Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-12-17
conduct Of Great Men I'm an
Emergency.

nuuCt Oh Great Men In an
Emergency.
Iii LAST OF THE SNAKE-HEAI
REBELLION.
5n Artemus Ward'c classical story, emit,
<<ed Moshy Boshy, or the Prestid igiatine
9aaW OF the Snake Heads." published il
eH,fg Fair, we find the following exquis
se cnapter, in which the characteristics o.
tFeat men in times of great public aud per
se''ai peril. are depicted in a style some O
ouf c6temp0raries would, in an emersenc,
te<n graphic:
became daily more and more eviden
tuat battle Was imminent. The Silver
TOES having encountered several reyerses
EeFe now nerviDg themselves for a granC
e4oft They were coming with fire auc
sword, ard all that sort Of thing.
/ Uoshy Boshy knew this, and yet = wa,
- <<ts cheek did not blanch. He wa
even cheerful, ana iaughed pefhafs NOR,
heartily than ever over the Jokes and spark
ling paragraphs in the National Inteliigen
Ger. Yet the Snake Heads did not question
his ability to lead them in this crisis They
well knew that when aroused he was n,
! terrible as an army with banners, or q
| speckled jackass while in the act of kicking
over permit stand.
He chawed more tobacco, however, than
| usual.
One day he took a large chew, and hand
| ing it to Bo0zwoozy, he said:
will you sustain me ?"
al will, " replied the gentle savage, biting
off a large piece.
Take pound Of the best store totack-
er," said Woshy Boshy, land soak it in
molasses and rum. and it makes as goud to.
hacker as L want to use-that is if it il
chemically examined by Professor Chiffon,
and warranted to contain no dtleterious
substances"
After enjoying themselves cbawing to-
bacco for some time they commenced plan
ming for the coming engagement. "As we
don't wish to become idiots and gibbers
with straw in our hair, we won't look at
those maps in the New York Herald any
more. Let us sOuse Tom cat in a pan Of
ink, draw him across a sheet of paper, and
have a more Ineligible map of our own. u
So said Woshy Boshy, and Boozywoczy
was agreeable thereto.
Woshy B1shy had appointed the next
day for the foe to advance. The plans were
all made. Already the Snakehead troops
were on their way to the field. three hund
red masses and twenty four barrels OF
| them having gone round by Lake Superior
on beard the steamer Iron City, Captain
Ed. Turner. Woshy BOshy purppsed going
| W way Of Portland, and had engaged pas.
sage on Maxfeld's stage. 1t was an affect
ing scene, the parting Of Woshy Bushy
and BOozywOczy. The latter had conci-
.hf,I,t N
where they fired real bullets, ana hence he
was to stay at home They bad known
each other from childhood, and now they
were about to part-perhaps forever. ID.
you remember" said Woshy Bushy in O
voice trembling with emotion. chow We
used to throw stones at an old blind man
and scalp apple women in the hnlsyOn days
of youths spring time Innocent prattlers
Them days is past? Do you remember, too
| how in after years, as we were about bios
tssoming into manhood, i used to borrow
money of you"
81 d., said BOnzyw0ozy, tears standing
IN his eyes in chunks-'I do, distinc.ual-
Typ
Perhaps | shan't never borrow any
more money of you no more" continued the
chief.
| 4hu see lDeSt
tears are real, and these poignant moan,
are nat'ral. Big thing!" So spoke Booty.
wOaZy.
Here in my photograph. 1t is by ont
of the Old Masters"
"Thank you-oh, thank you !" sale
| Boozywoozy: "Ill wear it next to my
heart" and he placed it In his left coat tai
| pocket.
IF fall" said Woshy Boshy, clutchine
his friend by the coat cOlla--'.if | fall
promise me that you will break the new,
gently to my creGitnrsl Prepare then
| gradually for the dreadful shock"
Consider it already DONE" said Bnozy.
wOozy ever anxious to accommodate his ole
and tried friend.
Our friendship reminds me of that 0
Damon and Pythias," said Woshy Boshy
| II think myself we are somewhat OF
that lay" replied his trusty friend. 'Bu
what are you putting that junk bottle c
| peppermint in your pocket fDr?"
| ITO have it in case of emergency"
"Ah, indeed l remember Gen Pric,
had it pretty bad"
"Had what?"
The emergency"
"And do you remember, likewise, m,
| good Bo0zywOozy, how | one day, in tn
exuberance of my child sh heart. tied
cooking stove to the neck of my decrepi
| grandfather, and showed him into the riv-
er! AL the happy days CT childhood =
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me t.
Sleep"
There was profound silence in the wig
wan for moment, save the sound of thu
tears of the savages, which battered, pat
tered upon the floor.
"Wild childhood's days." SAYS Wosh,
Boshy, at length. buckIing on his armnr
also his coat of mail-"will childhood >,
days ever come back to us AGAIN."
IN bet the coffee and cakes at Mes
cbutt's that they won'tv exclaimed Booty
WOODY.
Its go?"
They conversed few moments more
when Woshy Bosby rose TO depart. "Yo,
will see me, mother" he said in snf
voice, will you not? Hush If / fall
ask her, "Oh, why should the spirit O
mortal be proud 2''
Il will interrogate that elderly femal
| upon that important matter the moment
hear you have been scooped in !"
'"Tis well % said the chief. And nov
FAREWELL l fain would have thy blessin,
upon my head ere / go; and if you cal
also lend me your umbrella, shall esteem
1t particular favor"
| DEATH IN BATTLE.-In Ritcher's "Seli-
ma" the hero thus speaks of the idea o
death IN the presence of battle He il
lighting in behalf Of the Greeks. and il
with the army at the seige of Napoli
| Romania:
believe me, nowhere does enc thinl
more rarely of death than in camp, among
the dying. Man is here flame, not ashes
We see the flag waving abcye the course o
battle, but look not at the graves which !
runs through, nor at those who prepare tn,
graves; and the throb of dying, even
throb, appears only as one more the las
motion agaiust the enemy. No stifed an
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