Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, August 27, 1841
The Richmond Star relates the following facts: -On Monday last, a dog, belonging to this gentleman, accidentally fell into a well; and for the moment gave him up as lost. But as a sort of desperate effort to save the dog, he directed a boy to let a rope he had,down in the well, in […]
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, August 20, 1841
The importance of the American whaling trade in the Pacific is shown by the facts contained in a letter from an officer on board the United States frigate Constitution, written at Talcahuana in March last. He says: We have about 500 whaling ships employed in this ocean whose tonnage is probably over 150,000, employing 12,900 […]
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, August 13, 1841
Mr. N. M. Ward, a gentleman connected with the mission at Pedang, on the coast of Sumatra, has published a well-attested account of a flying serpent, seen by the narrator. He saw the animal fly from a tree at the height of fifty or sixty feet, to another some forty fathom distant. It supports itself […]
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, June 25, 1841
During a series of meetings in New York city, one of the delegates from the Baltimore Temperance Society related the following:-[We copy from the American Temperance Union.]-Weekly Message. Mr. Pollard concluded the meeting. He said he was a kind of an old Butcher to bring up the rear. In his drinking days, he was the […]
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 27, 1881
A young lady of Johnstown, N. Y., while bathing at Chautauqua Lake, had a bad experience. A snapping turtle caught her by the ear. Her screams brought friends to her assistance, or she would certainly have been drowned; but the turtle’s grip was like a bull-dog’s, and after his head had been cut off it […]
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, August 10, 1837
A friend from the country, says the Portland Argus, upon whose veracity unlimited reliance can be placed, has furnished us with the following facts: A neighbor of his, in pitching out his hay last month, found the body of a hen, very much compressed, which must have been under the hay since July, 1836, when […]
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, June 17, 1837
The Lakeville, [Ohio] Journal gives the following case of maternal courage as a recent occurrence. A number of Catamounts had been seen over the Michigan boundary and caused great terror among the farmers. One of them entered the window of Mr. Israel Hawkins, which had been left open, while his wife was engaged in adjoining […]
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, May 6, 1837
A Pig Indeed!-At Cincinnati a hog was lately exhibited, weighing, [as it is said] 1500 pounds.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, April 29, 1837
To preserve fish.-Fish may be preserved from dying and putrefaction in warm weather, by introducing into their throats a paste made of soft bread and Brandy, and wrapping them in straw. A little should be poured into the mouth after the paste has been put in, and great care taken not to wound the fish. […]
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, March 18, 1837
Every animal has its enemies. The land tortoise has two enemies-man and the boa-constrictor. The natural defense of the tortoise is to draw up in his shell and remain quiet. In this state, the tiger, however famished, can do nothing with him-for the shell is two strong for the stroke of his paw. Man, however, […]