Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-11-17
A Mean Trick.
From the Lowell Journal.

From the Lowell Journal.
Our readers. we presume. have not for
gotten the joke one of our village gamins
played OH an unsuspecting. hOnest-heart
cd German few weeks ago by selling
him Il dOg-tiSh for % cents. You recol
lect how the boy lied to him and de.
ceived him, and how, subsequently, oul
friend Hans interviewed the little rascal
and tried to get his money back, and
failed. We wrote up the ite m just rs we
would write up another local event, and
supposed at the time that we were giving
an impartial account of the affair. W.
still think we did no injustice to either
party and had never been asked 70 re-
tract or modify single utterance utter
ed by us in regard TO the matter. W.
have met Hans 80 times since then and
he always greeted us with show you vos
Shcemgrags," and We always felt well.
He always had i friendly word and We
have not lost an opportunity TO ask him
how his folks were and what lie got tor his
wheat. and such other questions as would
show Il friendly interesU i'll his general
welfare.
Lit is now two months or more since
Hans bought the dog fish and threw il
away, But his memory, it seems. is more
than TWO months long. He came into
our sanctum the other day and found H.
very busy figuring the number of cubic
inches contained in Il big cabbage, that
had been kinGly left by il delinquent sub
scriber who promised TO bring us Il load
OF wood wheh se,ghing comes.
We'll how you vOs to-day? Nice vedder
aind it? Yoy peesy 2"
Iii Is rule with us to wait on our pat
rons promptly. whether busy or not. and
we assured Hans that we were his to
command.
Veil, | hat leedle shob vor der ba-
brrs-vos going TO brint mine warm il
der Shonrnal, und maybe. somepody puy
i'll? ShOOst wride id town-Nice. shblain-
ded, warm, goot 'ouSe; ply parll; shoost "a
hoonired und dwendy ayers; goot pig
orchard; blainly water und efartving
shoost vot dey want Wride id town-aii
abOud i'll ind put id i'm der ohourllal in IL
goot blaze where eferypody see Id right
away"
We never wrote up Farm for Sale"
in better shape than we wrote this noEice
for Hans.
dot ish goot," said Hans spreading a
smile over the whole length and breadth
o. his countenance,' put it in der Shournal
shOOst like dot"
"All right, sir, how long will you have
it published, Hans?"
"Vell, how much id COST to brint dOt?''
swell, we generally charge dollar for
the first insertion Of a notice like this.
and % cents for each subsequent inser-
ton. Hans.
"Yaw, veil, sheap enough MAYBE. You
brins him shoOst as leedle und shoost as
long as want 'em l shpose?"
Certainly, one week, three weeks, or
just as much longer as you say
"Yaw, veil, dot ish all right, but / hat
got no money to-tay. Will pay you ven
der advertise vos dock Oud der Shour-
nal"
"All right sir. Pay when the notice
expires. How long will you have it pub
lished, Hans 2"
We'll, Sheemgrags, will have it pub
llshed Won hOOndert year."
"What ?''
"ShoOst Won hoondert year, dot ish all
den pay you When der 'nodis ogspires, -
-anda after thus foOling away two hours
OF our valuable time Hans started for the
door, turning. just as he stepped into the
hall, and snOrting out in the most insinu-
atIng manner-"Vell, good tay, mine
friend. will 60 now light away Oud und
puy leedle tOg wish. maybe. pay you
When der nOdis ogspires."
We offered to discount the bill so per
cent for cash, but the great, pig-headed
Dutchman, without saying. s1Jother word
walked down stairs as coois md. deliber-
ately as though he Own6H The whole
block.