Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-02

1 America of a refined and sensitive nature.
His companionsbip is genuine refreshnent.
We knew he had been in Europe some time,
but were not expecting 10 run across him
! We were going up the street brimful of
talk when q vigorous young fellow, with
an open, independent countenance and a
crop of early down, slapped the Clergyman
on the shoulder with his broad palm, and
sang out cheerily: Americans, for two and
a half, and the money up! Hey Z"
The clergyman WINGED, but replied mild
! ly: "Ies, we are Americans"
''Lord love you, you can just bet that's
what ! am, every time. Put it there !"
He held out isSahara of palm and the
| Reverend laid his diminutive hand in it,
and got so cordial shyke that we heard his
| glove burst.
''Say, didn't put you up right ?''
'Oh yes"
'8ho | spotted you for my kind the
minute heard your clack. You been over
here long z"
about four months Have you been
over long?"
''LOng? Well, should say SO! Going
on two gears, by geeminy Say, are you
homesick Z"
mo, | can't say that am. Are you 2'
80, h, yes" This, with immense en-
| thusiasm.
| The Reverend shrunk a little in his
clothes, and we were aware, rather by in
stinct than otherwise, that he was throwing
out signals OF distress, but we did not inter-
fere or try to succor him, for we were quite
happy.
The young fellow hooked his arm into
| the Reverend's with the contidIng and CRATE
ful air of a waif who has been longing for
| friend, and sympathetic ear, and chance
to lisp once more the sweet accents of the
mother tOngue-and then. he limbered up
| the muscles Of his mouth and turned him
! self loose-and with such relish Some
of his words were not Sunday school words,
so We are Obliged 10 put blanks where they
occur.
''Yes, Indeedy! If amt an American
there amt no Americans, that's all. And
when | heard you fellows gassing away in
the good old American language, I'm
if il wasn't all could do to keep from hug
ging you! My tongues all warped with
| trying to curl il around these e--------
forsaken, wind-galled, nine ioihted German
words here; now, / tell you it's awful good
10 lay it over Christian word once more
and kind Of let the old taste soak in I'm
from Western New York. My name il
Cholly Adams I'm student, you know.
| Been here going on two years I'm learn
ing to be a horse doctor. or.---these
people They won't learn fellow In his
own language; they make him learn in
German; so before could tackle the horse
Il I haI Ia L.
language. First off, thought it would
give ME the bolts, but | don't mind il now.
I've got il where the hairs short. Dontchu-
know, they made me learn Latin, too.
Now, between you and me, wouldn't give
a for all the Latin that was ever jab-
bered and the first thing | calculate to do
when get through, is 10 just sit down and
| forget it. 'Twon't take me long, and l
don't mind the time, anyway. And | tell
YOU what, the difference between school
teaching over yonder and school teaching
over here-shO! We don't know anything
| about it Here you've got to peg ana peg
and peg and there amt just any let-up
and what you learn here, you've got to
| k7lO1C, dontchuknow-or else you'll have
one of thOse--spavined, specialized,
ring -boned, knock-kneed old professors in
your hair. I've been here, long enough,
and Pm getting blessed tired of it, mind
| tell you. The old nan wrote that he was
coming over in June and that he'd take me
home in August, whether was done with
my education or not, but durn him, he
didn't come; never said why; just sent me
hamper of Sunday school books, and told
me to be good and hold on a while. |
don't take to Sunday school books, dontchuu
! know don't banker after them when |
can get pie-but read them. anyway, be-
cause whatever the old man tells me TO do,
that's the thing that I'm a-going to do, or
tear something, you know. buckled in
and read all of those books, because he
wanted me to; but that kind of thing don't
excite me- l like something hearty. But
| I'm awful homeslck. Pm homesick from
ear socket to crupper, and from crupper to
heck joint but it amt any use. I've got
to stay here till the old man drops the rag
and gives the word yes, SIR, right here in
| I've got to hnger
till the old man says come! and you bet
your bottom dollar, Johnny, il amt just as
easy as it is for cat to jump rope.
At the end of this profane and cordial
tAlOOSIOu lit lCJClSd pAONlGAOuS t1tONc"
to relieve his lungs and make recognition OF
the heat, and then he straightway divided
into his narrative again for 'Johnny's"
benefit, BEGINNING
"Well, ,---it amt any use talk.
| ing, some of those old American words do
have kind of bully swing TO them;
man can cypress himself with em-a man
can get at what he wants to sag, dontchu-
| know"
When we reached our hotel, and it
seemed that he was about to lose the Revr
end, he showed so much sorrow, and
begged SO hard and so earnestly, that the
Reverend's heart was not hard enough to
hold out against the pleadings-so he went
away with the parent-honoring student,
like a right Christian, and took supper with
HIM in his lodgings and sat in the surf-beat
of his slang and profanity till near mid
night, and then left hIm--left him pretty
well talked out, but grateful "clear down
to his frogs" as he expressed it. The
Reverend considered him rather u rough
gem, but gem, nevertheless
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A Tall Horse.
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