked him.      He caught the animal by the […]

Kill Herd Of 1,000 Sheep.

     Horsemen Keep Up Fusillade for Two Hours, Destroying All Animals.      More than 1,000 thoroughbred sheep belonging to Morrow & Keenan of Willow Creek, were killed at Little Summit Prairie, forty miles east of Princeville, Oregon. While the herder was alone about twenty horsemen, with faces blackened, emerged from the timber and commanded him […]

Sheep.

     A flock of sheep belonging to James Maguire, Esq., of Benton, got upon the railroad track last Wednesday in time to be struck by a passing train. Thirty-five out of eighty were killed and a number of others injured.

A Reasoning Sheep.

     A New York paper relates the following story, which certainly goes far to prove that a sheep can do some close thinking:      ‘A. H. Clark has a sheep which during the Summer, was pastured with some calves in an apple orchard adjoining the house. There were several trees in the orchard well loaded […]

Sheep.

     The Sandusky Register states that a locomotive on the Shore Road ran through a flock of sheep belonging to Mr. E. Foreman, and killed between fifty and sixty sheep.

Sheep.

     A long time ago, in Mason County, Ky., an old trapper agreed to fight a ferocious ram, the prize being a quart of whisky. The whole village collected to see the fight. Both man and ram charged at the same time, but the man quickly righted, and planting his foot upon the lifeless carcass […]

“The Dogs Of War.”

Real Ones Are Used in Many Field Operations.      With the exception of Great Britain in the armies of almost every European country dogs are trained to render assistance in time of war. They are to be relied upon to act as spies or messengers and render assistance to the wounded. Germany, France, Russia, Austria […]

The Terrier’s Mistake.

     An incident that pointed a strong moral took place on Chestnut street on Saturday afternoon. The street was thronged with promenaders, and the magnificent St. Bernard dog which a young woman was leading attracted much attention. Near 13th street the woman entered a store, leaving the dog outside. The dog was such a magnificent […]