Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-12-05

wv DoOHpucS TE1O MADE Our At last
to git loose from his wife, and find the
back door. He haint never been hear,
Of in Pineyille from that day to this. 3ToI
sst} From the So Louis RsveiIas.
"FakiDg the Mississippi"
While Mr.. Sam Stock1reII, the artist.
now engaged on the great panorama of
the Mississippi. in this city, was one af
ternoon slowly floating down the river in
his boat, very uncomfortable shower
came patting down. at the moment he was
about dropping anchor to sketch the pic
turesque establishment Of suuatter
He besiiated moment but finally let 20,
and his boat swung round in the stream.
Vot, ish you going TO pictur him nit
derrsin?' inqnred, bis German boatman.
No., says Sam, bnt Pm going TO pic
tur' him mil the pencil. We are now
about al the right spot to take a good
view,ofthat odd looking cabin, and if we
go on we will lose il. So haul out the
old umbrella and will try sketch. Per.
haps by the time we finish our view, the
proprietor will invite US to take some but.
termilk with him.
This old umbrella had, hy certain vio-
lent conclusions received ON the trip. be.
come quite a curiosity. One. half Of the
whalebones were gone, and when II was
hoisted, it hung like wo-begone sombre
70 over its owner. The pitching of it
carelessly into the boat, on sundry occa
sions, bad introduced ill-shaped sky.lights
in its roof; and, taken altogether. it was
the sorTiest apology for shelter. ever
stretched over a sovereign citizen Of the
great United States. Sam. however.
worked away beneath the ,0inghGn.' un
I'll he finished his sketch. All the time,
affinent from the top of his cone like Gov.
efing, poured flood Of dark Hinged water
through one Of the holes, and down hts
neck, His German watched thiGstrea am
with intense interest, as if calculating
how much the astiss,s- elOthes would hold
before they would leak. When he had
finished. George. the German, broke forth
in admiration, lr-ea h.,n,, &c.
we'll. tor little man you soaks more
water den ever | sees pefore. II will take
you Won week to be SO dry and nice as ye
vas sbust now bibas'cs ali bag sue.f9a'
Just then, q voice from the shore hailed
them.
'Look var, you with thai awfnl ugly
hat. what IN thunder are you sittiD' on,
thar in the rain? Who are yuul Whay
are you. goin' to dor .,.,.,l-....-t,
I am going 10 cGn6ass the Mississippi
said Sam. To "eds -. ya.7szr q
!, =; You're a9 eleciioneerer, az you9' in
dnired the squatter. gIGass.ol {; md. .se
a No. not exactly, said Sam, Except in
small way for my own individual bens-
fii. ! am going to take the river. ?. 7p,
.Whar ar you Gpih 10 take istoi' ihqair.
Cd the sqnattes. gasb ,su s aw s7aa
AL round IL eppatry, said Sam, and
over TO Englsnd
We'll. atate y9p kin do that, you'll hev
to get an awful big tub. and sol yourself
at the mouth to draw il off, doila sarol
'on no, says Sam, 4 am drasOing IL Of
now - osT9eaaes5 90 81 s e.di sd, ],
The squatter looked up and down ,ths
shore two or three times and then shouted
back: -
1 don't see as-iIeiis much lower
your stckin' machinedraws it off dread
| full slow ,,sa.ir. oIz 0et -.a
lampa;nting the Mississippi, my friend
answered the, artist. III ssE
i 'Hev you got my cabin chalked down,
be inquired. s. -. 80, a, =.
Il Yes, answered Sam. and you. too
Good, by. thunderl' said the squatter
When you show me tothemsEHglish, Eel
iers. iesttell 'en Pm a. Mississippi sersafh
eT.-I kim hne more corn In, a. day thai
! any Yankee machine ever invented. an
when | hit anytbin from. bullock dow
to human nat,r', they gineralIy thin
/, liigI,fuins is comin'P al Ee'leasi = 4
, Are you Taylor manl' inquired Sam
ihs No. by shuuder. ssys he. s solssF
.SUf kI 1o efssss69sss6M al $50