Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-06-17
Very Ouch,

"Weegatcs, Mr.. Shon; how you does
this morning?"
Putty better, how are you YOURSELF
s,Goot. Vot is the news?"
Ivy is dauns?'
"Vel, don't init the wire ma
cbene 10 more?"
"Mein himmell Wy fJr you give
up?'
Il dells you. You know Shake Shift
fers un Willy Bennett un Polly Hick-
ems, un all tie wire poys used to come
down inter my shaloon after te wires un
drink segars un lager, un play at tom
inoes?"
*Yaw
"vel, Won day Shake s~phacked to
me, 'Shon, Wy don't you belong nit tie
vires?' Wy for?' I e dell him. 1t make
you so better biziness.'
$50 it dood."
"Nein, nein; 1 pc darncd vot i,
dood !" -
"How?'
"Vel, I coed one %efenin' nit Shake
down to the ma%cheengine house, un at
ter dere vas a meedun, propozeled me
as to be member. Shack he dell dem
dat l vas a goot weller; un 1 keeps so
peter lager, un l gifts drust. I'm dey
dakef a fote. Shake he says dem all
you do be in vaver of my company vos
to say yes un all dat don't been in va
vor of mine company and wants lere
heads poked shust to say No
"Daus is right
"Vcl, nobody don't say no; so Sh .h.c
he dells me Twas lected, den I AK him
vot | shall do nit himself, I'm he say,
'Dle.t de company So I dreats de
company, un den l gets dc shlate un
mark down nit de drust a nextra triuk
to them all, un two to Shake. Vel after
We drink sometime, dey goes home, un I
vas a vircman."
"Dat night I coed to ped, un treams
all night pout houses on fire, un l dott
l vas breaking tie windows un smashin'
de tings I'M satin everybody, un in the
morning ven l gets up l vines myself
lying on de vloor we're 1 falls off de lad
der in mine shleep. De next day ven
Shake come; into mysaloon, he dells me
| vas fined fifty cents, for I don't been
out of mine house. So after a leetle he
splain to me vat it dat Imnstpay Wifi
cents, so | pays it un | make up mine
mind dat | don't miss ter wires any no
more.
"Daus was better"
"Vell te night bfore last 6ere vas a
wire in de Bowery, un | coed up nit me
macheenegine plays on de wire, so den
de firem l II of de company he comes to
me un says, '-Shon, dere's a woman in
de upper story, you go up de ladder and
hand her ut So off I goes as 1 gets
in de viDdcr, but dcre vas no women dere;
l looks all rount, un [ calls for de vo-
man, but she d mt come. so I drinks |
better go out so soon as | can. So me
goes te7ter vinder un-NIine Colt in
Himmcl, dc ladder vas gone. I puts
put mine heat calls somebody to bring
him back. but shust den a stream of
water from the hoesgine coined right in
mine face un drowcd me right on mine
back.
"Dunder un blitzen!"
ode water kccpcd comm, un de snake
was putty nigh drowned me to. l
could not speak, for ven 1 open mine
mout de water villed it up. Wrist [ vas
mad, den 1 s~hcevard, un den 1 gifted
skeert. un I brayed un at last l veels
putty bad NIT meself, un I drinks 1 vas
deaf. @Shust den somebody shu.nped
right in middle ofde %vloor, un 1T vas
Shake; he baked me up to AK me vat I
vas doing dere. so l feeled shamed, I'm
l dells him vas looking ront for to
save somebody, un he say, "You tam
fool gone alorg up save yourself So
l vol'ered him out, un derc vas de lad
der: he put his l~egsaround it and shli-
ded down; den l dried to do the same,
but ven I coined down half the way
mine legs cotchc one in de other, un
down 1 dumbled, right pom top de heads
as about Il dozen wire vellers. 1 proxies
mine back up SO far as mine boots l
vas all over so black un plue as blood
color, efer since un l don't I'll no moro
with the machccngine.