The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-01-03
Won swEITzEL ON POLITICS. :

Won SweilZePs experience is not peculiar
Many have had similar experience bul
the story will be instructive just al the presen
lime. 81 s@f'f
"Mine neighbor, Wilhelm vot you tiuk Of
bolitios, heys asked Peter Won Slug, Of hit
neighbor Won Sweiizel, the Twelfth Ward
blacksmith, last evening. as he seated him.
self beside him 'BierhoIse.'n
~ thinks much" said Sweitzel, giving his
pipe long Whit. 4f- PEA
"vell, vot you tInksp g0a
81 comes to der conclusion dat bolitics is
one big fool" e' = 5!e
"Ahw exclaimed Peter, after taking q
draugh, from his mug, show do you, make
him datan l..l
,"vell, mine 9ient, I :ell you, y replied SWEET
s2ei, 'n,ss = fe~ whstEs ana . tfIfuk, Il cumss
TO dish place ten years last evening by der
Dutch Almaric, init mine blacksmith shop,
/ bulls fine little houses, I poo,s up mine bel.
lers makes mine fire, / heats mine iron,
strikes nit my hammer, gets plenty Of work
and makes nioonish."
Dat is good" remarked Pete, at The same
time demanding that the drained mugs be fil.
led.
''I say that made much friends" contin-
ued Wilhelm, reightng his pipe "Der bee
pels all say, Won Sweilzel bes good man,
he blows in der morning he strikes in deF
night and he minds his business. So dey
spfaken 10 me many times, and II made feel
me much goot here" slapping his breast
"Yaw, yaw, dat lsh gooter,~ remarked
Pete who was an attentive listener. To-
Fell, it goes long dat way tree year. Let
me see, Won year make tree hoondred tol.
lar der next year tree hoondred and fly, der
next year four hoondred and swonzy, der
next year FIVE hoondred tolar; dat makes five
year, when old Mike, der watchman, who
pees such bad man, comes 10 me. and he
say, 'Sweilzel, Vot makes you work SO hard
'To make moonish, dell him. Il tells you
how you makes him quicker as dat, he say.
I ask him how, and den he dells me 10 60 in.
10 Loitics and get big office, / laugh al him,
ven he dells me that Shake, der lawyer-vat
makes sue h purity speeches about Farderland
bees again 10 run for Congress, and dat
Shake, der lawyer, dells him 10 dell me, it'll
would go among der beeples and dell them
10 vote mid him all the while, he would put
me in Won big office, where makes twenty
tousand tollarsa year. '''i1"'1 So 2"'
p "Twen,y iousand mine Gotp exclaimed
Pete, ,hunderslruck.
shust slops der striken and goes 10 my frient,
and all der Yarmans for Shake, and Shake
bes elected TO der Congress-,
Here Mynheer Won Sweitael, stopped took
a long draught Of beer, and fixing his eyes on
the Aoor, ,puffed his pipe as il in deep thought.
"vel, mine neighbor," said Pete, after wal.
ting due length of time for him 10 resume,
"vatvou do, eh2" &
"Vell, ask Mike, der swellhead watch.
man, for der Office, and lie dells me l gets
him next year. waits till after der next
krout making time, and den say again
"Mike ven will Shake give me that twenty
tousand tollar office?" "In two year, sure"
he say, "If work for der barty." Veil,
stop BLOWN nit mine bellers again, and |
blow two years for der barry nit mine mout.
"Two year nit your moul?" asked Pete
in astonishmenl.
.'Yaw, two year. Den again l so to Mike,
der swellhead watchman, and dell him der
twenty tousand dollar Office about, and he
dells me in one more year gets him, sure,
dinks he Tools me, yet blows for der barry
anudder year and den val you dinksa
"Dinks! Vyyou gets him twenty ,ousand
lollarW
"Gets him! Py shinks, Mike, Ger swell.
head walchman, dells me | bes Won big fool,
and dat / might go to der bad place and ca,
( sour kroul."
'He ,ell dat Z"
"Yaw, sure as my name be Won SWEET
zel.n
CATER You do der blowing NIT your moul
for de bartyw
"Yaw"
"Mine Got! vat you do den, mine neigh.
Dor p ....
aMake fire in mine blacksmh shop,
blows on my own bellers again, heats my
own iron, and strikes nit my own hemmer
say to minesef: Wilhelm Won Sweitzel
do your own blowing and let politicians dc
dersw
| Neishbor Pete thought he had come 10 Q
wise conclusion, and af.er wishing all sorts
Of bad luck 10 politicians that class Of mer
whose patriotism and integrity lies in lheil
pockets, they ordered their mugs to be again
reilled, and changed the topic of converse