Litchfield enquirer., 1856-04-17
Blowing for der Barty.

BLOWING I0I u01 OoAsy'
"Miue peiyhbor, Wilhelm, vot you tink Of
holt cs. hey 7" asked Peter Won Slug, Of his
neighIor Won Sweitsel. the Twelfth Ward
BLACKSMITH. one evening. as he seated himself
beside him in " Bierhaus."
al thinks much," said Sweitzel. giving his
pipe long whif
Well, vot you t'insk r
az comes to der conclusion dat bolitics is Won
big fool"
from his mug, show do you make him dat 2"
"vell, mine frien'. tell you," replied SWEET
eel. after a few whiffs and drink, " comes
to dish place ten years last evening, by der
Dutch Almanac, init mine blacksmit shop.
builds fine little house, poots up mine bcllers,
makes mine fire. l heats mine iron, strikes
nit mine hammer, get blenty Of work in, and
makes mine monish"
dat is goot," remarked Pete, at the same
time demanding that the drained mugs be re-
filled
az saw that Imade much friends" continued
Wilhelm. relightng bis pipe. der peoples all
saw. Won Sweitzel bes a good man, he blows in
der morning, he strikes in der night, and he
mind his business. So dey spraken to me many
times. and it makes me feel much goot here"
slapping his breast.
"Yaw, yaw, dat is gooter," remarked Pete,
who was an attentive listener.
"Vell. it goes along dat way tree year
Tree? Let me see Won year make tree hoon-
dred tolar, der next tree hoondred an fifty
der next four hundred and swonzy, and der next
five hoondred toIlar Dat make five yeer. Veil,
/ bes here five year, when old Nike, der watch
man, who hes such a bad man, comes to me,
and he say, Sweitzel, vot makes you york so
hard ~ "To make monish," dell him. II
dells you how you makes him quicker as dat"
he say. ask him how, an den he dcIls me to
90 into botics and get big Office laugh at
him, ven he tells me dat Shake, der lawyer
vat makes such burty speeches about faderland
hes goil' to run for Congress, and dat Shake
der lawyer dells him to dell me, if / would go
among der beeplcs and dell dem to vote init him
all der while, he would put me into Won big Office
where makes twenty tonsand dollars yeer.'
Twenty tousand, mine Got !" exclaimed
Pete thunderstruck.
"Yaw, twenty tousand. Veil, by sllinks, l
shust stops der strkin', an goes to mine frien's
On all der Yarmans vote for Shake, and Shake
bes elected to der Congress"
Here Mynhcer Van Sweitzel stopped, took
a long draught of beer. and fixing his eyes on
the floor, pulled his pipe as if in deep thought
Veil, mine neighbor," said Pete, waiting a
due length of time for him to resume, "vat you
do den, hcy?"
"Vell, | ask Mike, der swcllhead vat hman's
for der Office, and ne dells me gets HIM der
next yeer. waits till after der next krout-
making time, an den say again, Nike, ven
will Shake give me dat twenty tonsand tollar
Office 2 In two year, sure, he say, If yoawork
for der barty.' Veil, stop BLOWN NIT mine
bellcrs agD, an blow two yeers for der barty
nit mine mout"
1.-TWO yeer init your mout p asked Pete, in
establishment.
der swelhead vatchmans, an dell him der TWEEN
ty tousand tolar about, an he dells me in Won
more yeer gets him sure. | thinks he fools
me, yet blow for der barty annuder yeer, an
den, vat you dinks?"
"Daks / w, you gets him twenty tousand
tollar"
Gets him Ply shinks Mike, der swell
head vatchman dells me bes Won big fool, dat
might go to der bad place, an eat sourkrout."
" He tel! you dat p
" faw. Sure as my name bes Won SWEET
EEL"
After you do der blowing init your mout
for der barty p
Yaw."
" Mine Got! vat you do den, mine ncighbor p
" makes a fire in mine blacks nit shop,
blows my own bellers again, heats my own
iron, and strikes nit mine own hammer. | say
say to mneself. wilhelm Won Sweitxel, boil
tics hes humbug, and politicians bcs bigger
Won. Wilhelm Won Sweitzcl. do ger own blo,c-
iag and lei boltticiaas do ders p
Neighbor Pete thought he had come to a
wise conclusion, and after wishing all sorts of
bad luck to politicians, that class Of men whose
patriotism and integrity lie in their pocket, they
ordered their mugs to be again filled, and
changed the topic Of conversation.
WHEN WILL THE TINE COME Cough, in one