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Monthly Archives: October 2012

Pigs.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, December 21, 1878

A Florida farmer fainted in his barnyard, and the hogs ate off the calves of his legs.

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Horses.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Published in the Kaskaskia Intelligencer, Kaskaskia, Illinois on Wednesday, December 23, 1818

A most singular circumstance took place lately at Knightsbridge Barracks:-One of the first troops of Life Guards observer, in cleaning his horse, that the animal seemed particularly fond of having his face and head continually rubbed, in doing which the soldier discovered something moveable as he pressed the cheek of the horse. He accordingly communicated […]

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Boxing Gloves On Fighting Cocks.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, September 19, 1921

An English farmer was recently hauled into court and fined on the charge of keeping a place for the purpose of cock fighting, but he made the defense that the sport as indulged in at his place was not an offense within the law, as the birds fought with boxing gloves instead of spurs.

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A Mad Wolf Runs Amuck.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, November 29, 1879

St. Petersburg, Russia. Oct. 7, about 7 a. m., the peasants from the adjoining villages had collected together at a fair which was held at the settlement of Darvenkoff, District of Izume, and the male portion of the assembly had dispersed to the drinking shops to make bargains and drink each others’ healths, leaving the […]

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