Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 9, 1880
    A singular fiendship has sprung up between the horse and a large Newfoundland dog of Mr. Adams, of Van Schaick’s Island, near Troy. They are never content out of each other’s sight, and lavish caresses of various kinds upon one another.
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, December 11, 1880
    There are now on exhibtion in New York two peculiar elephants brought from the mountains of the Malay Peninsula, about 800 miles from Singapore. They are remarkable for their small size, being respectively twenty-eight and thirty-six inches tall; and for being covered with a thick coat of bristly hair or wool. They are supposed […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, December 11, 1880
    The hound is one of the fastest running dogs, and not impeded by a heavy body possesses great endurance. An evidence of this was shown the other day by a hound belonging to Mr. J. A. Ford, of Battle Creek, Mich. Its owner was stopping at a village six miles from the above place, […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 14, 1880
    Dr. Pratt, of Albany, has a horse with an inordinate appetite for confectionery. Every morning he is driven to the banking house of Henry R. Pierson, and after disposing of his master he turns his eyes northward to see if his road is clear. If he finds no obstacle in the way he walks […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 6, 1875
    A hairless horse, standing fifteen hands high, and weighing 1,000 pounds, is the latest natural curiosity in this country. The quadruped, which presents the appearance of an India rubber animal, answers to the name of “Caoutchoue.”
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 6, 1875
    Rubber horse-shoes are the latest novelty. Their cost, as compared with those of iron, is about one-third more, and their weight forty per cent less. It is said that horses suffering from cracked or contracted hoofs, are soon cured by their use.
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 21, 1875
    There are few of the patrons of Porter & Merrill’s livery stable, in this city, but have, at some time during the past half-dozen years, had the pleasure of driving a chestnut horse, known as “Gold-dust.” This horse as been in the stable almost from his colt-hood, and has always been a favorite with […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 20, 1866
    The latest farmers’ visitation in Central Ohio is an increase in the field mice, which have never before been seen in such numbers. They are very destructive to the orchards, and it is estimated that over 5,000 trees have been ruined.
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 20, 1866
    At St. Amant, in France, a little boy was playing in a farmyard, when he fell headforemost into a water cask. A colt. three years old which he had been in the habit of feeding, was seen to take the boy’s clothes in his mouth and lift him out.
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, July 6, 1860
   The Jackson Standard spins the following story of the tornado in that vicinity.     A young horseman was leisurely wending his way along through one of our byroads, when the storm suddenly arose, and commenced felling the timber all around him. He became alarmed and put spurs to his horse; but what was his […]
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