The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-05
The Dutchman's Application.

without delay; and the agent In his
blandest manner commenced the ques-
tions laid down in the application.
"Name and residence All right,
have that"
T" Occupation p''
"HeyY"
What is your business ?"
Mein pishness. Veil, / don't got
some pishness now, since mine bardner
he vos runned away nit der sassidge
schopper. vos make bologna sassidge
already by Katerine street,
"Well, will say you are provision
dealer"
g Yah, dot ish all righdt ov it got
me some chance NIT greenbacks monish,
don d care how it vos."
" Age of father, if living ?"
Veil, let me saw. Ov be vas liefen,
he will, l dinks, be elm hundert, but he
vos dumble by der schdebel Won der
schurch he will paindt, more ago os vorty
year, and since den he ish gone dead"
ooh! L see. Well, is your mother
living?"
Well, l tole you how dot vos. Mein
moder dot vos shpank me already ven
vos leedle schap, she vos ruined away
NIT CIRCUS mans, und den mein fader
he vas marry dem order woman dat vos
cook by der hodel, und den he vos dunn
BILE by der schdebel, und dot cook, dot
vos mein moder, she vos got married
some oder vellar,und [ don'd kin dell ov
she vos mein moder some more, or meb-
be she ish gone dead already, how dot
vos don'd kin dell you about dot mein-
self"
Are you married ?''
q Nein. But l don'd saw some order
gal so poody like Katrina, and l dinks
We got married ven l got mein monish
by der life insurinks company. Katrina
dinks great deal much by me-"
"What amount of insurance do you
wish to apply for?"
Veil, how much l got?''
"Oh, any sum you wish"
Veil, dinks 1 will dook dirdeen
hunder dollar. Dot ish der monish
Hans Spiegler will sold me der saloon by
Clinton strasse, und dinks dot will me
und Katrina mex goot pishdess al
ready"
Thirteen hundred dollars. Well what
plan ~
"Vot ish dot you call blan 20
In what way do you wish to in
sure ?"
"Oh, veil, 1 don'd vos bardicular
about dot. dinks l will dook pard ov
der monish in creenbacks und de resht
pard in shmall monish, und dot will be
handy in der saloon"
" Yes, but the money is not paid, you
know, until you are dead ?"
"Vot voolishness ish dot Vot gOot
dot monish will do me und 1 vos dead all
der dime. Eth ?"
" But the object of insurance, as 1 eX-
planned to you, is to provide for the
widow and orphan"
"Vot ish dot you call orphan?"
"An orphan is one who has lost his
father and mother.''
"Vel, dot vos me meinself. Don'd l
vos told you already how dot vos NIT
faders und mudders ?'
" Yes, but you insure for the benefit
of your own widow and orphans"
"Vell, but dontd got some vidder
und orphan mineself. Der vas Elm vid-
der by Prooklyn, und she vos keep dem
poarders, und owes me blendy money ov
der sassidge meat shall sell dot vidder,
she vos dold me she not kin dot bill pay
already, und ov ! vos like dot arranch-
ment We will got married, und dot will
der bill den seddle, but / vos dold dot
vidder not ov COURT is NIT himself ac-
quaint already, und don'd sold her no
more sassidge meat since dot dime, und
so don'd got some vidder meinself."
see, you do not understand the
workings of life insurance"
Der workings dinks me dot der
surinks monish will gone vidout work.
ings. Not ish dot so ?''
6 No. / see you fail to get the idea.
Suppose you and Katrina were to get
married as you say,-"
Yah. j dinks We WILL"
"-And after time, you were to
die and leave her destitute widow
and--'
Nein, she will den be a Cherman
vidder by dot"
"-W Well, a German widow. Now,I