Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-01-19
TnE DUTCHMAN'S EXPERIENCE.

"Mine neighbor Wilhelm, vot you dink'
of bolitics, hey?' asked Peter Won Sin o
his neighbor, Won Sweitzel the Tellt
Ward blacksmith, one evening as he seated
himself in the Bierhaus "
Il dink much,' said Sweitzel, giving
his pipe long Whit:
"Vell, vat you thinks p
I" | comes to der conclusion that poll.
tics is ore big fool
"Ah T. said Pete, after taking draught
from his mug, how you make him dat ??
"Very veil, mine irien, | tell you,' re.
piled Swaitzel after few whitfs. "
came to dis place ten years last evening
by der Dutch almanac, nit mine bIacksmil
shop. bids fine little house. puts up
mine beIlers, l makes mine Ere, beats
mine iron, strikes mit mine hammer, ]
gets plenty work, and makes moonish.
"Dat ish goot,' remarked Pete.
81 say dat makes much friens,' con.
tinued Wilhelm, relishtiug his pipe. "Der
peoples all say Won Sweitzel bees goo,
man, he blows in der morning, he strikes
at night, and he minds his business. So
dey spraken to me many times, and it
makes me feel much goot here slappng
his breast.
"Yaw, yaw, dat ish gootor,' remarked
Pete, who was an attentive listener.
"Nell, it goes along dat way dree year
Dree2 Let me see. Won year l makes
dree hundred dollar der next year, dree
hundred and fifty der next four hundred
and swoonxy, and der next five hundred
dollar. Dat make FIVE year, when old
Mike, the watchman, who bees such A bad
man, comes to me and say, Sweitze vo
makes you work SO bard !?
"To make moonsh." tell him.
IL tells you how to make monish quick
er as dat he says.
:" I ask him how, and den he tell me GO
into politics and get big office. laugh at
him, ven he tells me dat Shake, the law
yer, vat makes such burly speeches ABOUT
faderlaud, bees gooirg to run for Con
gress, and as Shake. de lawyer, tells him
to tel line, dat if | would 60 among the
peoples, and tel dem 10 vote MIN all der
villa, he would put me in yon big office
we're make twenty thousand dollar a
year"
"Twcnty dousandr exclaimed Pete
| thunders,ruck.
" Iaw, twenty dousahd. Veil, dinks
| must stop der strikin and 60 to my
| frents; aud all the Germans vote for
/ Shake. and Shake bees elected for Con-
gress.'
Here Nynheer Swsitzel stopped and
fixing his eyes on the ho,r, putfed hi:
pipe as if in deep thought.
"Nell mine nei ghbor," said Pete, afte,
waiting due length of time for him tc
resume. "vot you do den. eh p
"Nell. ask Nike, der swell head watch
man, for der Office, and he tells me ! get
him der next year | wait until der krout
making time, aud den say agin--
Mike, ven will Snake give me dat
twenty dousanG dollar oiiice?'
I" In two years shure,' he say if you
work for der harty."
Veil, sh,op blowing mine beller agin
aud blow two years for der barty init
mine mout'
" Two years NIT your mout?' asked
! Pete in astoniShment.
"Iaw, two wear Den agin | 60 to
Mike der swelI-head watchman, and tell
/ n Ill uel twenty tDusald iUtidl hp''h' itlh
| he tell me in one more year | get him
sure. dnks lie fool me, vet | blow fOI
de barty annuder year, and den vat you
/ iinks?'
Dnks, w you gifts him twenty dous'
and dollar
GIFTS him by shinks. Mike der
swe'lhead watckmar, tells me bees one
biz fool, and dat | might go to der bad
| place and eat sour krout.
lie tell you dat :?
"Iaw, sure as my name bees Ven Swift
81"
And YOU do der blowing nit your
mont for der barty"
"Iaw.'
Not YOU do den. neishbor?'
:" makes a fire in mine b!acksmit shop,
| blows nv own bellers agin, heats my
/ own iron. and strikes init mine own ham
mer say to mineset. Wilhelm Won
SweitzeI, do your own BLOWN, aud let der
! bolilicians do theirs