Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-20
CARL DuNoER.s PLANT.



inc Old Germau Customs.
Sergeant, y said Carl Dunder AZ ha
tip-toed into the station-honse yestcr-
day' Il pellet | like to go pack to
shermany again"
whats the matter nowp''
"Vhell, every thing vhas too fast una
TOO strange oafer here for some old
man Ike me. Dot Yankee vbas n
queer feller-awful queer. Some
mans come into my place eafery day
und yell out:
Hi! dere! Two peers! Set 'em
o,op;, queok! Tia! tai Goodbye, Dun.
"Und he throws down der money
guips down dot peer, und vhas off be-
lore l can say Shack Robinson. II
doan' be like dot in Sbermany. goes
NIT place at shlow walk, und goes
IN py der door und shpeaks with eaferv
pody. l ask him aboudt his wife und
shildfen, his horse und COW und pie.
his health und his garden. und by und
ny sat down und say to dot barkeeper:
Hans, may pc you hat some peerp'
Yes. Herr Dunder.'
May pc it vhas goot peerp'
Yes, he vhas.'
"'Vhell l try glass;
"ie goes Ply der cellar und prinr,
him oop, und 1 take seat und pla,
some sheckers, und drink a leedIe und
wait, und drink some more und wait
und by und by it vhas twelve O'Clock
und goes home to dinner"
"Ihats too slow, Mr.. Dunder."
"Dot's der vhay all you Yankees saw.
How long you pellet l vhas getting
married, SergcantP'
"Oh, perhaps three weeks, and that.
giving you seven days over the rest o.
| u.s."
Tree weeks! Why, it vhas ten Vars
und dot vhas too soon! If wait on,
more var doan' marry Mrs. Dundel
at all! 1t vhas like dis: 1t takes vor
var to be introduced to dot girl. i
takes Won var more be fore you like t.
call her py her first name. May pc
after fife var l take her hand und sa,
dot like to be married, but it vhas fif,
var more before she consents und VIA.
all ready"
"Too slow for me-"
"Und you vhas in sooch a hurry do
you doan' lif oudt half your days. Do
prings me down to peesness. Shak
has run AWAY some more"
"Nor'
"He goes last night. We hat som
fuss again. Shake vhas too much lik
Yankee, und l talk und talk to hin
und it vhas no goot. Do you know
Shake feels so pig dot he doan' like t.
hat my clothes cut oafer for him an,
more"
'Is that POSSIBLE"
"Dot vhas possible. In der old
country wooden shoes vhas all RICH
for me. In dis country Shake like
some fine CATERS, und he shines eel
oop NIT placking. Some oldt hat VIA
goot enough for me, but Shake he mu:
go oudt und puy Won for tree dollar
| hat some pants NIT only two hole
in 'em, but Shake won't put eel
IN. When / vhas poy l doar
hat ten cents month. Shake come
to me almost eafery day ind says h
likes half a dollar or seek shilling;
In der oldt country | play sheckers G
pitch horseshoes. NV Shake learn
now to play poker und billiards I'm
lots of odder games, und it makes you
hair shtand oop to hear him talk ,
base-pall and cricket He calls me oil
moss-pack, und sooch, und yesterday
make up my mind to put a shtop
| him."
Took him down cellar, ehP"
dots vhas | like to do. | get d.
strap ind tell him to come along, b,
he says vhas too fresh, und he VII;
gone pefore get him, sergeant"
"Well?"
"May pc vhas wrong. May pc
, | vhas deterrent in dis country. May |
lot poy of to-day vhas not like der OLE
,oys. I doan' shleep any all nigl
. md der oldt womans she vhas cryin
Ill der time for Shake, and so, if yo
see him. you may tell him to CON
,ack. Tell him dot we try again.
,e doan' say l vhas too fresh, und if
) loan tell me to put oop my dukes. IN
f he doan' keep talking aboudt caro-
.hots, hot grounders, Shackpots IN
80 on l try to make it all right und g
: long. Shust tell him dot, sergean
md you may silently hint to him dot
ne doan' do peter you pellet he Viii
,e hung for murder. Goodbye, Sc
! seant-may pc vhas too oldt for d
u .ountrv - Detroit Free Press.