Furthermore , as his windpipe solely opens into the tube of his spouting canal , and as that long canal - - like the grand Erie Canal - - is furnished with a sort of locks ( that open and shut ) for the downward retention of air or the upward exclusion of water , therefore the whale has no voice ; unless you insult him by saying , that when he so ...
Sugar Grove, Illinois. For the unincorporated community in Schuyler County, see Sugar Grove, Schuyler County, Illinois. Sugar Grove is a far west suburban Chicago village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,909 at the 2000 census. The population was 6,016 in the 2003 special census.
Sugar Grove was a safe harbor on the Underground Railroad and was host to an anti-slavery convention in June of 1854 which was attended by Frederick Douglas, an escaped slave who served as an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln. Amish Farms and Amish buggies are a common sight in the area.