The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-02-04
OLD FATHER pUNDER.
Tho Instructive story of boy Who Be-
Iieyed la Dreams and signs.

Tho Instructive Story of n Boy Who Be-
Ileyed la Dreams aud signs.
Shildren. / shall now tell you der
shtory Of der poy who believes in some
dreams und signs. His name yhas
Hans Dundcrwcttcr, und he Ifs nit
his folks shust at der foot Of a big hill
in Shermany haf seen dot hill my
self. und so / know dot shtory yha,
pooty true.
Vholl. When dis poy yhas aboudt eight
years old he goes oafer 10 shtay all day
nit an old wOmans, and she tells him
all abOudt bears und ghosts und dreams
und signs. From dot time he yhas a
shpoilod poy. II his fadder like him
10 go down cellar he yhas afraidt Of
spoOks II his mother like him TO 90
oOp shtairs he yhas afraidt Of bears. /
like 10 say 10 you right of dot no ghosts
vhas eafcr known in any country. A
ghost yhas white sheet hanging on
der pack Of n shair, or some bed-spread
left out on der fence in der night.
Dero yhas some bears arOundt but dey
dOap' come in dor house 10 pite you.
In sooch place like Detroit you may
20 all Oafer und YOU dOan' see one
bear-not one. Iio vhas afraidt 10
come here. Ii he does hc yhas dead in
two minutes.
Und 50 Hans ho always pellets in
signs und dreams, too. If he dream
dot he fall down shtccp hill he doan'
get oudt Of bed until ten o'clock. II
he dreams dot hc yhas fish, he vhas
scarf und hides in der barn all day. II
he sees crow fly 10 der north dot
vhas pad sign, und Hans don't shop
any wood dot day. If he sees white
COW 90 along NIT red horse after her,
dot yhas sign Of money, und he goes
out und walks ten miles for TO look for
some pOckct-bOOks in der roadt He
vhas no goot TO his parents, und
eafcry pody else makes fun Of him und
says he yhaS soft nit der hcadt.
Vhcll, shildrcns, Hans yhas growing
OOp in badt way. II der moon yhas
oafcr his left shoulder he dOan' hoe
out some cabbagcs nor work nit der
potatoes. If der sun goes down Oafcr
his right elbow dot means he shall go
10 town und get a letter in der post
Office. Between dreams und signs he
vhas no goot for work, und he goes
aboudt in rags like ho yhas a beggar
His faddcr lick him more rs fife
hooncrcd times, und his mother cry
more ash two barrels of tears, but il
yhas no use.
Nhcll all dis goes on until Hans yhas
sixteen years old. Den one day he
sees two hons on der fence, while two
crows lly oafcr At dcr same time
somebody shnorcs in his shlccp, und
der bucket fall down der well. lie
took dot ash some awful sign that he
must go out in der woods und get some
bark from a tree dot yhaS hit mt light
ming, und if he make some tea from
dot bark he lif 10 be ninety years old.
Away he goes, and purity qucck hc
meets a wolf who says:
"Ah!-yum!-how pleased | vha-'
Der wind blows my tail to der left side
last night, und dot yhas n sign dot ! eat
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of hill, and dot vhas u sign two more
wolves come oop!
Vhcll, shildrcn, all dot vhas true.
Dey find dot poy's bones in der forest,
und shust when dcy pick 'cm oop coon
runs oop a tree back end first Dot
yhas a sign dot somebody's horse vhas
in danger. und der peoples runs home
und find dot Herr Duudcrwcttcr's pig
white horse was shocked nit an apple
Dot yhas all my shtory. | like you pc
lief some of him. If you pellets dot
anybody who sees ghosts-dot anybody
who pellets i'm dreams dot any person
who yhas guided by signs yhas soft on
der head, like pumpkin pie, you hit her
right und needn't be afraid. lean put
all der ghosts und shpooks in my ear,
und ash for signs aud dreams you vhas
more apt to fall and prcak your nose
dan to become rich. - detroit Free Press.