The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-17
NUMBER so.
TRIALS OF CARL DUNDER.

| Il thought it about time for you to
show up again" said Sergeant Bendall
yesterday as Carl Dunder hesitatingly
entered the Woodbridge Street Station.
"Maype like to talk NIT you leedle. {"
"Well, go ahead. suppose you are
in trouble again ~
Sergeant, vhas Shorge Washington
dead r.
"Of course he is"
"a great many years."
''Vhell, dot bleases me. vhas afraid
| make mistake und haf to go to shall.
A black man comes in my place de ouder
day und likes me to gif him two shillings
for oolored shurch. He says his name
vhas ShorRe Washington. l belief
Sheorge Washington vhas dead, und +
gif dot man sooch kick dot he flies
twenty feet"
"You did Why, he was probably
named George Washington, know Of
several colored men by that name"
''But Shorge Washington vhas dead.
If he vhas dead he can't be alive"
Cant there be two men by the same
manner Don't you know two OF more men
by the name of Schmidt ?"
by Shorge but l doan't think of
dot ~
You'll probably be arrested on war
rant some time today, ard l shan't feel a
bit sorry for you. Has anything else
happened :"
"Vhas Shakespeare dead ?"
II should remark !"
"He vhas dead good while p
eyes, long time"
dot pleases me. When you explain
about Washington, vhas afraid Shakes
peare vhas alive A young man comes
in my place und Gays, vhas | Carl Dun
der | vhas. Vhell, Mr.. Dunder, like
to sell you book by Shakespeare. Here
he vhas, and l sell him sheap. Sergeant.
nopody must take me for fool =
mo ?"
"If Shakespeare vhas dead how can he
write some books 1t vhas a shwin-
die on me, and l take dot young
man and almost preak him in two"
"Then you'll probably have a second
warrant to look out for. The young
man was book agent and all right"
But you said Shakespeare vhas dead. y
80 he is. The men who wrote the
Bible are dead, but the Bible keeps right
on, dosen't it These are the books
Shakespeare wrote when he was living
''Vhas dot so Why doan' he explain
it to me p
THE judge will explain it Anything
else p
"a man comes in my place and says
he likes to sell me some strips of wealth
er. Vhas | fool? D0an' | haf all deI
weather vhant mitout pay Doan' get
some cold und hot und rain und shnow
like ouder peoples Sergeant, / doan
like to have some one make fun of me
und knock dot chap oafer two tables.
"Well, you'll pay fine IN the Police
Court for it,"
you doan' say p
Eyes, do ! The man wanted to fur
nish you weather strips. didn't he y
''By golly believe he vhas weather
strips"
They are put on doors and windows
to keep out the cold. You'll hear from
him ~
"But why doan' he explain to me
How do l know dere vhas some deefer
ence between weather strips and strips
of weather p
THE Judge will explain"
Sergeant, look at me nefer set
sooch a country One day gif some
pody So and vhas all wrong. Der mex
day knock shust sooch man oafer tw,
tables und vhas arrested. Nopody vha
two times alike. If doan' knock some
pody | vhas an old green horn. If d
knock him l must go NIT der polio
court"
well ?"
"Vhell, dot vhas all, except dot l 6
q home und go to bed und tell Shake un
!, der ole womans to run der peesness.
= vhas all too mixed oop for me. vha
: no good Good pye, und if doan Sc
- you some more | like you to visit m
gravestone some time und weep
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