The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
FRENCH CANADIAN DIALECT.
Not q Literary Invention, but ii
Real Thing This Time.

Not u Literary Invention, but the
Zeal Thing This Time.
The curious dialect of the French
Canadian, who twists the personal
prQnoun and refers to the female as
The" and a male as ''she," Is as famil-
lar to men ON the lakes as the towns
along the Detroit and st. Clair rivers,
where the odd characters of lumber
woods fame are to be found In great
numbers. Capt. Frank Welcome Of
Buffalo, who was first officer on the
big passenger steamer North West last
season, recently received a letter from
Peter La Champaign, who lives in AL
cOnac, Mich, and who, writing as he
talks, brings out the distinguishing
traits Of the French-Canadian charac-
ter. The letter, just us it was written,
is printed herewith:
Algonac Feb 81 1895
Capt Welcome Dear Sur I hope you
be axuse me fe / go write on you cos !
liant got much quaint on you but de
rasen what | rite on you for is dis you
no l got won wimens and l so ax you
IL you can give him a job to go COOK
on your bote l mete Paul Socia de cd
der day and she tole me you was gone
to sale big bote dis sumner and she say
to me like dat you rite to Capt. Wei
come she live on buflo and you Ak his
fl es got his cook and fl he hant got 1t
/ bet you tomushrat she give 1t a job
Well / told Paul i so rite OH you an
liant got much educasllun but sam tam
/ can rite on you wat / want. Now
Coptin dis wimen wat / got heis a
good wan he bin cook on de lumber
God tire fore fiv year IN al dem vans
in de lumber wood she say he Is a
good wan an he hant belong on no
unu Paul she say dat is good wan on
his favor and she say / kin go on de
bote to an ack lik deck han on sam
time. now Coptin / go AK you nudder
fave you no / got fore chilren n of
it is a girl an he a help his mudder
a good dels dis girl wot ! got he got
terchene old on de mex wan she got
hate old an de third wan he go fore
old den / got wan he got no old toll he
just come las mite, but wen he git
more old like do oder vans we car
help de old man to
now Coptin de favor wat / go ak on
you is dis kin / fetch all my family on
de bote fl | kin / got chanc to rent my
plas o julie Paquet she tole me fl !
60 on de bote an take al of it mich
me she go give me hate doler a mont
for my plas an julie shes homes man
you no som nan wen you trus her
cars los for you but ant so an julie.
now Coptin I hope you gone Civ me
that al den favor wat / ak on you. I
no yool be glad wen we al git on de
bote. Now coptin / liant ak you wat
you gon e pay cos Paul she toll me wen
we hant belong on nc unun we kin
hax III we lik so / gon trus on you for
dat.
by gosh i was come mere freget son
ting i mete by brudder law dis morn
ing and she say to me you 60 rite o
Coptin Welcome and i say yes and she
say to me to ax you fl you will Civ him
job to go hengineer on yoor bote may
be you liant got no quaint on him wei
l kin toll you she was good a she
ben run trash mashen for tree yer an
she liant kill no body yet. all de mans
on Algnack talk good on her IN tole
me TO tel you she liant belong to no
unun to now captin fl you want TAX
my brudder law for henginer you kin
rite on him dis way
Constant Pardee
Swan Creek
Michigan Stat
she will git it quick cos she go on de
pos Office evry day cos al dem clerk in
the pos Office on Swan Greek 10 her
now captin / go ak you agin to give
me al dem favor wat / AK on you and
fl o do | kin com an sine contrak
for de nj of it. we'll / tink l go stop
rite is time to go to bid it ten o'clock
an dat little boy wat com las mite she
crying an | mus go to look on her we
sen al u regard on you an hope yoor
family is vel good mite writ SO quick
as you cant to
PETR La CHAMPAGNE.
Alganac, Michigan Stat.
-Cheboygan (Mich.) News.