The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-04-27

but like to be obligipg.' Here pay
| for me if you like; but schuaps I mus
and will have. / can't do without it..
Franz hadn't any money, which ond
ed the matter; but if his pockets had
been full of money the result would
have been the same.
Stop, my friend said Franz, unit
next month when your time of soldering
comes, then you'll have as much as yor
like to drink, for neutrality-suspicious. ever
more
Long live the king, thenl' said Karl
| Il didn't know he was so liberal i
Then you don't know anything about
his majesty answered Franz; but tat
| too beats, must away. Adieu.
| 'Adieu, Franz
Now it was as Franz said; the time
had almost come for Karl to serve as q
soldier, and what Franz had said about
the King of Prussia's liberality warmed
Karls to such degree that living on
anticipation, he did thing be did no,
think be could have done-went home,
and went to bed without schnaps, though
he had thaler in his pocket.
"A month soon passed over the heads
of all US, and to Karl Flader it seemed
to pass morelrapidly than it does to you
and TO me, because he got drunk almost
daily. whereas you and don't get drunk
at all, which things all put together
| come to this-tbat every moment OF
drunker ness is moment stolen from the
druukard's life. The day came, at
| length, when Karl must doff his garden
er's clothes, put on his soldiers attire,
] learn goose step handle-not Brown
Bess, nor the Minnie-but the needle
gun; for, of late years the needle has
other besides tailoring work to do ip
Prussia. Tailor's needles made holes
through mems combinations, but the
needles of needle guns help to make
holes through wen-thot is the differ
epce.
Karl was awkward at frst-all re
cruits are. He stopped, he stumbled, he
didn't turn out his toes. BatIhe drill,
sergeant is everywhere smart fellow;
he soon licks awkward recruits into
shape; and smartest among the smart
is the drill-sergeant of Prussia. Karl
not only pleased himself in the end, but
also pleased his botters. 81 deserve
something to drink; I wonder if they
will give me seme!' but nothing of that
sort was Forthcoming.
Il thought you told me man had
nice things given him to drink in this
place?' said Karl to Franz one day.
'HoWsc can you expect them to give
you any until they knew you are fond
of them?'
BY the great Fritz. I'll show them
I am this very night I'll show them +
said Karl drawing thaler from his
pocket. He chucked the thaler up in
the air, and caught it in the palm of his
hand as it came down again. There
my pretty little fellow said he to the
silver coin; 'look me full in the face once
more, for By aid that's good to drink in
Rheinland, you and are soon to part
company
It was rare for Karl to make q resolve
and not hold to it 10 such a matter as
this. So he. went away to the nearest
bibbine place, and bibbed and slipped,
and bibbed again, until something got
into the place where brains alone should
be. Karl was soldier now, and knew
what he might expect if he ct to the
barracks too late. So when tattoo
beat, he ran and fell, then got up and
ran again-all of which made him still
more drunk than he was before He
arrived at the barracks little too late,
aud was duly reported for the same
If be had not been reported, the falling
would have told a tale He was all
over mud, and the King of Prussia
doesn't allow his soldiers to make them
selves muddy for nothing.
Karl went to bed and in the morn
ing when he awoke, he began to reflect
what the consequences of his indiscre-
tion might be.
Shall have to ride the sharp backed
horse p said he to Franz
BY no means, my friend; on the con
trary, having shown what your likings
are, you will have brandy schnaps to
your hearts content, and all for moth.
ing.'
You don't say SO p
I do though
Before we acquaint the reader with
what next took place, we must describe
to him what sort of an animal is the
sharp backed horse. Be it known, then,
that the cat-'o-nine-tails is unknown in
Prussia--but there are punishments just
as bad. One consists in riding astride
on a sharp, ridge-like piece of timber.
which causes great agony. If you wish
to gain notion of it, seat yourself as
tride upon triangular park paling, and
stay there until Jour lesson is COM
plete.