Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-07-29
Joe sIayweed's Courtship.

The funny columns oe the English pa
pers derive more of their ..stnf for smiles
from Journals in this country. than frer1
any other source. We end in one of them
this ludierous anecdote of bewitched
clock.
About half past eleven O'Clock on Sunday.
night human leg developed in blue brad
cloth, might have been seen entering
Cephas Barberry's kitchen window. Thu
leg was followed, finally by the entire body
OF live yankee, attired in his SUNDAY q,
20 meeting clothes. 1t was, in short, j e.
Mayweed who thus burglariously won bis
way in the deacon's kitchen.
Wonder how much the old deacon
made by ordering the not to darken his
door again." solilequiEed the young gen
tiemao. Promised him ! wouldn't
but didn't say anythin' about windaws.--
Windows is as good as doors is there aiats.
no nails TO tare your trowsers ontb. Waudi
er 1t Sally will come down, Tue crit,r<:
nromised me. Pm afeard 70 move ai,t,,5s
here, cause might break my shins over
som thin or anotbar. and wake the folks.
Cold enough TO freeze polish bear here.
y, here comes Sally
The beauteous maid descended With
smile, tallow candle, and box of lucifer
matches.
Alter receiving a rapturOus greeting.
che made rousing fire in the cooking
stove, and the happy c, urle ga, down en-
joy the sweet interchange Of vows and
hopes.
But the course of true love ran not
whit smoother in Barberry's kitchen than
1t does elsewhere, and Joe, who was Just
making up his mind to treat himself to a
kiss, was startled by the voice of the dea-
con, her father, shouting from his cham
Der door,
Sally! what are you getting up in the
middle Of the night for ?"
Tell him it's most morning." whisper
ed Joe Mayweed.
II eau't tell ib." said Sally.
"l'll maze it truth, then" said Joe.
Ard running to the huge old fashioned
clock that stood IN the corner, he put the
hands at five.
Look at the clock and tell me what
time 1t is, cried the old gentleman"
tits i've by the clock said Sally, and
eorrobora,ing her words the clock struck
five.
The lovers sat down again and resumed
their conversation. Suddenly the stair
case began to ereak.
Good gracious it's father" exclaimed
Sally.
The deacon, by thunder" exclaimed
10, Hide me Sally"
Where can ! hide you'll" exclaimed the
distracted girl.
20, know" said he, "I'll squeeze in
to the clock case"
An I'D L. L.
self in the case and closed the door.
The deacon was dressed, and seating
himself down by the stove, pulled out bis
pipe, lighted it, and began deliberately to
smoke.
Five o'clock. oh 2" said he. Well, |
shall have time to smoke three or four
pipes, and then I'll 90 and feed the crit
ters."
Hadn't you better feed the critters
first 7" suggested Sally.
No, smokin' clears my head and wakes
me up" replied the deacon, who seemed
not a whit disposed to hurry up his en-
joyment.
But r-r.r.whiz ding ding! ding went
the clock.
"Tcrmeuted lightning. 7" cried the dea-
con, starting up and dropping his pipe on
the stove, "what'n airth is that?"
"lt's only the clock striking fve," replied
Sal Y tremulou-ly
Power of creation !" cried the deacon.
"Strikin' FIVE it's struck more than hun
dred already.
Deacon Barberry," cried the deacon's
wife, who had hastily robed herself, aud
now came piunging down the stair case in
the widest state of alarm. "what in the
universe is the matter of the clock ?''
Goodness only knows," replied the old
man, tits been hundred years in the
family. and l never knew it to carry on so
afore"
Whiz ding! ding! whi-z-z went the
clock again.
"Is'll burst ITSELF" cried the lady, she'd
ding flood of tears, "and there wont be
othiu' left of it !"
Its bewitched !" cried the deacon, who
retained leaven Of good old New England
superstition in his nature. Anyhow"
said he after a pause. advancing resolutely
towards the clock, "1'll see Shas's going
on in It"
"Oh. don't." cried his daughter. Selling
one of his coat tsis, while his wife clung
to the other.
"Dvn't!" chorussed both women togeth,
er.
Let go my raiment!" shouted the dea-
con, Il aIn't afeared Of the powers of dark
ness"
But the women wouldn't let go; 81 the
| deacon slipped out of his Coat, and while
| from the sudden cessation of resistance
they fell heavily upon the floor, he pitched
forward and seIzed the knob Of the clock
But no human power could open it. for
Joe was holding it from the inside with o
| death grip.
| The old deacon began to be dreadfully
| frightened. He gives one more tug, when
an unearthly yell, as of fiend in distress,
burst from the inside, then the clock pitch
| ed headforemost at the deacon, and wreck
ed its fair proportions. The current of all
extinguished the candle-the deacon, the
old lady and Sally fed up stairs, and Joe
Maywesd, exrricating himself from the
clock, effected his escape 10 the same way
in which he entered.
The next day all Appleton was alive with
the story bow deacon Bar berry's clock had
been bewItcbed, and although many be-
lieved his version. yet some, and especially
Joe Msvweed, affected to discredit the
whole affair, and limiting that the deacon
bad been trying the experiment of tasting
frozen cider, and that the vsgaries oil tht
clock case existed orly in distemperec
imagination.
However. the interdict being taken of
Joe was allowed to resume his courting
and won tie asse 1T of the old people to hi'
union with Sally by repairing the old cloci
till it went as we'll os ever.
No PAkrYIsx The telegraph states tina
the Republican members Of Congress me-
in caucus on Saturday night and the spec
ta.ors present were requested to retire
which they did. We hear NJ objection
from Republicans TO this secrete politica
organization. 1t is patriotic for Repu5ii'
cans TO meet in secrete cOnclaye to discus
public affairs, but il is pronounced treason
for Democrats TO openly meet to conside
the important issues before the country
Republicans, is appears, can adhere q