The Progress., 1888-09-22
WHITE EARTH SATURDAY sETEMBER 22 lss
OLD FATHER puNpER.

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OLD FATHER nuNDER.
The Instructive Story OF Hoy who Bs.
lioved In dreams and Signs. 5
Shildren, shall now tell YOU der
ahtory Of der poy who believes in some
dreams ind signs. His name yhas
Hans Dunderwetter, und he lits NIT
his folks shust at der foot Of a big hill
In shermany. ] haf seen dot hill my
self, und SO ! know dot shtory vhas
pooty true,
Vhell, When dis poy vhas abouat eight
years old he goes oafer to shtay all day
NIT an old womans. and she tells hin,
all aboudt bears und ghosts und dreams
nnd signs. From dot time he vhas a
shpoiled poy. II his fadder like hin,
to go down cellar no yhas afraidt oi
spooks. II his mother like him to "a
0op shtairs he vhas afraidt Of bears. ]
like to say to you right of dot no ghosts
vhas eafer known in any country. A
ghost vhas white sheet hanging on
der pack Of q shair, or some bed-spread
left ont on der fence in der night.
Dere vhas some bears aroundt, but dey
doan' come in der house to pite you.
In sooch a place like Detroit you may
60 MI oafer und you tlonn' see one
bear-not one. He vlas afraidt to
come here. II he does he vhas dead In
two minutes.
Und SO Hans he always pellets in
signs und dreams, too. II he dream
dot he fall down shteep hill he donn'
get oudt OF bed until ten o'clock. II
he dreams dot he yhas a fish, he vhaa
scarf und hides in der barn all day. Il
he sees crow fly to der north dot
vhas q pad sign. md Hans don't shop
any wood dot day. II he sees white
COW 50 along NIT a red horse after her,
dot yhns II sign Of money, and he goes
out ,ind walks ten miles for TO look foi
some pocket-books in der roadt. He
yhas no goot to his parents, md
eafery pody else makes fun Of him und
says he vhas soft nit der he;eat.
Who'll, shildrens, Hans vhas growing
oop in u badt way. II der moon rhas
oafer his left shoulder lie doan' hoe
out some cabbages nor work NIT tle1
potatoes. II der sun goes down oafel
his right elbow dot means he shall ga
to town ,1nd get letter in der post.
Office. Between drenms und signs he
vhas no goot for work, und he gees
aboudt in rags like lie vhas beggar.
His fadder lick him more as fife
hooDered times, md his mother cry
more ash two barrels Of tears, but !,
yhas no Use.
vhcll, all dis goes on until Hans vha.
sixteen years old. Den one day he
secs two hens OH der fence, while two
crows fly oafer. At der same time
somebody shnores in his shleep, und
der bucket fn1l down der well. He
took dot ash some awful sign that he
must so out in der woods und get some
bark from - tree dot vlNss hit init light
ming. und If he make some tea from
dot bark lsc lii to be ninety years old.
Away he goes; and purity qneek he
meets q wolf who says:
"Ah!-yum!-how pleased I, vhas'
Der wind blows my tail to der left side
last night, und dot vhas sign dot eat
poy for supper! l meet you on tor
of a hill, and dot vhas a sign two more
wolves come oop!''
Vhell, shildren, all dot vhas true:
Dey find dot poy's bones in der forest,
nnd shust when dey pick 'em oop a coon
runs oop tree back end first Do,
vhas = sign dot somebody's horse vhas
in danger, and der peoples runs home
und find dot Herr Dunderwetters PIC
white horse was shoked nrit M apple;
Dot vhas all my shtory. Hike you pc,
lief sonae Of hinl. II yoa pellets do
anybody who secs ghosts-lot anybody
who pellets in dreams dot any persos
who vllas guided by signs vhas soft on
der head, like pssmpkin pbs, you hit he1
right und needn't be afraid. lean p,r
| al der ghosts und shpooks in my ear
md ssh for signs and dreams you vhas
aaore apt TO fafl and prenk your moss
dan to cbecome rich. Detroit F'res Press