Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, May 14, 1836
A rare instance of the sagacity and affection of one of the canine species, occurred, within the precincts of this place, a few evenings since. An elderly man, residing a short distance from town, on a visit here, took occasion to become “pretty essentially corned,” in the course of the afternoon, and, in the early […]
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, September 5, 1835
Mr. Clayton the aeronaut made a splendid ascension at Lexington, Ky. on the 21st. After rising to an altitude of a mile or upwards, and when about two miles from the city. Mr. C. let go a parachute, containing a small dog, which descended very handsomely, and fell on the farm of Robert Wickliffe, Esq. […]
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, August 15, 1835
Not long since, a story, from a Nantucket paper, was published respecting a narrow escape of a young man from the jaws of a whale, in the Pacific Ocean. The following is his letter to his mother: Pacific Ocean. Lat. 5 N. S. Lon. 109 d. W.-Dear Mother-Having a good opportunity to write, I improve […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, July 18, 1835
The Sea Serpent is occupying his old station off Cape Ann. The last examination made him 40 feet long, and of the diameter of a barrel; color, black; head flat, which it carried even with the water, while its body bent with the waves of the sea, and moved at the rate of four miles […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, March 24, 1838
Mr. G. Decker, of Shawangunk, a young man of spirit and resolution, while on a bear hunt not long since, in the Shawangunk mountains, discovered a large fierce looking black bear up about twenty feet in a large pin oak tree. Mr. D. was not discovered by the bear until he was within gun shot, […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, May 15, 1840
Dr. McNeil, of Springfield, in attempting to ford Macoupin creek on the 12th ultt., had the misfortune to drown both his horses and to loose all his baggage, narrowly escaping with his life. His carriage and harness were saved through the kind attention of the citizens of Carlinville.-Mo. Republican.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, January 18, 1839
As I trotted over the plain I began to feel the cravings of hunger almost to a painful degree; which is not to be wondered at, as I had been twelve hours in hard exercise, without rest, and had eaten nothing on the preceding day. After riding a few miles, I saw a herd of […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, November 11, 1842
The Yankees can talk about hogs as cutely as whittle a pine shingle, and if some of the cutest could be placed in “the midst of a drove” in the “hog and hominy” regions of the West, the very Land-pikes would grunt approbation to the fine things said of the hog family. Thus reads an […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, December 6, 1839
In Youatt’s “Humanity to Brutes,” is recorded the following anecdote of a Newfoundland dog. “A vessel was driven on the beach of Lloyd, in Kent. The surf was rolling furiously; eight poor fellows were crying for help, but not a boat could be got off to their assistance. At length a gentleman came on the […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, September 16, 1837
A wire cage trap was set in Lowell last week for the purpose of catching rats. One large rat went into it and was caught. As soon as he found himself housed in the grated palace, he exerted his utmost strength and succeeded in running off with the cage on his back.