Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-09-22

on grave coun;enance, said, lit hangs
very well now: am perfectly satisfied
~. Y. Mirror, 1880.
We extract the following from the
Matamoros correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayunc:
We often hear of Yankee enterp rize,
but let any one como here to see it in
perfection. Dry goods stores, groceries,
"lickeries, y gambling houses, eating hous-
es, hotels-think of some one having
the GOODNESS to turn Arista's "head quar-.
ters' into a hotel!-priating Offices, &c.
We only want an assortment of Yankee
clocks and wooden nutmegs TO make the
thing complete! Alas, how are the nigh.
ty fallen! Gen. Arista's "head quarters
turned into store, ''lickery" and gambl.
ing shop! Gen. Mejia's into officers
for the payma ster and engineers! Col.
Tlintano's into ''lickery" and water,
melon shop! The house occupied by the
inspectors of Costums-the best house in
town--has been turned into a gambling
and eating house, "lickery" and billiard
rooms! What temple for green Sass"
drinks!
What kicking cut" there viii be Of
these money changers when the Mexicans
get possession OF the town, after peace has
been made. can fancy the deep an
athemas the Mexicans will heap upon US,
and how fiercely they will scratch off tho
big black signs we have painted over
their doors!
lfthat witty Mexican officercould come
back here just now, who said the Amer.
leans "were like monkeys" '.doing as
they did," whenever they threw up
work we did the same--of course this
was previous to the 9th Maybe would
he convinced that the Mexicans have
initiative powers-for every shop our PEG.
pie open they open one, if not two
Their stock is, however, generally very
limited, consisting ola few water-melonsy
two tumblers, four botles--two of brandy
and whiskey and two of beer--a few figs
and few cakes. The liquor, however,
takes the lead, and when they have made
four or FIVE dollars they are quite rich,
sufficient to play loafer upon for the next
two months.
Carr. SMIrH's BEAR SToRY--Abuot
the year 1880, settled at the Lower
Peach Tree, in wilcox county, (Alab.)
aud cultivated few acres in corn and
cotton, besides small potato patch and
bit of garden as was usual in those days.
My nearest neighbour John Champ;on.)
being better off than the rest of US, had
nice gang of hogs, and, feeling a little
above his neighbors on account OF his
wealth, and being rather an oyerbearing
man, too, was not particularly wheather
his stock broke into other peoples fields
or not. My crop was too small 10 feed
my own family and John Champions
hogs too, sol complained to him several
times but got no relief when, being at
old Erasmus Culpepper's house one. day,
L heard him say that if a foot, or an ear,
or even peice Of bearskin was thrown
dowpin place where hogs use, thatthey
would never show their snouis there again
[ went home and got the skin Of bear
which I had killed some time before, and,
having supplied myself with some corn.
4 went out and saw about twenty nne
year Odds mounching away in my Held:
I.stolled them up" and catching good
runner, sewed him up in the bearskin,
and then turned him loose, when he ran
after the rest. who fled from the supposed
bear. The last that was seen OF them
was AT Basset's Geek, near forty miles
from INV house, only two being aliye-one
running from his fellow sewed mp in the
kin. and be trying to catch the other--
The rest were found dead in the road hsy.
ing literally run themselves to death.