St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-21
THE SPANISH y.
A Greeney Who Didn't Propose to BE
Abused without Defending Himself.

Abused without Defending Himself
A few days since . stranger from the
unconverted wilds Of the East, where
tenderfeet attain their highest state Of
sensitiveness. came out to Albuquerque.
New Mexico. to visit friend. While
walking along Railroad Avenue he said
to his friend:
There goes man I met up at La
Junta." giving the j its natural pro-
punciation
you mean La Hunta," the friend
replied. THAT is Spanish name. and
in that language jtakes the sound of b. -
us that so? Well, must try to
catch onto that ."
After strollng along short distance
further he asked.
Where are these Jemes Springs. of
which see so much in the papers?''
"You should say Haynes Springs;
about sixty miles"
Darn the language-it breaks me all
up. That's q 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 a good one. too"
"Damischa way of abusing the En-.
glish alphabet. / reckon, then. that
must be the Haffa Bros store down the
street there?"
mo. that is not Spanish name. l
think it is French. However, it is pro.
nounced as spelled"
well. how in Santa Fe is a fellow
going to tell what's Spanish and what
isn'tp Why couldn't they build their
language accordin' to the original
plans?"
20. you'll soon catch on. You Will
find it safest to give the Spanish pro-
nunciation to nearly everything here. y
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 water:
"You may bring me a nice. huicy
piece of roast beef. some pigs howl
with caper Sauce, some fricaseed hack
rabbit, some pork with apple helly. some
boiled potatoes with the hackets On
unskun. you know-some tarts with
currant ia II mean currant ham, and.
ah, some"
At this point the waiter swooned and
the guests in the room let out roar of
laughter that gave the chandeliers the
ckills and fever This made the
stranger mad. and he leaped to his feet
like crazy man, took off bis coat and
threw it down on the floor and stamped
on it and howled:
"You fellers are tryin' to play me 70,
a sucker. but by the eternal, You I've
struck the wrong snag. Whoopee! (and
he jumped up and slapped his tists) I'm
a destroyin' cyclone from Illinoy. an !
kin lick the hull crowd! Spanish? l
kin sling more Spanish in a holy minute
than Montezuma could in year! Kin
/? Well l sh ,uld ehaculate that / kin!
Let some idiot pull off his hacket and
hump onto me. an the first time hit
him he'll think he has the him-hams!
Spanish! o. / guess not! My names 5
Jeremi-I mean Jeremiah Homes, from
Jacksonville, nlinoy. an when my
dander's up I'm ravin' hyena. You
played me for sucker, but you mustn' {
nudge man BY his looks. Whoop! go
sound the hubilee. Somebody come out
and face ne. Let some him-crow ga
loot come to the front and criticize my
Spanish hargon"
His friends got hold of him and took
him from the room, and as he went
through the door he remarked:
Il kin take hoke, but it makes mt
mad for lot o. hackasses to try to play
me for greeney."-Albuquergus (N
NJ Democrat.