Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, March 11, 1910
Deputy City Poundmaster Seal Has Narrow Escape. Timely Arrival of Poundmaster Cox Saved Helpless Man From being Torn to Pieces. Â Â Â Â Denver, Colo. March 11.-Prostrate on the floor of a chamber six feet square with seventy-five ferocious dogs raging about him snapping at his body. Thomas Seal, deputy city poundmaster, was nearly bitten to death […]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Saturday, December 15, 1827
To the Editor of the Commercial Journal. Quebec Trader, off South Islands of Arren, Galway Bay, Feb. 8, 1827. Sir-Having this favorable opportunity of transmitting to you the following wonderful occurrence, which may be the means of setting to rest all doubts as to the existence of a marine monster, supposed to be the sea […]
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Saturday, February 2, 1828
    Among the various poisons and other means of destroying these obnoxious animals, I have always found the following to be most effective, but simple and harmless, plan of ridding my premises of these vermin:-Take a few fresh corks; grind them down into small particles; fry them, in the common way, with a little butter […]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Saturday, December 8, 1827
    This highly prized aquatic production, when caught by the eastern islanders, is suspended over a fire, kindled immediately after its capture, until such time as the effect of the heat looses the shell to such a degree that it can be removed with the greatest ease. The animal, now stript and defenceless, is set […]
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Saturday, November 10, 1827
From the Glens Falls Observer, Oct. 8. Â Â Â Â A few miles from this place, in Saratoga county, a young man took his gun, one day last week, and went up the side of Palmertown mountain, above what is called the great pond, near a place which is famous for the circumstance of a large company’s […]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Saturday, July 14, 1827
    It has been confidently asserted that a black snake of North America has the property of expanding itself to such a degree, that he has been known to swallow a bulk twice as big as his own.     Our informant states that two of these reptiles having lately come in contact, and both feeling […]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Monday, July 30, 1827
    The most justifiable act of this kind of which we have heard, is the following. A Kentuckian belonging to a surveying party, under an officer of U. S. Engineers, swimming in St. Johns’ River, was seized by a large alligator and taken under the water. In a short time the Kentuckian and the alligator […]
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Friday, September 15, 1826
    Nevotcreskask, May 9th.- The horse races which took place last year at St. Petersburg, between English and Cossack horses, suggested to some of our proprietors of studs, the idea of trying the strength and celerity of their horses by long races. The horses of Count J. Platoff had gained the prizes in all the […]
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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Saturday, October 7, 1826
    On Friday last, [1st inst.] a spider was discovered by the workmen in the Rock Creek Mill, apparently in contact with a small black snake, about 9 inches long. When first discovered, the snake was snapping at the spider, and at each snap or jump of the snake, the spider lapt his web round […]
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Thursday, June 29, 1826
    A very Sagacious Elephant has been recently exhibited in Providence Rhode Island. Last week, while she was travelling with her keepers towards Connecticut, having just left the village of Chepachet, in Gloucester, two guns were fired upon the poor animal, within about fifteen feet of the person who was leading her, five bullets from […]