Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
From Vanity Fair. Nay ittk
Ward In the SoutherE
(Onfederacy.
THE SHOW rs cosFIscArEp.


You hav perhaps wondered wharebouts
was FIR these menny dase gone and past.
Perchans you sposed I'D gone to {he
Toomb of the Cappylets, tho don't
know what those is. It's a popolar Doos-
paper Erase.
Listen to my tail, and be silent thai We
ma here. I've been among the seseshers
earnIn my daily peck by my legitimate
perieshion, and havn't had no time 70
wceld my facile quill for the "Greas Xom-
lex Paper" if youIl allow me to kote from
your truotbful advertisement.
My success was skaly and likewise had
narer scape Of mr. life. If whit ~ bin
through is :. Suthern hosspiteiity.n bout
which we've hearn so much. then feel
bound to 9bsarve that they made two much
of me. They was altogether to LAWS With
their atteushons.
= went among the seseshers with no
feellns OF annermossity. went in nv
perfeshernal capacity. / was astooated by
one of the Loftiess desire which car swell
the human buzzum. viz to give the peo-
PIE their moneys worth, by shown them
Sagashus Beests and Wax Statoots which
venter to say air onsurparst by any other
statoots anywbares | will not call that
man who says my statoots air humbugs n
liar and boss thief, but bring him bed
me and III wither him with one of my
skornful fr0wns.
But to proceed with my tail. In nv
travis threw the Sonny South heard a
heap OF talk about seseshin and Dustin W
the Union, but l didn't think it mounted
to nothin. The politishuns in all the vii.
lagos was swearin that Old Abe (some-
IN vol cd he
not be Exaggerated. They also made fools
OF themselves In varis ways, but as they
was used to that didn't let it worry me
much, and the Stars and Stripes continner-
ed to wave over my little tent. Moreover
| was a Son of Malty, and a member of
several other Temperance Societies, and
my wife she was a dawter of Malty, an
sposed these fax would secoor me the in
tlOonz and perfection of all the fust famer-
lies. Alas . | was disipinted. State ar
ter State seseshed and it growed hotter ar
hotter for the undersigned. Things cum to
a clImbax in q small town in Alabamy.
where | was premtoridly ordered 20 haul
down the Stars and Stripes. A depyta-
shun of red faced men cum up to the door
of my tent WHARF was standin takin in
money 1.-THE AFTERNOON exhibishun had com
bis soul-stiIrin cbimes). 1--WE air cum.
sir" said a milingtary man in cockt hat.
upon hi and holy mishun. The Southern
Eaglels sereanin thruGut this sonny land
proudly and defantly screamin, sir !"
" What's the matter with him?" SEE I
" don't his vittils sit we'll on his stum-
mick ?"
That Eagle. sir, will continner TO
oil -.
land"
q Wall, let him scream. If YOUR Eagle
can amuse hisself by screamib, let him
went!" The man annoysd me for was
bizzy maxim change.
g We air cum, sir, upon a matter of du
You are right. Capting. It's every
mans duty to visit my show" sed /.
q We air CUM"
And that's the reason you're here"
SEE |, larfn one of my silvery larfs.
thawt if he wantiI to joak I'd Civ him
some of my spark kiln eppygrams.
Sir, you are inserlent. The plain
question is, will haul down the American
flag, and hist the Southern flag I"
Nary hist !" Those was my reply.
Your wax works and beests is then
confiscated & you air arrested as q spy !"
SEE ], =" My fragrant roses of the South
ern cline and Blocmin daffodils, what's the
price of whiskey in this town, and how
many cubic feet of that seductive fluid can
you Individually holdl"
They made no reply to that but said nv
wax fggers was con6sticated. / axed
them if that was generally the s.ile among
thieves in that country, to which thew ais,
made no reply, but said was arrested as
spy, AMI must e. to Montgomery in iruns.
They was by this time jined by large
crowd of other Southern patrits. who cum
menst hOllerin Hang the bald-headed
aberlitionist, and bust up his immoral ex-
hibitiOn J" was ceased and tied to a
stump, and the crowd went for nv tent
the water proof pavilion, wherein instruc-
ton and amusement had been to muchlv
combined at Is cents per head-and tore
it all to pieces. Meanwhile dirty faced
boys was thrown stuns an empty beer
bOttils at my massive brow, an takin other
improper liberties with my purson. Re
sistance was useless for a variety of rea
sons / readily observed.
The Sesehers confiscated my statoots by
smashin them to attums. They then went
to money box and coDfscated all the loose
change thorein contained. They then went
and bust in all my cages, lettiD all the all
imiles loose, a small but helthy tiger,
among the rest. This tiger has a exeen-
trio way OF tearin dorgs to pieces, and
alters sposed from his giDeral cconduck
that he'd how no hesitashun in servin hu.
man beins in the some way if he could
git at them. Excuse me If was creoil, but
larfed bOysterrusly when saw that tiger
spring in among the pepie. Go it, nv
sweet cuss," innardly exclaimed. ." l for.
give you for bitin of my left thum with all
my hart RIP 'em up like a bully tiger
whose Lare has been invaded by Sesesh.
ers!"
can't say for certin that the tiger Sc
risly injured any of them, but as he was
seen few days afterwards sum miles dis
tant with large and well selected assort-
ment Of seats of trOwsis in his mouth, and
as he looked as though he'd bin havin some
vierlent exercise. rayther guess he did.
You will therefore perceive that they
didn't confscate him much.
was carried to Montgomery in iruns
and placed in durans vile. The Jail was
a emery edifss, but the table was librally
supplied with Bakin and Cabbage. This
was good variety, fo- when didn T bark.
er nrter Bakin could help myself to Cab
bage.
bad nobody to talk to nor nothin to
talk about, hcwsever. and was very ZONES
ily, specially on the fist day; so when the
Jailor parst my lonely sell put the few
stray hairs an the back part Of my he'd
Pm bald now, but thare was a time when
wore sweet auburn ringle;s) into as dis
sheveled a state as possible, & rollin my
eyes IN manyyuck stile. cried: Stay,
laler, stay, | am not mad but soun shall be
IT you don't bring me something to Talk. !"
de brung me newspapers for which
thanked him kindly
AT larst | got q intervu with Jefferson
Davis, the President of the Southern Con-
thieveracy. He was quite perlite and axed
me to sit down and state my case. did it,
when he larfed and sed bis gallant men lad