Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     There are few persons  familar with Waukegan but will remember the little sorrel horse so long owned by Geo. Kirk, Esq., and all of these will regret to learn that he is dead. The horse was purchased by Mr. kirk, from Mr. Locke, of Libertyville, in 1856, and was then four years old. For a long time he was used as a family horse by John A. Mills, then a partner of Mr. Kirk. Afterward he was put at work in the lumber yard, and in delivering lumber about town, in which capacity he has served faithfully up to last Saturday night. On Sunday, while standing in the stable, he was kicked by another horse and had a leg broken, making it necessary to dispatch him by shooting. The little pony was buried in the yard adjoining the stable, and it is no discredit to the family in which he has so long been a pet, to say that not a few tears were shed over his untimely demise.