Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-08

tAc 0Ascs HIS FAfhBums I0f DErfGInE not tu
Become y Great Man.
'Shildrens, let me told YOU some.
things. vhas an oldt mans, und /
knows peter ash you. II you want
to hat some fun und be happy doan'
try to be great. / dom pellet dot vhay
when vhas poy, und SO / lay oop
sorrow for myself.
you hat all heard OF Napoleon Bo-
naparte. He vhas a great Sheneral.
He can lick all Europe NIT one hand
tied pehind his back. He vhas der
greatest man for. hundred wears.
Some peoples was SO afraid of him dot
dey shump in der rifer, und some like
him SO dot dey sit oop nights to hur-
rah. Maybe dot looks awfully nice to
you, but how vhas she. Dot Bona
parte can meier go in tobacco store
and play sheckers NIT a fireman. He
doan' haf no time to go on picnic.
he meier sees a game of baseball. He
doan' hat some fun NIT der boys at
ward caucus. All he does vhas to plan
some fights uud knock eafery body
into der middle OF two weeks ago
Take him for ten years und he doan
laugh once. He vhas great, but does
dot payP Where vhas der fun-der
benefitsp
"Some poys cry because dey vhas
not Sheorge Washington. Maybe
it looks awful nice to be Pres
ident und Sheneral, und to swell
around und boss eafery body, und to
hat your name in der papers. but
you hold on. Do you pellet Sheorge
Washingtons eater hat some fun init
der poysp Does he eater steal some
apples, carry off somepody's gate, or
hook sugar from der pantry, und no.
pody dares slap him on der back und
call him oldt mans, und nobody dares
ask him to ship his ticket. He must
shust be big gun und keep quiet und
comb his hair fife times a day.
MAYBE some of der little gals vas
mad because dey won't nefer be Queen
of Spain. A Queen has nice dresses,
und she haf some quails on toast
eafery day, und if she says she wants
this or that she can haf him. When
she rides out eafery pody shmiles und
bows und cheers, und if she was seek
der papers come out eafery hour. Dot
looks nice, but hold on little while
If you vhas Queen you can't play tag
nit der poys, you can't eat some pea
nuts nor chew gum, you can't put on
an old dress nor wear some old shoes,
und If you go to picnic you can't
eaten fall oafer a log and skin you
nose. How it would look for Queen
to stand out by her gate und gossip
nit Mrs. Blank about dot new neigh
Dor and her nine cats! If her
husband comes home late she can't
say one word und if she goes by der
kitchen der hired girls bounce her
out. She must sit oop very straight,
und look very solemn, and if she looks
out of der window und poy falls down
she can't eaten shmile. If you want
some comforts in dis world doan' YOU
be some Queens.
Il shust like to be as am und like
vhas. If some man calls at my house
1T tSthbS oil Ills HdL una says INV WIG
vhas looking peter ash she vhas, und
dot we vbas hating sooch bad weather
as he nefer sees before. When a man
comes in my place of peesness he says;
Hello! Duuder, vhas he cold enough
for her? How vhas your left lung to-
day anyhow l can laugh at him, or
| can poke him in der ribs, or can
tell him to go by Halifax. Dot makes
me happy, und grow fat some more.
If vhas sooch a great man dot / hat to
hold my legs stiff as crowbars und my
backbone like gate post, und say
'um? und 'han und go Ply der barber
once day, | vhas so seek und tired
dot | run away from myself. When
vhas who | vhas can wake oop in der
morning und box Shakes ears, keek
my dog out doors, shmile on my wife,
und go down town und feel dot like
to stay in Detroit ten hoonered years. :"
Detroit Free Press.