Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-11-29
HOW HOFFENSTEIN CAUGHT
THE 'POSSUM.
Joe C. Ably, in N. O. Times.

Joe c. Ably, in N. O. Times
! my gr-a acious, Herman, vat 70,
dink, exclaimed Hoffenstein as he rush.
ed into the store, his face beaming with
happiness: 'My. son Abe vat vas in d,
Wholesale shoe pisness in New York mil
his uncle was married de der day ind
| shust got de letter."
| WAS bis wife velty, Misder Hotfen
~ inquired the clerk, becoming in.
terested.
"Vell, Herman, yon don't dink dol
Abe vas fool enough to make a charity
asylum oud uf himself by marrying a
woman dot vas poor. He write me do,
MS wife vas vert ffdy dousand dollars
und hat an interest in a soap factory
vat oelongsto her fader. My gr-r-a-cious
don't can hardly dink dot Abe vas mar.
ried. 1t don't seem any longer den last
week ven he vas a leedle poy running
around Vickspurg nit warts on his hand.
Herman. he vas the worst poy uf de whole
place, und no matter how much / vim
HIM, | don't can make him 90 to de
school. All uf de day he vas going
around de streets NIT his bare feet, Wis.
thing. He would knock his toes nit
sdumps undil dere vas bundle of rags
on etery Won uf dem. Ven he wasn't do
ing dot, Herman, he vas hunning bos-
sums. Did l efer dell you aboud de way
me und Abe killed de bossums"
"No, Misder Hofenstein."
"Vell, my house vas oud of de town
near de woods, und Won day Abe comes
to me und says, PA, me und my dog
hat run a bossum away up in log vat
vas hollow, come und help me kill him.
l vent out we're de BOSOM vas, und
Abe says again, Pa, / dink you peter
crawl inside uf de log, and pull de bos-
sum oud, vile me upd de dog stands at
the oder end und see dot he don't get
away dere.' / don't stop to dink, und / /
says, ABE, sdand dere und kill de bos-
sum NIT sdick if he runs ond.n Den
grawled into de log. Vot you dink,
Herman, ven eferyding but my veet vas
in de log, q lot of bumble-bees vat haf a
nest in dere got OH my liean. Ny gra-
cious herman, try to get oud, but my
boots got caught NIT snag, und dere /
vas, NIT de bumble-bees. screams to
Abe, und he dinks dot | means to look
ond de bossum will get away, und he
makes de dog growl into de log at de
oder end. De dog drinks my head vas de
bossum und he bites me on dc ear, und
barks ven bees siding him, blinking dot
de bossum vas biting him. Ven got
out of dere, Herman, almost vas dead.
und my head vas SO big dot dink it vas
a moundain."
"Did yon get de bossum, Misder Hof-
% inquired the clerk.
'No, Herman. Ny gr-r-acious, do
you dink / vas going to waste my dime
hunding for de bossum ven found de
humble bees You must dink vas q
fool, you know"
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