The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-07-23
vOT swEITzEL ON POLITICS.

Mine neighbor Wilhelm, vot you
tinGs of boities. hey p asked Peter Von
Sing of his neighbor, Won Sweitzel, the
blacksmith. as lie seated himself beside
him in a ,Bierhans.'
Il thinks much said Sweitzefi giving
his pipe a long Whit.
'Vel yOt You tInks?'
Il comes to de conclusion dat bolitics
is one big fool
sAh exclaimed Pete, after taking a
drau2ht from his mug; 'how do you
make him ?
Vel, mine trien. rvill tell you,' re-
piled SweitZel, after few whiffS and a
drink. Il comes to dis place ten years
last evening py der Ouch Almanac.
init mine plaekstnit shop. Iplds fne
lit:le house, poot up mine bellers, l
makes mine fire, | neat mine iron, |
strike init mine hammer, gets blenty
of work in, and makes money
Dat was good, remarked Pete. at
The same time demanding that he drain
ed mugs be retilled.
Il say that made mnch friens. con-
tinued Wilhelm, reIighting his pipe.
Der beebles all say Won Sweitzel bees
goot man, ne blows in der morning
and strikes in der night, and he mind
his bisiness. so dey spraken to me
many times, and il makes me feel Root
here, Shaping his breast.
Yaw, yaw, dat is goode-,' remarked
Pete, who was naIattentive listener
well, it-goes alol dat way tree
year. Tree! Let me see, ono wear /
make tree hundred tollar, de next year
tree hdndred an fifty. der next year
tour hundred aud swoonzy, and next
five huntded tollar. Dat makes five
year, when old Mike, der watchman.
who bees such bad man, comes to me-
and lie say--"Sweitzel, what makesyou
work so hard ?"
TO make money, .ell him.
Il tell you how To make him quicker
as da:,' he say.
4 ask him how, an he tells me to 90
into bolitics an get big office. | laugh
at him, ven he tells me dat Shake. der
lawyer, what makes such burty speech
es about Faderland, bees goin to run
for Congrese, an dat Shake. der LAWYER
deils him to dell NE, if | would 90
among der beebles and dell them TO
vote nit him all der while, he would
po0t me In Won big Office, where make
twenty tOHsand toIiars year,
Twenty toussad mine GotI ex-
claimed Pete, thuEd Ederstruck.
'Yaw, twenty tousand. Well, by
shinks, l shus stops der strikin AMI
goes to my fr:ens and der Yarmans
vote for Shake, an Shake bees elected
20 der Congress.
Here Mynheer Won Sweitzel stopped
took along draught of beer, and fixing
his eyes on the hoor, putied his pipe as
If In deep thought.
Vel, mine neigiibor,' said Pete, af-
ter waiting due length of time ior
him to resume, 'vot you do den, eh?'
Wen, l ask Mike, de head watchman
for der office, all he tells ME 1 gets
him next year. wait till after dc
next krout making time, an den | say
again, "Nlike. yea will Shake, give me
dat twenty tousand dollar office p
In two year, sure, he say, if you
work tOr der party
'Vell, l stop BLOWN nit mine bellers
again, an blow two year for de barty
nit mine mout.'
Two year NIT your moutY asked |
Pete, in astonishment.
'Iaw, two year. Den again I go to |
Mike der swell head watchman, and |
dell him Delt der twenty tousand toll
lar, sn he dell HE in one year more
gets MN sure. L dInkS he fools me, |
yet blows for de barty anudder year,
den vat you tirkss'
'Dinks! Wy, YOU gets him twenty
tousand tollar,'
Gets him. Ply shinks Mike, der
swell head Waterman, dells me | bees |
Won big fool and dat | might go to der |
bad place an eat sour krout.
HE dell you dat?'
'law, sure rs my names Won Sweit- |
zle.'
a fter you do der BLOWN nit you
mont for der party!'
'Yaw.'
Mine Got vat you do den, my
4 makes fire In my placksmit shop,
| blows my beliers again, | heats my |
owh hammer. sayto mineself. will
helm Won SweitzeI, bolitlcs bees a
humbug and politicians bees a bigger
von. Wilhelm Won SweitzeI, do your
blowin and let politicians do ders.'
Neighbor Pete thought he had come
to wise conclusion, and after wishing |
III sorts of bad luck to politicians, that |
class OF men whose patriotism and in |
tegrity lies in their pockets, ther or |
dered their mugs to be again retilled |
and changed the topic of conversation.