Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

The many rumors of the death of this bird are contradicted this week by the Wisconsin State Journal. It says; ‘It has not surprised us, that the Democrat of this city should endeavor to create the impression that the eagle “Old Abe,” the veteran of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment, was dead! This has been a smart think of that paper for several years. Many Democrats hate that bird as badly as they hated a Union soldier through the war; and it was understood that ‘Old Abe” was not to survive the Taylor Administration. He was put on hard fare, but he had seen much service during the war; had been illy treated by the rebels in the South, and withstood the tortures of Union sympathizers. He was as tough as Grant, and still lives. We are surprised that so respectable a paper as the Oshkosh Northwestern should take stock in the drizzle of the Democrat on the subjet of “Old Abe.”