Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-03-11
SiIas' Experiences.

"Ah, my lads" said uncle Silas one
day at dinner, to his boys, as they we're
busliy engaged upon the merits on a nice
slrl1in of roast beef and II bouncing euet
pudding, I've did NOT get such fare as this
"hen was bov-nO, no. When | was an
apprentice, my master would send me and
my cbum j Shn into the words, with moth
my to eat but lump of stewed peas. Per-
haps you have never seen, nor heard be-
fore of a lump of peas The night before
we went fores;ing, the woman OF the house
would stew kettle of split peas, ard a.
soon as they were done, she would drop a
rope yarn into the mess with an end hang
inS over, then put the kettle cut doors To-
freeze. The next morning we would take
the solid ness from out the kettle by tho
string, and tie it to Que of the stakes of
the sled then truige for the woods; and
that was all we had to eat through the
dav.
One day, Join and I thought we should
like a little spirit to drink with our frozen
grub, just to keep IF the stomach-ache. so
we stopped at store, kent by poor blind
Quaker, and exchanged half our frozen rpas
for beeswax with him for a quart Of good
old West Indie!'
The old folks would 1.-Two much better
though The old man had just killed
hog, and all he gave us of 1t was the has
let. But we were determined to have a
taste Of the bacon, foT the old cudger had
hung all the legs up the chimney to smoke.
81, as John and thought that the hams
were about right. we fixed I'm to get
one of them. Accordingly, enc night about
twelve O'Clock, got the cart rope AMI tied
1t under Johns arms sn1 we got upon the
top of the house, and | lowered john down
the chimney. John was not content with
me leg, so he grabbed two-putting one
under each arm, and then twitched the
rope Cor a signal for mo to haul him un.-
gave an awful pull and jerk, which
wedTcd John In the chimney, tight and
fast, like wedge he could neither get IN
nor down. l soon returned with one, but
1t took me some time to find Johns shout
ders-l did not wish to hit his head. As
soon as | found where to strike. | hauled
back and gave mighty pike. Down went
John. smack, plump upon the kitchen
hearth. The old folks slept in bed room
adjoining the kitchen, aud as SOON a. they
heard the noiee, they jumped out OF he'd,
struck light aud went into the kitchen Ia
see what was to pay. There stood John
Win MS lace ana hanus all Lacked and
hegrimed with SCOT. and with the cart rome
dangling in the rear like a tail, and a leg If
bacon under each arm, for he chung to that
He had had too much trouble to get the
bacon, and knew the want of it too well TO
relInquish it SO easy. The old folks star
ted back with fear and tremblng-they
shook Ike aspen leaves, and john, taking
courage and opportunity from their trepida
ton, made rush for the door with his
prizes, the cart rome dangling in the rear
The next morning the old folks vowed
and declared that the devil had paid them
Il visit last night down the chimney, and
had carried of one halt of their bacon and
no one could beat them out of their opinion
for they declared that they saw him
with their Own eyes, and the good woman
asserted that she smeit the brim>toEc!'