Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-03-20
The Dutcss1l,aE.,s Experience.

Esse EutCss1l'Gsfs's Experience.
Nine peizhbor Wilhelm. vot you dinks OF
bolirics, hey : asked Peter Won Sweitzel, the
Twelfth Ward blacksmith, one evening, as
lie seated himself IN the 'Bierhaus.'
4 diuk much said Sweitzel, giving his
pipe long whiff.
Veil, vOt you dInks "
i comes to der conclusion the politics is
one big fool
All" said Pete. after taking draught
from his mug, how you make him DAT ?
Very well, mine frent, tell you, re
piled Sweitzel, after 2 few whiTs. i came
TO dis place ten years last evening, by der
/ Dutch Almanac. NIT mine blacksmit shop.
/ I builds mine little houses. puts up mine
I bel!crs. I makes nine fires, beats nine iron,
. 1 strikes mi: mine hammer. / gets blenty Of
( work, ard l makes mouish.'
Dat ish good, remarked Pete.
4 saY dat makes much friends cOntin
uod Wilhelm. re-lighting his pipe. Der peo-
plies al say, Won Swe.tzel bees a goOt man !;
he blows in der morning, he strikes ct night,
and he minds his business. So dey spraken
70 nc many times, and it makes NE feel goos
here slapPing his breast.
'Iaw, yaw, dat Is gooter,' remarked Pete.
who was an attentive listener.
Vel IL goes along his way dree year
Dree 2 Let me see-von year l makes dree
hundred dollar; der next year, dree hundred
and fifty; der next year four hundred and
swonzey and der next FIVE hundred dollar.
Dat make FIVE year ven old Nike, the watch
man. who bees such a bad man, comes to me
and say, Sweitzel vot makes you work so very
hard 2
To make rnonish,' tell him.
L tells you how to make monish quicker
as dat he says.
I ask him how, AMI den he tell me TO go
intc bilitics. an git big Office. [ laugh at
him. ven be tells me dat Shake, the lawyer,
vat makes such burty speeches about Fader-
land, bees a going to run for Congress, and
as Shake, the lawyer tells me. das If L would
20 among the peoples, and tell dem to vote
mis- him all der vile, he would put me IN Won
big Office, where I make twenty thousand dol
lar year
Twenty thousand !" exclaimed Pete, thun-
der struck
.Yaw, twenty thousand Vel, dinks
must sthop der strikin' aud 90 to mine frens,
and all de Germans vote for Shake, and Shake
bees elected for Congress.
Here Mynheer Sweitzel stopped; and fix
ing his eye OF the floor, pulled his pipe as #
in deep thought.
Veil. mine neighbor,' said Pete after
waiting a due length of time for him to res
ume, 'vot you do den, eh p?
'VeH. ask Mike, der swell head watch
man, for der Office, and he tells me l get him
der next year. [ wait until der kraut maxim
time. and den I say again
Mike, vcn will Shake give rae dat twenty
thousand dollar Office !"
In Two years, shure, he says, IF you
work for der party
Veil, [ sthop BLOWN mine bellers agin.
and blow two years for deF party NIT mine
mout'
Two years NIT your mouth ? asked Peter
in astonishment
.Yaw. two year. Den again | 60 TO Mike,
der swell head watchnan, and L tell him der
twenty thousand dollar about, and he tells
me in Won more year, [ get bin sure.
dinks he fool me. but blow for der party for
ahuder year, and den vat you dinks
'Dinks Wy you gifts him twenty thousand
dollar
GIFTS him der ts-faI Mike. de swell
head watchnaa, tells Tie bees Voa tis fool,
and dat hight go 10 HI, and eat SOM
krout-'
20 tells yoH aat?'
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