The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-14
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Well, what's the matter with youP"
uueried Sergeant BendAl as Carl Dun
der limped into the station house the
other day and flung himself down on
xhe nearest chair.
..sergeant, vhas here to bid you
goodbye
s.NoFf
II vhas going back to Shermany."
q declare! What put that into
your headpa
II vhas seek und tired. / can't un-
derstand desc peoples. Nopody vhas
two times alike in America."
'sBut you told me you were going to
run for alderman, and that you had
caught on to American politics."
.sDot vhas my troubles. belief l
know all aboudt her, but / know moth
tngs. vhas going to run for alder
mans promise dot hay scales to
feefty men. promise twenty men dot
dey shall be ianitor of der City Hall.
/ promised more as one hoonered fell
lers dot dey shall work for the city for
three dollars day
THAT was right. That's the way
most of the candidates do
Yes, but / don't understand. Three
days ago feller comes in my place
und says vhas Carl Dunder? vhas.
Did you promise dot eastern hay scales
TO my brrdder if he vote fer you? /
did. Und did you promise her to more
s,cFs 4
Well, You vhas a fraud und liar,
und now you take dot on der nose!
Und he gifts me sooeh a thump dot /
see more ash feefty stars flying aroundt.
How does It come dot some Americans
can work dot dodge und be all rightPn
..WellP"
.'Vhell. told you der otder day dot
! promise more ash feefty men dot dey
shall be engineer Of the City Hall il
dey vote for me. In comes man in
my place nit his hat on his ear und
says vhas 1 Carl Dunder? vhas.
Vhas you going to run for some alder.
mans? vhas. Did you promise all
my crowd dot each one of us should
run der engines nit der City Hall?
did. Den, Sergeant. hs gifts me sooch
blow on my mouth dot / can't eat
meat for seek months, und when he
goes avhsy he says dot forty-nine more
fellers vhas to come after him. Some
American candidates can promise dot
shop to one hoonered fellers und be all
right. How vhas sheP''
Il don't know
stUnd pooty queek a feller comes in
my place und says yhas l dot oldt
Dutehmans who WANTS to be an alder
man? vhas. If l vhas elected he
shall get all der paving skobs und
makes lots of money. He calls me a
liar aind says I promise dot same thing
more ash two hoonered times, und he
mops me on my floor und goes avhay
like a lark. II it vhas some American
candidate he vhas all peaches. How
vhas she?n
Il don't know
s'yheII. eafery day somepody comes
und calls me liar und says l should
be kicked. Eafery day comes some
feller NIT his hat on his ear und
charges ne NIT holding him oep for a
sucker. Ny boy Shake vhas scarf
AWAY, my wife vhas seek abed und
haf TO lock up my place or be kilt.
Its sad lines, mused the sergeant
.Und so l guess 1 shall go back to
Shermany. In dot country vhas all
right. II man spreckens to me in
Dutch I know What he vhas. If he
ehpeaks to me in Yankee may be he
makes fool of me. like TO go by
dot Common Council and be a great
man. but can't stand sooch a racket.
yhas a good enough liar, but leai
something else out all der while und
der dear peoples tumbles to me. Fare.
well, sergeant. You vhas always two
times alike, und shall feel good by
you when I am far AWAY. If you
meet some odder Dutchmans sbust
spheak nit him und tell him to keer
out of dose politics. ."-Detrois Free
Press.