The Placer herald., 1868-05-02

and mustard-did say ka;se-yes and kaise.
/ knew what the German for mustard and
cabbage was then, but have now forgotten
Il. We chatted longer. and while about TO
drink my German acquaintance motioned to
touch glasses, and reached across the table
to do -, when (it must have been a clip, l
sat with one Log under me, and my chair
canted tovward) my foot slipped and the
glasses Dew into hundred fragments. The
healthy gentleman, before mentioned. rushed
forward 10 q frantic manner, sxclaiming i:
Cob tam, dsr ish too mooch noise, unit you
moost stop die :" but my German acquaiut
aocs. t..Us,. ssUss,. some labor. sats6ed him there
"a. I. design 10 the matter and we adjourn
cd after paying the bill. into The garden.
We found parties shooting At mark with
IN air gun. l am a good marksman, al
though never shot 40 air gun, and pro.
posed to shoot a few. The gun was banded
me and first turned il around to inspect its
mechanism before taking aim, and being very
much interested I did not notice anything
strange in the crowd until was grasped by
the shoulder and told had killed him. l
soon saw man leading a boy out Of the
crowd, under whose eye was quite hole.
They claimed shot him. declared il did
it was mistake. Upon my honor il was
mistake. | did not hear the gun 90 off. |
didn't touch it of. 1t must have gone off
itself. We arranged the matter however
with numerous glasses OF beer. did not
drink much beer, ate cheese Tor | was
hungry.
W. moved on, and came 10 a revolving
swing, ip which the party proposed TO ride.
and We got into it, There we're four buckets
like, in which people sit and are whirled
around. got in with two little girls to BAL
ance my party in the othcr side, and feeling
a little sick from going suddenly into the
air, reached out my arms to seize hold OF
something, when something seized hold Of
me. Got in himmel. let 60. Takes your
hand off," supposed thew meant me, but l
didn't know. and at q venture l exclaimed
81 cant, it wont let me. The next knew
is, the two little girls. when We got to the
top Of the swing. spilled outsome way and
came down all right although at one time l
was head downwards. felt my arms very
sore when got down, and found one Of the
little girls hurt very bad, but did not un-
ders,and German enough 10 learn how it
happened. don't like those swings. They
are dangerous.
We saun,ered TO another part Of the
grounds and was bound would not engage
10 any moro dangerous amusements, but was
persuaded to take ride on the revolving
horse The thing looked safe enough. 20
unlike the swing. il rsvolvsd horisontiIy in-
stead Of psrpendicularIy to the earth. /
paid for seats on the miniature horses for
all of us. and We rode aud used the sabrss
furnished US for dislodgiug the rings, which
we're dropped into the receptacle for them.
WAS quite succsssist at that business and
gained two or three free rides by my skill.
l must, however, have been made dizzy by
the csaseless going round Of that machine.
I, for the moment, imagined myself 10 the
cavalry service again. practicing tho dislodg
ing of heads from the buffers. l raised my
sabre. "Cbarge. Chester, charge" "On
to the BREACH" exclaimed, and pushing
straight out where l supposed the ring was,
I struck something solid and lost my balance.
The machine stopped by bringing up against
me who had fallen on the ground beneath
it. vas lifted out 10 no tender manner,
and informed had nearly annihilated an
old German. who, with more curiosity than
wisdom--with spectacles on nose, stood
right directly in line With my thrust, desir.
Gus to witness my success. Upon inspecting
him after the accident, We found no more
damage done than the dislodgmsnt Of bis
hat and wig and glasses. and this was easily
repaired by numerous glasses Of beer.
The party proposed 10 90 to bowling
alley. but peremptorily declined because Of
my unfortunate experience. l knew WAS
not safe 10 any standing position. These
Germans were bound to be in the way. and
proposed We adjourn to the hut and have
q good quiet sit down. was getting tired
and hungry.
called for beer and kaise. I became
fond Of ka;se. recoleot now they called il
L;mberger kaise. What an appetite it ere.
ates for beer. My German acquaintance said
he could drink ochsick glahas lager, unt be
won't hurt me-" Lager don't intoxicate but
the Limberger kaise is very exhilorating.
Nv German acquaintance and | convsrsed
and related anecdotes. He sang . song
for me, stopping at every line to tell me
"shoos what he MEANS" and then We drank
more beer. l became enthusiastic 10 my
admiration Of my acquaintance. I arose to
shake hands with him. leaned across The
table when Ut must have been a sip-those
fellows are very careless 10 handling beer
and spill good deal on the door) down went
my German acquaintance with the table and
myself on top Of him. How that bady came
there. don't know, but there we're lots Of
them running around loose and one might
have happened there just about that time.
l must have been stunned by the fall.
The first recollection had after it occurred,
was of the healthy German aforesaid who
had me standing up and was holding me
by the throat
"Got dam, I kill you tam Yankee. You
come nit meiu garden, unit you shoots q
little boy init der eye; unit you spill der
little girl fon der swing, unit you bit der
poses init der sword; and now, mein Got,
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