Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, March 24, 1838
Mr. G. Decker, of Shawangunk, a young man of spirit and resolution, while on a bear hunt not long since, in the Shawangunk mountains, discovered a large fierce looking black bear up about twenty feet in a large pin oak tree. Mr. D. was not discovered by the bear until he was within gun shot, […]
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, May 15, 1840
Dr. McNeil, of Springfield, in attempting to ford Macoupin creek on the 12th ultt., had the misfortune to drown both his horses and to loose all his baggage, narrowly escaping with his life. His carriage and harness were saved through the kind attention of the citizens of Carlinville.-Mo. Republican.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, January 18, 1839
As I trotted over the plain I began to feel the cravings of hunger almost to a painful degree; which is not to be wondered at, as I had been twelve hours in hard exercise, without rest, and had eaten nothing on the preceding day. After riding a few miles, I saw a herd of […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, November 11, 1842
The Yankees can talk about hogs as cutely as whittle a pine shingle, and if some of the cutest could be placed in “the midst of a drove” in the “hog and hominy” regions of the West, the very Land-pikes would grunt approbation to the fine things said of the hog family. Thus reads an […]
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, September 16, 1837
A wire cage trap was set in Lowell last week for the purpose of catching rats. One large rat went into it and was caught. As soon as he found himself housed in the grated palace, he exerted his utmost strength and succeeded in running off with the cage on his back.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, October 6, 1837
At a squirrel hunt which recently took place in the neighborhood of Fishing creek, Tyler county, Virginia, 13,000 squirrels were killed. The party consisted of 60 men, 31 on each side, and the hunt continued two days. The corn crop in that neighborhood, it is said, was in danger of being annihilated by this little […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, September 16, 1837
Mr. Elaskim Thomas, returning on Saturday week, from an excursion on the Catskill mountains, heard a great rustling among the leaves close by, and presented the startling sound of rattles, apparently, of an enormous snake. He stood momentarily upon his guard, and it was well he did so, for, on looking about him, he presently […]
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Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, May 9, 1840
It is reported that a rebellion broke out in a small detachment of the unmuzzled Bloodhounds on board of the flirt, causing terrible bloodshed, biting one of the keepers on the leg, and lock-jaw ensuing.
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Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, April 24, 1840
On the 24th ult. the elephant and rhinoceros, of the New York City Zoological Institute, got together and had a regular fight.-Before the keeper could part them, the rhinoceros was dead. He was valued at $15,000.
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, March 20, 1840
It is certain that some 30 or 35 bloodhounds have been brought from Cuba to Florida, to be employed against the Seminoles.
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