Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-05-04
THE RESURRECTIONISTS I;
Or, The Doctor Deceived,

1t Is wicked to disturb the halloWed re.
mains Of the deao. After being persecu-
ted on this earth by all the tolls 10 which
poor erring mortais are ever subject har-
raised by care, poverty and disease, a
man should at least be suffered, when his
soul leaves its earthly tenement, quietly
to repOse in the narrow and silent grave.
Yet, ere the turtle green above hitaa-ere
the worms have commenced to luxuriate
on his decaying body, some young son of
Esculapius must needs hoist him once
into the world, and with laudable enter.
prise strip him of his flesh, and reduce
him to grinning skeleton, and thus ex.
pose him in some corner of his studio to
Advance the science, and brighten children.
Like the hyena, they prowl at midnight
about the grave yard, eagerly seeking for
their prey-but they are not always sue
cessfnl. Ar instance in which their at
tempts were completely foiled, may not be
out oil place.
A small company of soldiers were quar-.
tered in the fall of 1869, near the village
Of H., SO beautifully situated on the ro-
mantle banks ofthe Juniata. They were
merry and FOSTERING, yet warlike
band, and among them all none were more
SO, than their master spirit, Joe Heltriter.
He was their oracle-and no trick could
be played no hazardous enterprise accom-.
plished, unless Joe occupied prominent
part. One evening, whilst he, with sew
eral others, were sitting arouId blazing
| fire, their attention was attracted by a
sudden stillness in the adjoining room, an
unusual occurrence, as the majority of the
soldiers were there, whose spirits were
never Gained to rest al such an early
hour. A little doctor from the village, in
all undertone of voice, was bargaining
with the soldiers to procure for him the
body of man who had lately died, and
was consigned 10 The grave yard, situated
on the summit of hill above the village.
Upon the delivery ofthe body at his office,
he promised to reward them with keg
of brandy. 1t ives an unpleasant and dit.
ficuIt undertaking to ransack grave yard
at the dead of night, for the remains of a
fellow mortal. Yet, stimulated by the
thoughts of The brandy, an article unfre.
quently seen or tasted in those days, they
agreed with one accord to the proposal Of
the little doctor, and determined 10 set out
on their expedition that very evening.
Joe listened aitentively to the arrange
ment, and no doubt little piqued that he
had not been FIRST applied to. proposed that
they should anticipate the other soldiers in
their movements. To this proposal they
gladly assented. and by his direction were
quickly provided with sheets, shovels,and
pick axes, and sailed forth on their excur-
sion. Following in solemn silence their
leader. Joe, they soon approached the
burial ground. the favorite haunt of ghosts
and hob goblins. The moon shone mys-
teriously from among the gathering clouds
the leaves, stirred by the night breeze,
rustled mournfnlly among the branches
one Of nature's many warnings 90 man.
kind that every thing must wither and die
that our frail bodies like the faded leaf
will soon decay, and the soul take its up.
ward flight to spend An eternity in Other
! worlds. After soms difficulty, they dis.