The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-10-03
HE COULD TAKE A HoKE.
Learning to Talk spanish In the
Jose Country.
rAlbuouraue IN. NJ Democrat.l

A few days since a stranger from the
uncovered wilds of the East, where
mugwumpery was born and tender
feet attain their highest state OF sensl-
tiveness. came out to Albuquerque to
visit friend. While walking along
Railroad avenue he said to his friend
aThere goes man met up at La
Junta.,' giving the J its natural pro-
nunciatiOn.
..You mean La Hunta,' the friend
replied. "That is Spanish name, ana
in that language takes the souno
of H."
catch on to that"
After strolling along a short distance
further he asked
uwhere are these Jemes Springs, OF
which I see so much in the papers
"You should say Haynes Springs; ;3
thew are over here in the mountains
about sixty miles,"
"Darn the language-it breaks me
all up. That'sa pretty nice house oves
| there-that Armijo house, isn't lt!'
aud again he gave the its proper pro-
nunciation.
uYou mean the Armiho house; yes,
it's good one, too"
| uDamischa way OF abusing the
| English alphabet. reckon, then, that
must be the Haffa Brothers store down
the street there ?"
'aNo. that is not a Spanish name. !
think il is French. However, it is pro-
nounced as spelled"
uWeIl, how in Sante Fe is fellow
aoin' to tell what's Spanish and what
/ isn't? Why couldn't they build their
Language accordin' to the original
plaps?"
find it safest TO give the Spanish pro-
nunciation to nearly everything
here.'
i An honr later they sat down at the
table of the San Felipe Hotel, and,
4 after scanning the bill of fare, the stran'
ger said to the waiter:
nYou may bring me nice, huicy
piece of roast beef, some pigs how
with caper sauce, some fricaseed hack
rabit, some pork with apple belly,
some boiled potatoes with the hackets
on-unskuu, you know some tarts wltt
currant ia-I mean currant ham, ana
, ah, some"
f At this poi mt the waiter swooned ane
f the guest in the room let out roar Of
laughter that gave the chandeliers tn
+ chiils and fever. This made the stran
- I -oer,,ad and he leaped to bis feet lik
~ q crazv mar, took off his coat and threv
a. IL down ON the fo0and stamped on !
and howled: g.,
10 .sYou fellers are tryin' to pis;J;n to
ha a sucker but by the eternal, you
ct- struck the wrong snag! Whoope
To- fanfl he Jumped and up slapped
of fists) I'm destroyin cycio
no from Illinoy an can lick the NJ
ses crowd! Spanish? kin sling mMs M
llv Spanish in holy minute IN
es, Montezuma could in year! Kin
nm Well. I should ehaculate that ki
Let some idiot pull off his hacket
hmm onto me an the first time
md Inn he'll think he has the himhan
,ks Spanish I? Oh, l guess not
oil. nsme,s Jeremi-I mean Herein
nal Homes. from Jacksonville, Illinoy,
ew when nv dauder's UP Pm ray
ya. hvena? You played me for suct
and but YOU mustn't nudge man ny
do. looks. Whoep, go sound the hubi
hot Somebody come out and face me.
,ese some him crow galoot come 10
aIsv front and criticise my Spanish nargo
ION His friends got hold of him
ON tool, him from the room and as
low went through the door ne reinaIh' :.
the 81 kin take hoke, but by Hupi
it makes me mad for lot OF h'
asses to try to play me for a green
MP. Major Penn is to Texas what
Tones is to Georgia. In recent
to "a