The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-30
Hofenstein's Bugle.

Hofenstein's Bugle.
'tMr. Hoffens.ein," said Herman, as
he folded up a pair of pants, and placed
them on pile, ''if you don't haf any
objections would like to get from de
store away Won efening, und go NIT de
soldiers to de Spanish Fort.n ..Vell,
Herman, dinks You had better keep
away from de soldiers" replied Hoffen-
stein, ''und stay NIT de store, because,
you know, you don't can put any con-
fdence NIT de soldiers. / viii dell you
Why. Won day vile vos in Vicksburg,
during de var, a cockeyed soldier came
in my store NIT an old bugle in his
hand. und he looks around. | asks him
vot he Vonts. und he buys couple of
undershirts, den he dells me to keep his
bundle und de bugle behind de counter
until he comes back After de cock
eyed soldier vent de store out, some
more soldiers come in und walk all
around, vile dey looks at de goods
'Shentlemen,' | says, do you want any
ding?' We are shust looking to see vot
you baf,' said one uf dem, und after a
vile anodder says: Bill, shust look dere
at de bugle, de very ding de captain
told US to get. You know We don't haf
any bugle in our company for dree
months. How much you ask for dat
bugleY | dells dem dat can't sell de
bugle because it belongs to a man vot
shust vent out. i viii gif you fifty dol
lars for it, says de soldier, pulling his
money out. | dells him don't can sell
it because it wasn't mine. 4 will give
you a hundred dollars he said. NY
II IL l.
bugle so bad dat | vistles. De soldier
dells me vile dey vos leaving de store
dat if buys de bugle cf de man vot
owns it, dey win gif me one hundred
und dwendy-fye dollars for it. | dell
dem | viii do it. | sees a chance, YOU
know, Herman, to make some money
by de Liberation. Ven de cockeyed sol
der comes back he says, Git me nv
bundle und bugle, | got to go to de
camp says, MY frent, don't YOU
Won't to sell your bugle?' He dells me
no, und says, My little boy Leopold.
vot plays in de store, sees de bugle und
he goes all around crying shust as loud
as he can, because he don't get it. Six
times | takes him in de back ward und
vips him, und he comes right back und
cries for de bugle. 1t shows YOU know
how much drouble man viii haf nit
family. l viii gif you den dollars for it
shust to please little Leopold De sol
dier Won't take it, und at last | offers
him fifty dollars und he says, Veil l viii
dake fifty dollars, because l can't vast
any more time, L hat to go to de camp
After ne had gone away goes to de door
und watches for de soldiers vat wanted
de bugle. sees dem passing along de
street, und says, My frents | hat got
de bugle,' und dey say, Veil, dam it,
w don't you blow it? Ny gr-r-acious,
Herman, vat you dinkp All dem sol
diers belong to de same crowd, und dey
make de trick to swindle me- Levi
Cohen. across de street, he finds it out,
und efery day he gets boys to blow
horns in front of my store, so as to
make me dink vas svindled. Herman,
| dink you had better stay NIT de store.n
-Neao Orleans Times Democrat.
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The man who succeeds is the popu-
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:; man with strong friendships is sure to
have some decided enemies, and an en-
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lects those who fill the ranks of medi-
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There is nothing hypocritical in all
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Such man is sure to command sue
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