The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-03
Letter Of Peter SchnOrtzervig.

MINE DEAR BRUDDER JACOB Il drinks
now l writes to you letter, and dat makes
shust dree vat writes to you, and maybe
l writes you no more mitout l write an
onder one.
Veil, Jacob, in my last letter tells you
dat maybe gifts an Office, and dat it wood
zoot me to be Dreasurer of the Base Ball
Club, but l gifts shust knocked right
schtraight out NIT dat, and l now tells you
how. You shust knows very veil dat de
worth of March coomes on de same tay dis
year, all over the koontry, and dat bees
great tay in onder places as veil as in Wash
ington Zeety. Now you ices in de papers
vat goes on at Washington Zeety. but tells
you vat goes on at Brincipio Village. De
peoples vat plays de base ball has an cleo
ton dat tay, so drinks go to de villitg
and zee who bees elected. Ven goes into
the schtore, | schtands around leetle, and
does not gay much. De clerks in de schtore
and an Onder man vat makes de houses and
barns bees de shudges of de election. BY
and by, ven de election ish over. de clerk
tell all de peoples, shust be quiet till he
tells dem who bees elected. So I listens
nit all mine eyes and ears, and | hears
''Vor PRESIDENT. the farmer vat lives on de
hill vor Vice president, dee leetle man,
vat bottle de dunder and blixen: vor Zecre-
rer, land dat ish vat l likes to have de
leetle man vat runs de mill vor de peoples;
vor umpire, de leetle man vat makes de
brooms and keeps de books" Ven dc
clerk bees done, dey all takes DER yeats,
shust' like Sheneral Grant, and l looks
arount, but dere bees no zeat for Peter
Schnortzervig; SO I bees mitout an office.
Veil, dey bees nice peoples, and | does not
mind dat; now drinks gifts de best Office
if / schtays in dis koontry. l reads in de
papers vat Sheneral Grant gays ven he tells
de peoples dat he wants goot men to help
him to keep de Constitution. Now, Jacob
ish so goot man as de schtore keeper
vat bees dat Office now, and / bees shust
better Republican, vOr he bees Dimegrat
ven he gifts dat Office, and l bees every
time q goot Rebublican; but l bees not
skeered' do de peoples tell ME dat de noisy
man vat sell de stewed ice cream and oys-
ters, does not like Peter Sehnortzervig
goot deal, and dells de peoples dat Peter is
shust " fool and does not know how to
write his letters; now, dat ish not right to
schtop me from mine office; he had shust
better let Peter alone, and mind his own
business, and sell his stewed ice cream and
oysters. Now, Jacob, if l bees mistaken
an ouder time, and does not git to be Bost
Master, den drinks / leaves dis villitg and
goes to some onder place we're dere PEGS
sour kmught and lager beer,-maybe I
goes to an onder villitg vat de peoples call
Pennington, about one, doc, dree miles
from dis place. Dere bees Base Ball
Clup dere, and maybe dey does not have
Zecredary, and den HAYES an onder
shance do git mine office; but dis bees
troublesome times; dere bees shust goot
wany peoples vat want an Office, and dere
bees goot many vat will shust not git Won
any more. Now, Jacob, l must schtop
mine letter, and l writes you no more
shust now, vor does not he CORRESPOND
ing Zecredary any more, vor de clerk in de
schtore will write all de letters vor de Club,
and de leetle man vat runs de mill will keep
de money all schtrait, and de farmer vat
lives on de hill will keep de Constitution,
and de leetle man vat makes de brooms
will schtop de peoples ven dey schwear,
and everything will go on right. So, goot
bye, Jacob, till l ices you, and if l bees
Bost Master, maybe l makes you my clerk.
From your kind Brudder,
PETER SCHNoRTZERvIG.