The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-06
JoNrs AND rnr hyIrE GaIvDrR.
Tnckliug Frcnchmnn'- Language aud being
Tackled ia Return.


He was one of those prlipntetic nuisarcas
Oh & rolm over the ,.uIlfIt. i.It- u..i Ie -
SCISSORS ui turntI@ huo unckef knives INTO
.r.. -tu' ta. -. Hr hnd Dtru -Iut ~pDf' .n fr ?
ne " lked inp-~itsd. w .r.H tf'ie o.. nn 0lilt
hcrruIti VITA Wllfr rIult .r.NuI his furD..lI
ludcr bis nat. and " s fcaN ID, airy. lie .ct
down ni- rrni-tuu" in front q Jones'. store. on
Hay str Q, Wi.h Il Woo. sigh, ana walked beck
To tie ofire. sa,ing a- ne approached Jones
""uH ,Npnn-' Mee-ter hnlle- 10 grind.
NV. Jones and his wife have recently been
stndvinr French 'ueY expec. tu go to the Gem
t,nnal and, knowing that there will bee a great
many Frrnchmcn there. they wish u be pre-
pared. IL is Astonishing. too. what progress fnev
nave "a. de. Al the table. n Jones euuucinfcs
the word sfcte. sucr,, sucr,, two or three times
poihtinZ 90 the sal. time TO the bowl ms Wifs
knows IN an instant that he wants the sugar. and
hands hir that riicl-. IL l. very dtightfh To-
them hoth, aud l., besides, Instructive 10 the
children.
spoke, Jones straightwaN recognized the pecu-
liar accent If his native tongue. as IL We're. aud
=" aettrmined to "nen the u lodsates of Onen-
dorf lte was sur'i too. Tor this poor outcnsi.
VINO looked 50 wTetched. and was doubtless
alone aud fricudless In a str ln.e nd
P'llv VOC Fr"lsaN = sad Jones. with a win
"Ahl Out, ori, Monsieur, Knifes to grind.
VI ester" and a dark nu-h stnined the svi,tn.
eek Of IN" FTenchm,n thromyh tSe dirt end
b : dul eve lighted Az as II tne familiar ward
hhd brought him vision IT his toe iuiiiul France
eau ht a breath of perfume from the waving
fields Of fair Lnrr The next moment ne
KIND Of sh'v'red, anu spit YEARLY into one Of
Jones stftirhtered himself M ant herln;
" CON becah Vpolv v .u- .au-au charger moi 80
"Ah, mon dloul Natv u moan 10y drt. ch -
Jones tired again "tNui tetu-huw much
you knu -chWgrr moline, l. plui-poDr-
shnrpener mon knlfcf'
ON "a e. damn he Devil and Tom W lker !
vt YOU 20 TO say 70 cried the tXrifei Frsnrh-
man, M an ocstacy # Impotence aud bewIlier-
mrut.
Jones was thoroughly discounted he was
angrN at having his OHcndoif 50 misruustrucd,
and his French brown back IN his hands in
such style. 50 he said severely
Nou Frcnchman Nuv, Won don't under
stand ne language Won re an iuIO-tOr.'
Vat ne an impostfreY NcVare shall
take dat YOU see. Not on'rs'aud de French z
An! uui yes / VIII gife you blows OF &c teest.
ana you can Chdfgtr tnem In your ledEi vtt
vuu chtit! An import re-, Toe gar" And the
b'lli-leut kuiic-rr'rdrr danced about the
ufiice, upset'ing tables and chairs and treating
Jones to the most approved specimens Of h-ti-
cur, as practised ny liaAancS army IA Me Z; and
all the while ne kcut up ruuuiug IRE 81 inter
rogator ss made up OF lones'- Vocabulary;
"Sacre blue! viii shdrpcncr YOUR nos, and
II shall cost you nudings. tomhien Will YOU
wish to hayci How Won like dis style Of de
French, en- on, damn!"
Two or three customers entering at this mo-
ment were am. zed u behold "A couple of figures
wildly gyrating about amid a cloud OF dust,
papers and the choicest North Carolina and
PaIisiln oaths all jumpled M together. he
cOmbatants were separated, the knife grinder
beng placed In an inverted position on the curb
stone, while Jones went TO leVeling the mills and
Ailng up the waste places In his cOuntenancs
with raw beef, vinegar, and brown paper.
Aud Hs the FTenchman took up his burden
and Wearlly plOdded over HaymOunt toward
the setting sun, he carried Ms souvenirs Jones
new hat and slx-bladed pocket knife