The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1866-07-18
Another Good Story BY Brick Pom.
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[ can't help it, SO I vii tell you the
tale as it was told me- It is simply 4 sim
pie tale, and tells the mistakes Of life as
'twere. The Germans tel. their tf5ubles
to me as chloriform is poured into. hand
kerchief to relieve the patient.
One day while standing pattipg the
neck of kitty" my running mare, an
honest Teuton, who had seen sergiics;.. in
the war, came up and saidr =
|. "Ah, mynheer Bumroy, you here?D
"Yaw, mynheer Schwipes, | hear."
Hso-o-o! You busy dis morning r"
ssNo, Jacob, I'm never busy unless
when I am busy"
swell, den, mynheer Blllhapy, you
shust make tie that horse loose 50 he can
make herself blay round NIT herself in ter
yard leetles and sits down on mine
mine 4 mean your saw-horse and tells
you some tings.'
We sat- Then said the man
CHOW, yousee, Mr.. Bumroy, Z no makes
myself likes the way you talk about my
cousins, Snicksnacker. He pc 50 goot a
man as never pes any veres. He shust
like me. He goes to ter wars 60 to ter
wars. I COON to dis free country to help
live here. Und ven de war gooms I shoul-
der mine fife und mine trumnel, ind goes
out to get regroots. Und I got en-! Und
| sends EN- off to ter war. Und purity
soon, bimeby, ven de pig hounties git SO
pig as a whole log, Mr.. Bumroy, I kiss
mine vrow and takes ten hundred tollers
pounties and go to ter war. Und I tell
mine wow she no makes water NIT her
eyes, for go long nit Shenrel Shirts,
and Of course coomes back Kou see,
Mr.. Bumroy, knows who to go NIT l
would go nit Siegel, but Siegel'g gets his
back up so much, and is not careful who
he don't fight nit Und l would go nit
Butler, but my share Of the silver would
be sherman silver, und dat is not SO goot.
So I goes nit Shirts, for, lie never gets
hurt in any country, ind I knows where
Shirts is that is vot you call where you
put money-safe.
"Vell, I gets mine pounties, so [ have
some dings to pay taxes nit till I makes
dead, then [ 60 as corporal nit Shirts,
und goes to ter war, und ] do shust like
oder fellersl sees tings ! makes
monish -und I COON home shust as goot
as [ vent away, Mr.. Bumroy. Und | gets
welcomed pack so goot Mine vrow she
bees SO glad to see as never wash. Und
she looks shust like 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 Z goes out nit
Deacon Green to show him home, and
yenI goams pack Deacon Brown is. dere
to,see me and tell me he Il. sIasl I makes
myself gooQ1 pack, und 70 pei slifse
lto8I BsoHn aHd@AheE hi1G home,
and ven COON packysI in9 DEF boasnas-
ter at ming house 10 see me. Und / goes
to be bolite to ar POSTMASTER man. and
ven [ gets pack, der is de tx collector to
see me, und I ask him now much I must
pay him, und he says, ZOE nothing, ia
cob-seein' its YOU'D So 4 goes to see
him home, und den Makes myself COON
home to sleep SO nice as never wash.
"Und every night when ] goomes home
I Wind some OF desc. aoot, patriotic
mon, who have done SO much for de gun
try, at my house to see me. Und, Mr..
Bumroy, enc night ven I goes home I
hears noise in mine bedroom. Und l
COILS for mine vrow, ind she ne hear me,
so go in and find her ashleep. Und |
Winds a nice pair of boots in ter bedroom,
shust worn so much as dey will not hurt
mine feet, und makes mine head go un-
der der winder to see who makes de nois,
und [ sees one of desc patriots who keeps
der gopperheads away from mine vrow
while | be gone to der war, chasing a
horse into ter woods Oh, Mr.. Bunroy,
l tell you tbs nice to 50 to be a soldier
man, und to COON home, und to Wind such
goot friends among such goot men, and to
have such men give me nice Dutch Phil
obeue "-La Gross Democrat.