River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-18
"Sockery" Setting a Hen.


Neester Verrts: | see dot mosd eff
ferpoty Uridcs someding for de shick-
en- bapers nowtays, and / fought praps
meppe I can do dot, too, so | wridC all
ap0ut vot took blaze nit me lasht
summer; you know-oder uf you dond
knox, den | dell you---dot Katrina
IDIOT is mine vrow) und me, We keep
some shickens for long dime ago, und
Won tay she salt to me ''Sockery" IDIOT
is mem nance, 'vy dond you put
some uf de aigs under dot oft plue hcn
shickens, din she wants to safe.
VEIL" I salt, meppe I guess l
vill' so bicked out some uf de best
aigs und dock um oud do de parn fere
de olt hen make her nesht in de side uf
dc haymow, pout five six feet up; now
you see never vas ferry big up und
down, but I vas booty pig all de way
around in de middle, 80 couldn't reash
up till | vent und got a parrel do standt
on; WE'LL klinet me on de parrel, und
ven my he'd rise up py de nesht dot
olt hen she gays me such Il bick dot my
nose runs Gil oter my face nit plood und
ven todge pack dot plasted olt parrel
het preak, und / vent town kershlam, py
chollv. ] didn tink kood go insite a
parrel pefore, put dere vos, und fit so
dite dot 7 koodn't git a.ne oud efferway,
my fest (vcst) vas pushed way up unter
nv arm holes; ven | fount I vas dite
shtuck. boiler "Katrinai Katrina!' und
ven she Room and see me shtuc< in de
parrel up to my arm-holes. nit my face
all plood ana aigs, py cholly. she chust
Liant town on de hav ind Taft, u0d Taft.
till got so mat I salt, ''Vot you lay dere
und laf ill., e olt WOOL, eha w dond you
koom bull me oud3" und she set up und
salt, .'Oh, wipe off your chin, and bull
your fest town, den she lait pack und
Taft like she wood shpllt herself more as
ever Mat as | vas / fought to myself,
Katrina, she sbeak English poorly goot.
but only salt, nit my greatest digni
tude, "Katrina, viii you bull me Oud dis
parrel9 und she see dot | look booty
red. SO she salt, stof course will, Socs :
ery," den she lait NE und d: parrel town
on our site, und / dock holt dc
door sill, ind Katrina she bull on dc
parrel, but de first bull she mate ]
yelIet. sdonner and blixeD, sthop dat
by golly; dere is nails in the parrel ?
You seq the nails bent dowd when |
whnt in. but ven Dom out day schtics
in me all de way rount; veil, 10 make a
short story long, told Katrina TO go
aud dell naypor Hansman to pring a
saw and saw me dis parcel off, veil, he
koom and he like TO shblIt himself with
laugh too, but he roll me obeI and saw
d, parcel all de way around off, ind
get mp NIT half parrel arount my waist,
den Katrina she say, Sockerv, wait little
till / get battern of dot new oferskirt
YOU haf on" but / didn't seit word,
shust got nife out und vittle hoops of
and shIing dot COMPOUNDED olt parrell in
de voot pile.
Pimeby ven | koom in de house, Ka-
trina she said, so soft like, ''Sockery,
don You 90 in TO put some aigs under
| dot olt plue hem den ! salt; in my
| deepest voice Katrina, uff you effer say
dot TO me again FL git pillf rom you 81
help me chiminy gracious and ] dell
YOU, she didn't say dot to me any more-
Well, Mr.. Vcrris, von step on a parrell
now, | toDd stepon If, git box.
Very truly yours,
SOcKERY k4DAcUT.