Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, July 13, 1833
A coachman in England was lately, kissing his favorite horse, when the animal, wishing to return his fondness ten fold bit off his nose and swallowed it.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, August 29, 1922
There are bees and flowers whose random meetings result in a curious phenomenon. On the single dahlias and gaillardinias of the garden, bees are often to be seen in a maudlin state and these bees are more frequently of the black and yellow banded kind. If you take such a bee off the gaillardia the […]
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, February 21, 1892
Mammoth Hunt by Five Thousand Persons in Southeastern Kansas. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 20.-[Special.] At 9 o’clock this morning an enormous wolf hunt started over Crawford and Bourbon Counties in Kansas. As a result about 300 wolves lie dead tonight. Both counties and others adjoining were scoured by over 5,000 men, women, and children armed […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 7, 1882
The London News gives this: A cat, all black, except its perfectly white tail, was presented to the town of Agnone, Italy, many years ago. They put it in the theater to clear it of rats. They soon found that the cat was fraternizing with the rodents, and had become their king, and shared its […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 21, 1882
A lady in Houtzdale communicates the following remarkable story to her parents in this place. A Swede miner of that place on Sunday last went upon the mountain to gather whortleberries. Not returning home in due time search was made for him, when he was found dead, with innumerable rattlesnakes fastened to and feeding upon […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 4, 1882
L. L. Burch, of Teifair County, Georgia, killed a bald eagle which measured eight feet from tip to tip of wings. One of the feet was sent to the local newspaper office, and the claws from point to point measured eight and a third inches. The monstrous bird had a grown sheep down when M. […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 15, 1882
One of Barnum’s elephants sits in a chair, drinks from a bottle, wipes his mouth with a napkin, and then calmly fans himself. This entirely upset the gravity of Evangelist George Pentecost, who was one of the visitors to the quarters on a recent afternoon; and when he saw the napkin deftly picked from the […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 12, 1865
In the early part of the summer an incredible number of black gnats made their appearance in the Mississippi Bottoms, and attacked not only cattle and horses, but also birds, wild turkeys, deer, and other game, with such ferocity as to kill in a short time quite a number of animals. After the disappearance of […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 19, 1865
A correspondent of an English paper transmits the following: On Sunday morning last I had the pleasure of witnessing a most interesting ceremony, which I desire to record for the benefit of your readers. Whilst walking with a friend in a garden near Falkirk, we observed two bees issuing from one of the hives, bearing […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, September 30, 1865
A correspondent proposes a new way to kill rats. His own house being overrun with vermin, a servant girl who had seen the effects of “Old Bourbon Whiskey” on bipeds, thought she would try an experiment on the rats. Accordingly, she took a small quantity, made it very sweet with sugar, crumbled in bread enough […]