Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-07-26
A Dutch Philopene.

l can't help it so 1 will tell you the tale
as it was told me. 1t was, it is simply a
simple tale, and tells of the mistakes of
life as twere. The Germans tell their
troubles to me as chloroform is poured
on a handkerchief to relieve the patient.
One day while standing patting the
neck of Kitty, my running mare, an hon
est Teuton who has seen service in the
war came up and said:
'sAh, mynheer Bumroy, you here 20
Yaw, mynheer Schwipes, / hear p
$500! You busy dis morning? p
"No, Jacob, am never busy unless
when L am busy
'.Well den, mynheer Bumroy, you
shust make tie that horse loose so he can
make herself in der yard leetles und l
sits down on mine-mlne-I mean your
saw horse und dells you some dings.'
We sat. Then said the man:
''Now you see, Mr.. Bumroy, | no
makes myself like the way you talk about
my cousins, Snicksnacker. He pc so goot
man as ever pes anyveres. He shust like
me. He goes to ter wars. | 90 to ter
wars. l goom to dis free country to help
live here Ind ven de war gooms |
shoulder my fife und mine trummell, und
| goes out to get rigroots. Und | got EN-.
Und | sends EN- off to der war Und
purity soon, bimeby, ven de pig pounties
gets so pig as whole hog, Mr.. Bumroy,
| kiss mine vrow und dakes ten hundert
tallers pounties unit | 90 to ter war. Und
| tell my vrow she no makes water NIT
her eyes, for 90 long NIT Sheneral Shirts
und of course | coomes back. Yeu see
Mr.. Bumroy, l knows who to 60 nit L
would 60 NIT Seigel, but Seigel gets his
back up too much, und is not careful who
he don't fight NIT. IND / would 60 NIT
Butler, but my share of de silber would
be sherman silber, unit dat ish not so goot.
So goes init Shirts, for he never gets
hurt in any country, und [ know we're
Shirts is that is vot you call we're you put
money-safe.
Veil, l gets mine pounties, SO have
some tings to pay taxes init till | makes
dead, then J go as a corporal init Shirts,
und | goes to der war, und | do shust like
odder tellers-l sees tings-und | makes
monish-unG | goom home shust so goot
as L went away, MIR. Bumroy. Und /
vrow she bees so glad to see me as never
vas. Und she looks she always did
Und ter folks were so glad to see me. |
goes down to get some lager peer, und ven
goes home Deacon Green is at mine
house to see me. Und | goes out NIT
Deacon Green to show him home, und
ven goomes pack Deacon Brown is dere
TO see me und tell me he is glad | make
myself goom pack, und [ go to be bolite
20 Deacon Brown uud show him home,
und when | goom back, L find der bost-
master at mine house TO see me. Und
when L gets pack, der is der dax collector
to see me, und | asks him how much |
must pay him, und | asks him how much
| must bay him, und he says, 'sOh, moth
ing Jo-seeiE' it's your So 1 goes see
see TO him home, und den makes myself
goom home to shleep, so nice as never vas.
''Und every night when l comes home
L Wind some of desc goot, patriotic men,
who have done so much for dere guntry
at my house to see me. Und, Mr.. Bum
roy, one night when 1 goes home | hears
a noise In mine pet-room. Und gals for
mine vrow, und she no hear me, so 90
in und find her asleep. Unit finds nice
pair OF boots in ter bet-room, shust worn
so much as dey will no hurt my feet, und
L makes my head 60 unter der window to
see who makes noise, und | see one of
desc patriotic men who geeps der copper
heads away from mine vrow while / be
gone from der wars, chasing horse into
der woods. Oh Mr.. Bumroy, tell you
it's nice to go TO be soldier man, und to