American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-23
" Sockery" Setting a Hen.

MEESTER ETTITUR: / see dot mosd
effer poty wrides something for de
shicken bapers nowadays, and l fought
praps meppe l can do dot too, so wride
all about vot dock blaze NIT me lasht
summer; you know-oder uf you dond
know, den l dells you-dot Katrina
IDIOT is mine vrow) und me, We keep
some shickens for a long dime ago, und
Won tay she salt to me I" Sockery'' (dot
is mein name), "vy dond you put some
uf de aigs under dot oft plue hen shick-
ems. drinks she wants to sate.'' Veil, -
I salt, g meppe 1 guess 1 vill,' so
bicked oud some uf de best aigs und
dock UNI Oud do de parn
fere de oft her make hen nesht in
de side uf de hay-mow, poud
fife six feet up; now you see nefer was
ferry big up and down, but 1 vos booty
pig all de way around in de mittle, so
koodn't reach up dill l vent und got a
parrel do slant on; veil klimet me on
dis parrel, und ven my he'd rise up ply
de nesht, dot olt hen she gif me such a
bick dot my nose runs all
otter my face nit blood.
und ven l lodge pack dot plasted
olt parrel het preak, und / vent town
kershlam, Ply cholly, didn't tink
kood go insite parrel pefore, put dere
1 vos, und fit so dite dot koodn't git
me oud efferway, my fest (ves) vas
pushed way up unter my arm-holes; ven
1 found / vos dite shtuck, holler
" Katrina! katrina!" und ven she koom
and see NEE shtuck in de parrel up to
arm-holes, NIT my face all plood and
aigs, ply cholly, she chust lait town on
de hay und Taft und Taft, till got so mat
1 salt, "Vot you lay dere und laf like a
olt WOOL, Ell? Wy dond you koom bull me
oud?n und she set up and salt, ''Oh,
wipe off your chin, und bull your fest
town. den she lait back und laft like
she wood shplit herself more as ever.
Mat as l vas fought to myself, Katrina,
she sbeak English booty goot, but only
salt, NIT my greatest dignitude: "Kat-
rina, will you bull me oud dis parrel?'
und she see dot l look booty red, so she
salt, "of course will, Sockery," den
she lait me und de parrel town on our
site, lnd dock holt de door-sill, und
Katrina she bull on de parrel, but de first
bull she mate l yellet, '.donner und blit-
zen, shtop dat, by golly; dere is nails in
de parcel" you see de nails bent town
ven vent in, but ven I koom oud dey
schticks in me all de way rount; veil, to
make short shtOry long, l told Katrina
to go und dell naypor Hansman to pring
Il saw und saw me dis parrel off; veil,
he kOom und he like to shblit himself
nit laf, too, but he roll me ofer und saw
de parrel all de way around off, und l
git up init half a parrel around my waist,
den Katrina she say, Sockery, wait a
little till get Il battern of dot new ofer-
skirt you hat on,'' but 1 didn't salt a
wort, shust got knife oud und vittle
hoops off und shling dot confoundet olt
parrel in de voot pile.
Pimeby ven koom in de house, Kat
rina she said, SO soft like, "Sockery,
dond you go in to but some aigs under
dot old plue hemp den / salt, in my
deepest voice, ''Katrina, uff you effer
say dot to me again I'll git a pill from
you, help me chiminy gracious und l
dell you, she didn't say dot any more.
Veil, Mr.. Ven'is, ven step on a parrel
now, l dond step on it, l git pox.
Very drooly yours.
SoCKERY KADAHCUT.
-P0uHru Bulletin.