St. Landry democrat., 1881-04-30
Setting a Hen.

Meester Verris-I see dot mosd
etferpody wrides someding for de
shicken babers nowtays, and T
fought praps meppe l can do dot
too, so ! wride all apout vot dook
blace nit de lasht summer; YOU
know-oder uf You dond know, den
[ dells you-dot Katrina (dot is
mine vrow) und me, We keep some
shickens for long dime ago, und
Won tay she said to me "Sockery''
(dot is mein name), ivy dond you
put some of de aigs under dot olt
plue hen shickens, I dinks she
wants to sate." "Vell,"I l salt t'mep-
pc | guess / vill,' so I bicked out
some uf de best aigs und dook um
oud to de parn fere de olt hen
make her Tesht in de side uf de
haymow, poud five six yeet up;
now you see | nefer was ferry pig
up und town, but | vost pooty BIG
all de way around in dc mittle, so I
koodn't reach up dill l vent und
got parrel to stant on; veil
l1limet me on de parrel, und ven
my he'd rise up by de nesht, dot olt
hen she give me such a bick dot
my nose runs all ofer my face NIT
plood, und ven l todge pack dot
plasted olt parrel he preak, umd T
vent town kershlam; py cholly, T
didn't tink | kood go inside a par-
rel before, put dere | vos, und 1 fit
so dite dot l koodn't get me oud ef-
ferway, my fest (vest) vas bushed
way up unter my armholes. Ven T
fount I vos tite shtuck, T holler
''Katrina Katrina ~ und ven she
koom and see me shtuck in de par
rel up to my armholes, NIT my face
all plood und aigs, py cllolly she
shust lait down on de hay und laft
und latt, till l got so mat I salt.
"Vot you lay dere und laf like a
olt WOOL, eh? Wy dond you koom
bull me oud 2" und she set up und
salt, "Oh, wipe off your chin und
bull your fest town." den she lait
back und laft like she would shblit
herself more as ever. Mat as [ vas
[ fought to myself, Katrina she
sbeak English pooty goot, but 7
only salt, NIT my greatest digni-
tude, ''Katrina will you bull me oud
dis parrel ?" nnd she see dot | look
putty red, so she salt, "Of course T
will, Sockery," den she lait me und
de parrel down on our site. md T
dook holt de door sill, und Katrina
she bull on de parrel, but first bull
she mate [ yellet, "Donner und
bitten, shtop dat, by golly; dere ID
nails in de barrel!" you see de nails
, bent town ven | vent in, but ven 7
. koom oud dey shticks in me all de
way rount; veil to make a short
0 shtory long, | told Katrina to go
0 und dell naypor Hansman to prinp
a saw und saw me dis parrei off ::
veil, he koom und he like to shhlii
himself init laf too, but he roll me
ofer und saw de parrel all de yav
around oft, und | get up nit half =
parrel around my waist den Katri
ma she say, "Sockery, vait a LITTLE
till | get battern of dot new over
skirt you haf on,' but | didn't said
a wort. | shust got a nife oud nnd
vjttle de hoops off und shlinp dot
: counfountet olt parrel in de voot
pile.
Pimeby ven l koom in de hons.
Katrina she salt, so soft lilo
"Sockery, dond you goin to mn
some aigs under dot olt plue hen ,,
den l salt in my deepest Voice
q ''Katrina, uf you effer saw dot =,
r me again l'll git a pill from Won :,
help chiminy gracious" and I dol
= you, she didn't say dot any mora a
Veil Mr.. Verris, ven I stem % ON
parrel now, | dond step on It, o;
v a pox.
Very drooly yours,
If SocKERY KADAHour,
I-[Poultry Monthly,