Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-12-28
The Dutchnlan,t ESpcr;cucc.

NAPSA
Mine neighbor Wilhelm, vot You drinks 0
bolitics, hey asked Peter Won Sin of hi
ncighbor, Won Swcitzel, the Twelfth Ware
blacksmith, one evening, as lie seated himsel
in the "Bicrhaus."
81 dink much" said S~weitzcl, giving hi.
pipe 4 long Whit
we'll; vot you drinks -
II comes to der conclusion that politics i!
one big fool
".Ah! !" said Pete, after taking 4 draught from
his mug, 'how you make him dat :"
Very veil. mine frien, | tell you" replied
Swcitzel, after a few whilES. 81 came 10 dis
place ten years last evening, by der Dutch al
manac, nit mine placksmit shop. Ebuilds fine
little houses, | puts up mine bellers, | makes
mine fire, | heats mine iron, | strikes nit mine
hammer. gets blenty work, and ! makes
lnonish."
Dat ish goot," remarked Pete.
81 say dat | make much friends" continued
Wilhelm, relighting his pipe. "Der peoples
all say Won Sweitzel bees a goot man !; he blows
in der morning, lie strikes at night, and he
minds his bisncss. So dey spraken to me many
times, and it makes me feel much good here"
s%lapping his breast.
"iaw, yaw, dat ISL gootcr," remarked Pete,
who was en- attentive listener.
We'll, it gees long dat way drce year. Drce :
Let Ine sec. Won year | makes dree hundred
dollar der next year, drer hundred and fifty
der next, four hundred and swonzey, and der
next five hundred dollar. Dat make five year,
when old Mike, the Waterman, who bees such
Il bad man, comes to me and say, 'SwcitZcl,
rot makes you work so hard p"
10 make monish," | tell him.
81 tells you how to make lnonish quicker as
dat" lie says
IL ask him how, and den he tell me to 70
into bolitics, an git big Office. | laugh at him,
ven he tells me dat Shake, the lawyer, vat
makes such burly speeches about Faderland,
bees asoins to run for Congress, and as Shake,
the lawyer, tells him to tell me, dat if ] would
80 among dc peoples, and tell dem to vote nit
him all der vile, he would put me in Won Iii.
Office, where | make twenty Thousand dollars
n year"
Twenty thousand ~ exclaimed Pete, thun.
deystruck.
"Iaw, twenty thousand. Veil, | shinks.
must shtop der strikin' and 60 to mine ~lrents;
and all de Garmins vote for Shake, ard Shake
bees elected for Congress"
Here Mynhcer SwctZel stopped, ard fixing
his eye on the floor, pulled his pipe as if in
deep thought.
well, mine ncighbor," said Pete, after wait,
''v0t you do den, eh?
well, 7 ask Mike, der swell. head Waterman,
for der office, an lie tells me | get him der next
year. ! wait until der krout.makin' time, ard
den | say again-
mike, ven will Shake give me dat twenty
thousand dollar Office
lin two years, shure,' he say, if you work
for der party
''YelI, | shtop blowing mine bcllcrs agin'
and | blow two years for der party init m,nc
mout."
Two years nit your mouth - asked Peer,
in establishment.
"Yaw, two year. Den again | 90 to Mike,
der swell-hcad Waterman, and I tell him der
twenty thousand dollar about, an he tells me
in Won more year get him sure. | dink; he
fool me, yet | blow ivr de party anudder year,
and den vat you d:niS =
Drinks w, you g'ts him twenty thousand
dollar"
GIFTS him! by shinks! Mike, dc swcll.head
Waterman, tells me [ bees Won big fool, and
dat | might so to der bad place, anu eat sour
krout"
"IGc tells you dat
"faw; sure rs my name bees Won Sseit-
gel"
And you do der BLOWN nit your mout for
der party"
"Yaw."
"fat YOU do den, neighbor:'
Il makes Il fire in mine placksInit ship, |
blows my W boilers again, | heats mine W
iron, and strikes init mine own hammrt. !
says to i~nineSclf, wilhelm Won Sweitzc,, do
your own BLOWN, and let politicians do
theirs"