Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20
WHAT YOU rINk.

An Inimitable Epistle in the French
Canada n Dialect.
From the Butte Inter- Mountain.
The following letter was read at the Can
adam institute reception last week by ].
Chauvtn. 1t purports to be letter from
Pete Laveaux and was rendered in Mr..
Chauvin's inimitable French dialect: =
my heart ees fill wid sad. and eet gives
me much pain to wrote you dis lettaire.
Eef things keep hon like dis I'll be compel
to got divorce from my wife Julie.
MY dear Chauvin, what you spose Julie
have DONE You can't nevaire tink, an 1t
make me feel shame for him. To tole you
de way he's been bring disgrace on top my
head.
DE odder day I'll go on Pete Fontaine's
saloon to see de boys. What you think I'll
find dare-hexcuse me while I'll drop some
tear.
MY wife Julie was STAN up by de bar
wild segar in hees mouth and schooner beer
on hees han. When Julie was see me come
cen he says Pete come have something on
me; what you'll took, ole boss. Well, my
dear Chauvin, when I'll seen dat I'll feel
so shame I'll try to crawl trough de knot
hole on top de floor. l can't move an I
can't say something. den Julie he say:
whats de matter, Pete. Dis de first
time l been see you refuse to took some
thing. faint hevery day your wife hax
you to took a drink wild him. Come, took
something. Am going to put some red
paint on de town tonite. by gosh! Whoop!
I can lick every son Of gun cen Wood
Vile wild one han tie on my back. Am de
stuff, you bet. Have nudder one on me,
boys. Am got de long green to pay for eet'
All de bum on Woodville was cen de sa :
loon IN dey was all drink wild Julie. Den
pot Charlie for chew. an he'll bite big
piece tobac' from plug. den he'll sit down
by card table an commence to shuttle de
card. and he'll ak for Joe Shonway to play
game stud poker wild him.
Am fen SO shame for Julie hain't know
what to do, but I can't help hadmire de
way he'll handle dem cards. Sometam he II
hole four aces; sometam five. By gosh, Joe
walk up de bar an cali for de drinks.
She'll took cocktail an light fresh segar
Den he'll put his arm round ole John Te-
bo's neck an discuss polite, an talk on de
silvaire question.
"Bimeby I'll go up to Julie an I'll ak her
to come home Wild me. an what you s'pose
she say: Course will. Pete. I'm got kline
lonesome for you sometam, so fought I'll
gone to de saloon an got quaint wild you.
when we got HON de baby was black on
hees face wild cry so much. an de dinner
dishes haint wash.
Den when I'm sure nobody see me I'll
to be ashamed in yourself. What for you
do all dat. Am notion to broke your back,
an fore nudder day is dawn on top dis
house I'll get divorce
when women ees down so low like dat
she haint got no respec' for himself tees
tam to dissolve partnairship an quit bust
ness.
Am draw myself hup. an look JUS like
mad an terrible as can. But Julie hahn
got scare one bit. He say: Pete faint no
worser for woman to, so son top saloon an
smoke an drink an play card dan for
mans to done dat, an APP Nike to tole you
on Pete Fontaine's saloon I'll go dere too
Well. when Julie hanswer me like dat 1
can't say something. He look like he mean
been got such crazy, notions on top hees
head. But Julie hain't been dare since, an
am been 'fraid to goi,daFe myself Some
tam when am think about eet am t'tnk
Juhe Struck de male on tap de head. What