Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-11-10

as soon as possible s ,e
a.Certainly, sir!' ses I, kind o. stiff
and dignified, where is the decumentr
's.l'etch the document!' says the old
feller, and in about haIfa minute another
chap ioolF-a long coil o'hemp rope out Of
his saddle bag and handed it to me-
This is the rope ses |. YES, sirl' ses
be. But / want the order of the count
for his execution SEES |. 'Order-l!' ses
the old teller, kind o. riled; he aint he'd
no court trial!'
"'What!' ses |, 'aint he'd no court trial,
an you want me to hang him! | amt a.
goin TO hang no man without fair trial,
L hat amt no way to do things
"sY0l wont hang him.? ses the old fel-
Ter. 3e ss9Hests ,ga
".Nottill he's he'd far ,trial!' ses l.
"'Now look here, sheriff. ses tall
Teller who was leanin on his rifle. This
ere Teller was seen about my house last
nigh:, an this morning my horse and Jake
french's was gone. We got off on the
trail airly, and ketched this cuss with all
tire an 'em. We rested him, pinted a
committee, and told 'em the hull story
They convicted him and and ordered him
to be hung by the sheriff. Now if you
wont hang him, why, l'll'--an' here he
riz up mis- iifle an pinted it at the thief,
who squatted right down in bunch,
tremblin' like bulls liyer-sI'll shoot
ses he. Hold on ses |, hold ON, we'll
try and compromise the matter | eros.
sed over to the Teller, an ses i, MY
friend you're in a mighty tight snap, but
don't want to hang you ontil you've been
tried He begged like skunk an hug.
ged my knees, an made me feel as mean
as pizen-I wanted to kick him right over
well, ses |, gentlemen, one think is
sartin, / must know the feeling of all on
your, an the teller shall hev his chance.
Now all on you as is favor of hangin'
this chap cross over to tother side of the
road. Well, they all walked over but a
small ugly lookin yeller dog who was
layin' down, but finally he got up an
crossed over too. st seems to be purity
nigh unanimous, ses |, an turns to the
teller an ses, I'm afraid you'll hev to
swing, but III try agin.' for was deter
mined not to go agin the law. sAn you
as is in favor O. hangin this man sing out
ay,' ses |, an they all burst into one
| spontaneous cry, an even the dog sot up
bark. al. you as is agin hanging, sing
out ses |: but nobody didn't say no ex-
cept the prisoner, an he hadn't no right
to vote cordin to Jefferson's Manuel
''What did you do theu?' inquired one
ofJohnson's auditors.
'I'm comm to that, sir.'' | ter he'd the
culprit on the shoulder, an he kind O.
| quivered all over when l did it. Ses [,
| my friend. expect it's all over, but we III
Just walk down here piece, under this
live oak, an settle The matter. So we
walked along and the hull crowd follere
| ontil we got under the tree. Some Teller
| had made slipper moose in one eend o.
the rope, an put it round the cuss's neck
an hove the other eend over big limb.
| sec was in tight snap, for knew'd
if refused to hang him they would hang
him an me too, perhaps, so determined
to get out on it the hest way could. Ev-
erythin' was as still as graveyard, no.
body said word, an you couldn't hear
breath % noise.' --.sI-sf
swell, what did you do?'' asked lis
tener.
"Whatl" said johnson. sway Ijust
run him mp and let him S,cing.,'
"What, you hung him then?''
"Ofconrse did! an resignedmy office
the next day."
EDWIN FORREST, in speech made at
dinner given him in New York on his
return from Europe, thus alluded to his
reception in Ireland:
And as for ireland, Loud applause [
need scarcely tell you, that in the land of
the warm-hearted Irishman, an Ameri.
can is always at home. (Cheers.) There
from the humblestas from the most exal-
ted man, he finds smile of welcome, and.
friendly grasp. How could it be 9TH
erwise among people SO foil Of sensibil-
ity and inpulse,o of unselfshness andmag-
nanimity--a people in whom misrule and
tyranny have failed to quench one spark
of generous spirit or to cuEdie one drop
of the milk of human kindness in their
hearts. (Cheers. 60 a
A SURvEYoR.-A fellow who had got
ssunco' happy or at least pretty full of
the 'creecher' was spreading himself the
other day alongth street occasionally d.
verging from right line into mysterious
obiiquities, and swinging his legs after
him as be surged from one side Oft
pavement to the other, when couple of
sarans passed by: 'Whatin the world is
thatfellow about, said one.., ssWhy,ma.i
king Typographical survey said the
other. s. et 1870
A OCULAR TRUTH.-A highwaynanl
named BolIand, confined in Newgate,
sent to know how he could defer his trial,
and was answered, ssby getting an apoth-
fecary to make affidavit Of his illness.''-|