Monday, November 28, 2011
Published in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, February 25, 1871
They have a remarkable cow in Alpens, Michigan. The Pioneer, of that place, says: “The other day Mr. Wilkenbury’s cow entered Mrs. Sprague’s kitchen, while she was absent, by bursting open the door, ate the bread off the table, emptied a jar of preserves and gobbled them up, then went into the bedroom, pulled the […]
Filed in Cows
|
Also tagged
|
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, August 2, 1879
Reno [Nev.] Gazette. Two pair of deer horns, interlocked so closely that they cannot be wrenched apart, were shown in Reno last night. Their owner is on his way East, and is taking them with him as a curiosity. The horns were found attached to the skeletons of two bucks, near Honey Lake. A man […]
Filed in Deer
|
Also tagged
|
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, October 1, 1897
Escorted by Sharks, He Paddles His Sepulchral Canoe. Some curious details of the life of the French convicts at Cayenne, Guyane, and the Safety Islands are given by M. Paul Mimande in a volume which he has just published in Paris, entitled ‘Foreats et Proserits.” After describing all the most famous criminals at present in […]
Filed in Sharks
|
Also tagged
|
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, November 24, 1922
Although Covered With the Insects He Got Rid of Them by Stratagem. An Uncanny Experience Charles Ross, inspector for the state highway department had an uncanny experience in Lake County a few weeks ago. While driving on Waukegan road he saw a man standing near the edge of the road, looking in the opposite direction. […]
Filed in Bees
|
Also tagged
|
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, June 9, 1922
By International News Service. Hardisty, Alberta, June 9.-Farmers in the Battle River valley [north of here, are awaiting the arrival of poison from Edmonton to destroy millions of grasshoppers that are menacing their crops. Hundreds of loads of straw are being burned to keep the pests away from the crops until the poison arrives. Considerable […]
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, February 21, 1922
Locusts in immense swarms which covered the permanent way and brought the engine to a standstill held up a train on the Groaff Reinet line, South Africa, for two hours. Passengers and officials, by sweeping steadily with improvised brooms for two hours, continued partially to clear the line to allow the journey being resumed. The […]
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 25, 1918
An experiment was once made to see how fast a bee could fly. The hive was attached to the roof of a train which attained a speed of 30 miles an hour before the bee was left behind.
Filed in Bees
|
Also tagged
|
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, September 19, 1913
Glen Birkett of Belvidere, is singing the “song of the Honey Bees” since his return a day or two ago from Wauconda, Ill., where he has been sojourneying at a small lake. Glen says that he got too inquisitive in examining the architectural beauty of a bee hive which scrutiny the honey bees naturally resented […]
Filed in Bees
|
Also tagged
|
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, September 8, 1922
Naturalist Tells How They Set Free Their Fellows When He Imprisoned Them. An eminent naturalist, while watching a column of foraging ants, one day, placed a small stone on one of them to secure it. The next one that approached, on discovering the situation of its associate, ran back in an excited manner and communicated […]
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 1, 1921
One of the “industries” of Florida is hunting “bee trees” in the swamps. As high as 300 pounds of honey have been found in one hollow tree. The trees are located by the hunters who follow the flight of bees, and the requisites are a keen eyesight and a reliable compass.
Filed in Bees
|
Also tagged
|