Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-17
fFrom the La Crosse (yvis.) Democrat.Il
Another Good ,Story,by Brick" Pome-
row.
A DUTCH pH1LoBENB. /.

can't help it, so will tell you the tale
as the tale was told to me- 1t is simply
simple tale, aud,tells of. the mistakes OF life
as >twere. The Germans tell their troubles.
to me as chlorotorm is poured on handker-
chief to relieve the patient
One day while standing patting the neck
ofz'-Kitty," my running mare, an honest leu
ton3 who had seen service in the war, came
up and said:
''Ah, mynheer Bumroy, you here ?"
Yaw, mynheer Schwlpes, here"
$500! You busy dis morning 2"
mo, Jacob, I'm never busy unless when
am busy"
'.Wcll, den, mynheer Bumroy, you shust
make tie that horse loose so he can make her
self blay around mt herself in ter yard q
lCetlcs ind L sits down on mine-mlne-L
mean your sawchorse~ und' dells> YOU some
dings."
We sat- Then said the man:
Now, you see, MIR. Bumroy, I no makes
myself likes the way you talk about my gous-
ins, Snicksnacker. He pc SO goot man as
| never pes any veres. lie shust like>me:. He
gees to ter wars. go to ter wars. I.goom
to dis free country to help live here. .Und
! ven dGH@ar goous shoulder my fi:e and nv
trummeI, uad es out to get legroots..
Umd got cm Und sends EN-. off, to ter
war Und purity soon, binleby, ven de pig
bountles get SO pig whole log, Mr.. Buns
roy, kiss mine vrOw aud takes ten hundred
totlers p0unties und 60 to ter war. Und [
tell mine vrow she no makes water nit her
eyes, for L go long NIT Sllenrci Shirts. and
roy, knows who to go nit. l would 90 nit
SleSel, but Siegel gets his back up too much,
and is not careful who he dou't fight nit
| Gnd would 60 nit Butler, but my share of
de silver would be Sherman silver, und dat
| is not SO goot. So | goes nit Shirts. for he
never gets hurt in any country, und knows
where Shirts is, that it is vot you call where
| you put money sale.
''Eell, L gets mine pounties; so have some
dings to pay taxes init till makes dead. then
go as gOrporalsm init Shirts, uud goes ter
war, und do shust like odder iellers-r secs
tinGs-und l makes monish.-und 7 ;yoon,
home shust as goot as vent away, Mr., Bum
roy. Und gets welcomed pack SO goot.-
NINE vrow she PEGS so 6 lad to see me as new
er wash. Und she locks shust as she always
| did. Und'ter folks was 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 Decon Green to
show him home, and ven goomes pack Dea-
con Brown is der to see me, aud tell me he
is glad | make myself goom back, und [ 60
to pc bolite to Deacon Brown und to show
him home, uud when I goom back find der
boastmaster man, at mine house to see me-
Und l goes to pc bolite to der postmaster
man, und when I gets pack, der is der dax
collector to see enc, und [ asks him how
much I must pay him, ind he says, ooh,
nothing, Jacob, seem its You! $50. I goes
to see him home, und den makes myself
goom home to,slecp, SO nice as never wash"
''und every night when 1 goomes home 1
Wind some OF desc goot patriotic men who
have done so much for The guntry, at my
house to see me. Und, MIR. Bumrov, one
night ven goes home hears nois IN mine
| bedroom. Uud 1 gals for mine vrow, md
she no hear me, so l go in and find her ash
leep, Und l Winds nice pair of boots in ter
| bedroom, shust Worn so much as dey will not
hurt my feet, und l makes mine head go I'M
der der winter to see who makes dc nois.
und see one Of desc patriots who geeps der
goppcrhends away from mine vrow while I
be gone ter de war, chasing a horse into ter
woods Oh, Mr.. Bumroy, 1 tell you it's nice
to go to be soldier man, und to goonl home.
und to Wind sush goot friends among such
men, and to have such men give me nice Dutch
EtHOJcneS'"