The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-11-12
THE SPANISH q.
A Greeney Who Didn't Propose TO BE
Abused Without Defending Himself.

Abused Without Defending Himself.
A few days since a stranger from the
unconverted wilds of the East. where
tenderfeet attain their highest state of
sensitiyeness, came out to Albuquerque.
New Mexico, to visit friend While
walking along Railroad Avenue he said
to his friend:
There goes man met up at La
Junta." giving the j its natural pro.
nunciation
You mean La Hunta." the friend
replied. '"That is a Spanish name. and
inthat language takes the sound of h. =
us that so? Well, I must try to
catch onto that
After strolling along short distance
further he asked
where are these Jemes Springs, of
which | see so much in the papers?'
You should say Haynes Springs;
they are over here in the mountains
about sixty miles,"
Darn the language-it breaks me all
up. That's a pretty nice house over
there-that Armijo House. isn't it?'
and again he gave the its proper pro-
nunciation.
You mean the Armiho House; yes,
it's good one, too"
'.Damischa way of abusing the En-
glish alphabet. / reckon, then, that
must be the Haffa Bros. store down the
street there?''
No. that is not Spanish name.
think it is French. However, it is pro.
nouneed as spelled"
"Well. how in Santa Fe is fellow
going to tell what's Spanish and what
isn't? Why couldn't they build their
language accordin' to the original
plans?n
%. you'll soon catch on. You VIII
find it safest to give the Spanish pro-
nunciation to nearly everything here. =
An hour later they sat down at the
table of the San Felipe Hotel. and after
scanning the bill of fare, the stranger
said to the wa ter:
'.You may bring me a nice, huiey
piece of roast beef, some pigs howl
with caper sauce, some fr;caseed hack
rabbit, some pork with apple belly. some
boiled potatoes with the hackets on
unskun, you know-some tarts with
currant ia I mean currant ham, and.
ah, some"
At this point the waiter swooned and
the guests in the room let out a roar of
laughter that gave the chandeliers the
chills and fever. This made the
ex~ lDn Iro, 80 ss fao
like crazy man, took off his coat and
threw it down on the floor aud stamped
on it and howled:
.'You fellers are tryin' to play me fol
a sucker. but by the eternal, you've
struck the wrong snag! Whoopeei (and
he jumped up and slapped his fists) I'm
| destroyin' cyclone from Illinoy. an
| kin lex the hull crowd! Spanish?
kin sling more Spanish in holy minute
than Montezuma could in year! Kir
| /? Well ould ehaculate that kin
Let some idiot pub off his hacket and
hump onto me. an the first time l hi
him he'll think he has the him-hams
SPANISH o. guess not! My name S
| Jeremi-I mean Jeremiah Homes. from
Jacksonville, nlinoy, an when my
dander's up I'm rayin' hyena. Yot
played me for sucker, but you mustn
nudge man by his looks. Whoop! &c
sound the hubilee. Somebody come ou
and face ne. Let some him-crow ga
loot come to the front and criticize M
Spanish hargonp
His friends got hold of him and tool
him from the room, and as he wen
through the door he remarked:
II kin take hoke, but it makes mi
mad for a lot o. hackasses to try to plal
me for a greeney. .n-Albuquergae (N
/ M Democrat.