Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-11-03
JoLI LIMOS. NOV EN- i MB il 5. 1915.

liner, mad there been any one with me 10
'ETeport my skilfaI Management. Bdt as
lit is the facts must forever be uulnown,'
and have only to expect a merited re-
ward from posterity. After gathering up,
iI.my provisions ami typographical .instru.
nients proceeded to take formal posses
sion of the country cstab lishing the boan-
dairy line from latitude 81 2 40 10, lon,
gitude 40 ,, nothing. / then seized my
gun ard boldly took a position behind my
car resolved to defendit against anything
whatever. As nothing appeared to mo-
lest me issued a proclamation declaring
the title ofthe United States 10 the coun-
TRY, clear and unqnestionable; first from
priority ofd;scoyerJ; secondly from pro-
fession; and third from conquest. nov
3examined my ballolh and commencedre-
Epairs, with the design of ascending above
| the clouds 10 spendthe night. But found
everything in so shattered a condition that
1 4 was Obliged TO remain where was.--
Having placed everything in proper
state of defence, 1 laid down to rest. In
the night was suddenly aroused by a
confused shouting and the sound Of foot
steps on the snow. Selling my gun and
pistols in one hand, and my sword and
light in the other, i resolved to repel any
attack, however powerful. An immense
army was soon in view. They were ev-
tidently of The human. species, as the men
wore whiskers, and the ladies wore bus
ties, tho they more resemhled bears wal
king upon their stern extremities. They.
had surrounded me, and appeared TO be
overcome with establishment, at the sight
of an American yesselin their country.
held out signs of peace, and employed
every article to assure them that my mo.
tiyes5 were friendly. / assured them that
their great Pa had sent me to acquire a
knowledge oftheir country, its curiosities,
commercial resources, and advantages;
that my country was a great one, great
people, and a great Government; in want
| of curiosities, shells, bones, animals, and
especially, a little money. They were
] ignorant of our language and turned deaf
earto my speechd saw that more energet-
ic measures must be resorted to, and
fired my gun overtheir heads, to impress
them with the Importance of my country
The effect was wonderful. They all
squat sailed forth among them, showing
one this way aud another that; cuffed one
land kicked another, and nov, discovering
a disposition to makea simultaneous move
ment, drew my sword and dealt heavy
blows on all sides, tho they rushed from
me with desperate impetuosity, and il was
only with the greatest skill and bravery
that | succeeded in hitting more. than two
or three, who were less fortunate in get
ting out of my way. then retreated,
and made remarkable escape to my
balloon; where | slept undisturbed until
| morning. s.r tsB,F MEMO.
I In Schoharie county there lives man
whose addiction to profanity is such that
his name has become by-word and a re
proach; but by some internal thermome.
! ter he so graduates his oaths as to make
them apply to the peculiar case in hand;
the greater the inishap or cause for anger
| the stronger and more frequent bis abju-
rations. His busine IS is that of a gather
er of ashes, which he collects in small
quantities and transports in an OK cart
Upon recent occasion, having by dint of
great labor succeeded in filling the vehi-
fcle, he started for the ashery, which stands
upon the brow of steep hill; and it was
not until he reached the door that he no.
ticed, winding its tortuous course down
the decliyity, line ofwhite ashes, while
something short of a peck remained in
the cart. "1'he jewellers by the way side
and they that tarried there" had Assem-
bled in great force, expecting an unusu-
al anathemal display. Turning however
Ito the crowd, the unfortunate man heaved
sigh and simply remarked !" Neighbors,
it's no use;I cant do justice to ttessuJect
H. nickerboc s.ss.s il
4 A REMARKABhE + AoT.---T The sea birds.
the putin, gutliemot and the razor bill,
cannot hy over the land at all, although
they can rise from the surface of the sea
with perfect facility, mount to an indefi-.
mite height, and fly with amazing rapidi-
tY SO long as the sea is Immediately nn-
der them. but no sooner do they fy above
4 dry ground than they drop as if shot
During a strong wind from the sea it not
lunfrequently happens that. these birds on
! mounting higher than the edge Of the cliff
are suddenly blown over land, when they
/ Immediately fall, and canregain theirnat-
ural elements by crawling TO the edge of
the precipice, when new yigor seems to
inspire them and they at once soar away
withthsir nsualivelocity. e 9 8 &
tIURDER AND SUIcIDE.-Henry Ha--
gar, who lived about fifteen miles from this
i place, on tue Charlotte road, shot with a
rifle and killed. ON thursday, last man
4 by the name Of Woodward, after which he
went into his house and blew his own
bbrains ont with pistol. He was a man