Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, March 15, 1855
A short time since a couple of fishermen cut a hole through the ice in a small lake near the St. Croix river in Minnesota, and in four hours caught 356 handsome trout.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Published in the The American Weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, Penn. on Thursday, January 8, 1722
Capt. Pringle, the commander of the Warbutton from Antigua, lately arrived in the Thames, gives this very odd account. That being in the latitude of 23 degrees homeward bound, and, as he supposes 500 leagues from any land, a prodigious swarm of butterflies alighted on the sails, rigging and other parts pf the ship, that […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Friday, November 2, 1855
Yesterday seemed a gala day for horseflesh-runaways innumerable were witnessed, and even a pair of rough stumpy mules felt the mania and started off at full gallop; but becoming convinced of the impropriety of the movement they held up after running a few rods. Two “bloods” from a neighboring county, desirous to display the gait […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, November 8, 1855
This morning a steer broke loose at Tinsley’s slaughter house, and started for the city at railroad speed, scattering the boys, frightening the girls, and upsetting shanghais without ceremony. John Wheelan “took a horn,” which broke his collar bone, and bruised him otherwise; and John Rouke becoming exalted from the same cause, saw stars at […]
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, August 2, 1855
A large mastiff dog was carried over the Genesee Falls, at Rochester, on Friday. He emerged in safety, and was very soon seen wagging his tail on the flats in exultation. The height is 92 feet.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 18, 1855
Stories about sea serpents, both of fresh and salt water, are remarkably plentiful the present season. We are afraid they are more plentiful than the serpents themselves. The Californians are determined that the waters of the Pacific shall be honored with the visits of their majesties as well as those of the Atlantic; and the […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, October 18, 1855
The following account of the exploits of a dog in the Crimea, translated from the Gazette of Trieste, surpasses everything heretofore recorded of the devotion and bravery of this noble animal: “A great sensation has been caused in the camp of the Allies, by the heroic deeds of a dog belonging to Col. Metmann, of […]
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, January 7, 1853
The Parisian Boulevards were the scene of great animation a few weeks ago. A large chariot, drawn by twenty horses, carrying the carcass of a whale, was proceeding in the direction of the Jardin des Plantes. Strange to say, it was caught near the coast of Normandy, and is supposed to have lost its was […]
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, September 10, 1852
The Mobile Register states that turtle are at times so plentiful that they glut the market. On the 11th ult., a schooner arrived from Brazos with seventeen. Five of these were sent to the watering places on the eastern shore, the smallest weighing 365 pounds, the largest about a thousand more. They appear to be […]
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, April 29, 1920
Animals are Tapping the Fruit and Maple Trees While Citizens Roar. Police Are Powerless. W. M. Peterson, for many years chief of police at Lake Bluff, who now holds a similar position at Winnetka, is going “nutty” trying to figure out how he can prevent the squirrels from ruining valuable maple and fruit trees of […]