Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-02-14
A Mean Trick

Our readers, we presume. have not for
gotten the joke one of our village ganiins
played on IN unstSpcCing. honcst-hcarteG
German, Il few weeks ago. by selling linn Il
dog-1ish for twenty-five cents. You rccol-
lect how the boy lied to him and deceived
him; and how, subsequently,. ollr friend
Hans interviewed the little rascal and tried
to get'biS money back. and failed. We
wrote up TIE item just as we would write
up any other local event. and supposed at
the time that we were giving an impartial
account OF Tic affair. We still think We
did no injustice TO either party and have
never been asked to retract or modify Il
single utterance uttered by us in regard to
the matter. We have met Hans fifty times
since then and lie always greeted us witI
show you vos Sheemgrags?" and we al
ways felt well. He always had friendly
word, and we have never lost an Opportun-
ity to ask him how his folks were. and
what he got for his wheat. and such other
questions us would show a friendly inter-
est in his general welfare.
1t is now two months or more since
Hans bought the dog-tish and threw il
away. But his memory. it seems. is more
than two months long. lie came into onl
sanctuin. the Other day. and found us very
busy figuring up the number OF cubit inc!-
es contained in a big cabbage. that had
kindly been left by delinquent subscriber
who promised TO bring Us load Of wood
when sleighing comes.
..Vell. how you vos to-day? Nice vedder,
aind il: You peesy!'
Ii is a rule with lis to wait on our pa-
irons promptly, whether busy or not. and
we assured Hans that We were at his COM
mand
"Ncll. haf q leedic shob vOr der habcTS
--vos 2oing to briHt nIine warm in der
ShoWmat: und maype. somebody puy i'll:
Shoost wride id tonH-'Nice, slihla''e,i
warm. goo; 'onse; pig parn; goot pig or
cllalai; L!aindy water ,nd eteryting shoost
Vol tieY Want. Nlisie il town-all abotld
d und poo, i'll in der .ShsDwal in Il goot
blloe where tieIy BODY ste i'll right away"
We never wrote up Il Farm for Sale III
better shape than We wrote this notice toi
Hans.
"Dot ish gOot," said Hans. spreading !;
smile over the whole length and breadtl.
of his cOuntenance. ''poot id ia der !Mom'-
nal shoOst like dot
''All right. sir; how long will you have
it published. Hans?''
"Vcll. how much id gost do brint dot:"
"Well. we generally charge dollar fol
the first insertion of Il notice like tins. and
twenty-five cents tor each subsequent in.
sertion. Hans"
"Yaw. veil. sheap enough maybe. You
brint him shoOst rs leeile und shOost as
long as want 'em shpOse?''
..Certainly. one week. three weeks, OF
Just us much longer as you say"
"Yaw. veil. dot ish all right, but hal
got no money to-day. Viii bay yon ver
der advertise vos dook ond der SAoWnat.'
..All right, sir. Pay when the notice eA
pires. How long will you have it pub
lisled. Hans:'
..Veii. Sheemgrags. will hafit published
shoost Won hOondert years.
| ..What?'
..Shoost Won hoondert year, dot isl! al!
den bay you ven der 'noiis ogspires' =
And after thus fooling away two hour
Of our valuable time, Hans started for TIN
door, tn.aing, just as lie stepped into th'
hall. and snortinx ont in the most insintl
ating lpanner-'.Vell, goot tay, mine tren.
U
| will go now right away oud und pny
leedle tog-vish, maype. bay you vhel
der nodis ogspires."
| We offered to discount the bill 30 pc
cent. for cash. bat the great, pig-heale'
Dutchnan. without saying another word
walked down stairs as coolly and delibel
lately as though he owned the whole block
'--LoreN (Nfass.) journal.