The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-04-18
An Unllcky Dutchman.

Those fond Of i little history are request.
ed to read the following by Brick Pom,
eroy. We rather imagine that Mr.. Snich.
snacker is not the only gentleman Wha
might sing that song
Who's pin here since Ish pin gone ~
Hilficker Snicksnacker, Teutonic ven.
der of sour krout, wooden combs. crnaa
cabbage, striped mittens, cotton suspenders
and such "little dings.' with true patriotic
zeal, left his home in La Crosse at the com.
mencement ofthe war, and enlisted a. .
slop grocery keeper behind a suffers tent
on the Potomac. When he went away i
was with the intention to make some mon.
ish lift took all summer, and nobly did ba
fight it out on his line. How be done ii il
best told as ne related it to us on his return
last week:
s. You see, Mr.. Bumroy, der trum poets
und der call coomes to 90 to wars nit arms
lse be batriot 50 much as Sheneral Wash.
burn, or Sheneral Curtiss, or Sheneral But.
Ter, or Sheneral Bangs, or any of dem Shen.
erals vot lives to come home great men
So | puys some little dings, and gets some
babers from the war committee, and goes
NIT ter poys ter pc PATRIOTS, and sell my lit.
tie dlngs und makes some monish. kiss
my prow five, nineteen dimes ind goes nit
de war. I goes to Shambersburgh, und
makes much moDish. Tn day I poke mine
window Gus un mine head to heer der sere.
made, und dink Of Something's, when / see
dat Shtonewall Shackson nit his droops
und deripig prass pand coming down ter
street playing like ter tyfl on der prass
pand, # 5s
3" Who's pin here since Ish pin gomez
Dat Shtonewall Shackson is ter tyfil nit
6ghtins, und / puts mine monish in mine
booklet I'm mine little babers in mine pae.
und | goes us quick as never wash to Gel.
tyburg. Und dere I opens some more
shtore und sells some little dings. And
Won day ! hears men riding down ter shtreet
* dunder, und den ] pokes ter winder u.
der mine head und looks myself up der
shtreet, und dere comes dat tyfil, Shtone.
wall Shackson, playing dat same odder tune
as heard before,
"Who's pin here since 1sh pin goner
Den makes mine monish comes inter
mine booklets, und makes mine pag gone
into mine babers, und butts mine sign on
ter pig shtore on der corner, SO lose more
goods as had not got, und dinks L 90 TO
Wisconsin to see mine yrow as Ihaint seen
in desc two years, 50 long time as never
wash.
Den goomes home, und knoks und der
door, and my vrow, she make talk and tells
me: Whose dar?"
Den I say 4 IIiiIiicker Snicksnacker,'
und she knows dat is mine names, ,und she
makes herself gone out Of ter house. and
give me nine, seven times kiss on mine face
so good as never wash. aa1 ssa3sss3
Den, Mr.. Bumroy, | looks NIT mine eyes,
und | sees some dings! And SO / ask
mine WOW if she's bin married since 90
off to be batriot, and if she no get married,
why she makes SO much grow, when be
gone nit ter wars and gets mad as de
tyfil, ind den | links of dat tamn Sheneral
Shtonewall Shackson, und his pig brass
pand, and ] sings
Who's pin here since Ish pin gone"
Und now, Mr.. Bumroy, soompody makes
trouble NIT me, for Ise been gonetWo years,
und know some dings, sund I goes back
nit ter war, und / sings dat tamn ShtoDe-
wall Shackson song all ter way
LA Crosse Democrat.