{"newspaper_name": "The Yazoo Democrat.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
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RAISING THE WIND.-A good story is
told by sOmebOdy-we don't recollect who
of couple of Yankees who chanced to
be travelling at the South, and had run
short of funds. Out of "tin," and out al
the toes, they hit upon the following expe-
dient to raise the rhino.


By dint of address they contrivcdto come
it over the printer, and procured quantity
of hand bills, giving notice to the denizens
of the town where they were stopping, that
ga monster Guyuscutus," of the genus
humm }" would be exhibited on the fol-
lowing day, at a certain place-admittance
25 cents, children half price. A curtain
was obtained, which was drawn across one
end of the apartment where the show was
to come off, and the time have arrived, one
of the worthy pair performed the part of
door keeper and receiver-general, while
his companion in sin was busy behind the
screen (Which was so arranged as to pre-
vent discoveries where he kept up an in
cessant and most unearthly moaning, while
the company were entering and being sea-
ted. The hour having at last arrived for
the show to commence, the doOr-keeper left
his post, and marching across the hall,
which was crowded with men, women and
children, he disappeared behind the curtain.
Immediately after the exit terrific how
ling barking. and chafering commenced in
the midst of which the clattering of chains
and heavy fall Or two, were distinctly
heard. A terrible struggle appeared to be
going on behind the green baize, and an
occasional "Oh ah-hold hard, JIM
" hit him on the head" d"-" that's it''-'nO it
isn't ETC., were heard for some minutes by
the audience in front, who by this time had
become greatly excited, and not little
alarmed. Amidst the call for the "mana-
ger" the exclamatiOns was heard" he'll
break his chains - there he goes !''-and
the doOr-keeper rushes from behind the
scenes, hatless and breathlees, his hair on
end, while the shouts at the top of his lungs
-"Save yourselves, gentlemen Save
your children The Guyuscutus is loose


1t needs hardly to be added that the i'm
mediate rush for the door was immense
and that in the melee, the overtuLniDg of
chairs and settees-the shrieks of the wo.
men, and the yelling of the children, our
Yankees mizzle-whck the audience, up
on recovering their feet and their senses,
only learn, too late, that the PrOprietOrs'
of the exhibition have sloped, and that, in
and cOllectively-they had been
done brOUn