Thursday, December 15, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 3, 1877
    We were yesterday informed by Mr. Smith, living on Quapaw Bayou, that while he and his son William, aged about thirteen years were out in the woods on Monday afternoon last, driving up their cattle, their attention was attracted by the bleating of a calf. Thinking the animal was probably bogged, they discovered a […]
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 6, 1877
    Probably one of the greatest problems of the age is the mule. Although volumes have been written on the mule yet the accident statistics show that he is as little understood as ever. How to mix kindness and firmness in the proper proportions and then apply the concoction successfully to an energetic mule is […]
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 6, 1877
    Mr. Sam Gentry, living in the adjacent county of Stewart, has in his possession a purse made of the tanned skin of a rattlesnake, which he caught and killed under the following circumstances: In going along a wheat field he came across the snake lying at full length before him, manifesting no disposition to […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, June 10, 1876
    Walter Morse, of the town of Ela, more generally and favorably known as “Dad” Morse, nearly ninety years of age, was attacked by an infuriated bull [one of his own pet stock], and was roughly handled and terribly bruised. He was thrown in the air and struck on his head, and tumbled and jostled […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, June 17, 1876
    This seems to be the time of year when snakes are most abundant. We learn from Mr. A. J. Hoffman, who lives in the north part of the county, that on the last Friday, as one of the hired men was going down a small gulch, he came upon a perfect nest of squirming […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 8, 1876
    The Pensacola [Fla.] Gazette of the 8th ult., has the following account of an exciting adventure: “Capt. John B. Guttman, of the Pensacola Guards, signalized himself in an odd encounter last Friday, and came out first best. Riding down to the shore of Escambia Bay, the Captain noticed a strange commotion in the water, […]
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 14, 1876
The Journal du Havre recounts a terrible encounter between the lion-tamer, Bidel, and a number of wild beasts. Bidel’s custom was to go into the cage of these ferocious animals accompanied by a sheep, which was by his presence kept safe from attack. On a recent occasion he proceeded to the lion’s cage, and his […]
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, November 24, 1902
[Copyright, 1902. by C. B. Lewis.] Colonel Ryder, stationed at Bangalore, India, missed from his effects a valuable ruby. The only person who could have taken it was his body servant, who had served him faithfully and honestly for many years. The man protested his innocence, but the colonel ordered him flogged. The accused was […]
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Published in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, August 3, 1870
From the Columbus {Ohio] News. A farmer was living on the west side of the river, in walking about his place, discovered a nest of rattlesnakes in an old log about which several large pieces of rock lay scattered. Our friend had heard that hogs were death on snakes of all sorts, and not caring […]
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, November 2, 1873
The last number of the Popular Science Monthly contains an article on the survival of instincts, which details some cruel and apparently abnormal habits among domestic animals, and traces them to early developments of necessity. By repetition they have acquired the force of instinct. For instance, a gentleman living near Brooklyn recently tethered a turkey […]