Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-12
SLABTOWN'S "CORCUS.u
Linguistic Phenomenon Tells of stirring
scenes and Incidents.

scenes aud Incidents.
Mr.. C. w. Scarf hands us the following
interesting communication, dated at
Shutdown:
MIR Editur.-zc good peoples ov
Shutdown vas hold corcus las week for
talk about ze lection ov onicair. Dees
ben no tawn hall cen Shutdown unit re
deacon ov &c Baptiste church not LAX for
talk polite cen re church. Wesley Bour-
gett vot KEEP re groceri store Offer hees hail
upstar for hold re Corcus. But Wesley
cut mighty leod,e ice cen Shutdown, SO re
comitee aceep envitation ov Mikol Doolan
for hold re Corcus cen hees haus. Mike
she ben many much respected cen Slab
town coz sh got money cen re bank unit
keep goot schnaps cen re back room.
Ze menz OF Shutdown mos all com tn
corcus for tn vote. he saloon vas--No No!
re store vas fun ov peoples unit ven Pere
LaRoque vas come cen she no can fine
chair for set lawn.
SO. Mikcl Doolan vas very kline tn roll
out emty bier keg cen back room for 20
ole man III set dawn. Plenty menz look
roun INT ask Vas re keg loadcd?" No
eet vas emty. by Joe dat vas tn bat.
Henry Boree vot runs saw mill up
hunger mountain, she say she be re chair
man of re meeting unit she strike re table
tn tams init hees jack nife for tn give
attention. Mr. Boree says cot vas very
emportant III get re bes menz for &c town
ofcair, unit everybody SEE, you bet
Napoleon Sardou vot got 40 aker up
Smiths Corners, she now stan hup an seq:
She lax ii for tn be road Commissioned tn
MAX re goot road. She ben u big tax payer
fur sex year cen 10 town unit never vos
got some Office get. Some o1der menz
back by re store she LAX 1t much tn for tn
be re road Commissionalre unit she talk it
pCoty loud, but re chairman get up unit
say; we must have less order" init re
mans shut.
Jules Parue she max motion dot 20
secretair pass ze hat unit fine who vas re
bcs man. re chairman she to, Paul Au-
revoir tn 20 roun unit colec re vote so
Paul take 2e hat unit pass roun. Ven Mr.
Borec re chairman ov ze corcus count re
vote shc ben ledle suprizc. Dcre vos
twenty-scX vote for Napoleon Sardou unit
one for Louie Pardue.
Den re chairman she count 70 menz in
&c room unit she count but twenty-one.
Does vos little peculiar unit re chairman
say Get vos delkat point tn spek on but
som gentlemenz in 70 haus mus hay forget
unit voted IN TAM but re sense of ze meet
ing vas In favor of Napoleon Sardou any
how, Ven Louie Iardue hear re las call
she tink hoes name vas dennis unit she go
1t out unit slam &c door.
som leed.e oXcitiment vas observe cen
re back part of re store ven Peter LcCroix
spak it out how Napoleon Sardou hev
pfomiS him contrac for boss of re road
ven she voat fur heem. SUPERVISOR, and
sax odder menz hall say she promis him
boss. Ne chairman hev nav got blood cen
hees eye un she tell AIeeshr Lexow in
max some examinations right away, but
Napoleon vas gon outside mighty queeck
Ole man Bouree she stan hup un say dot
Napoleon vas very smart MANI, she do Get
Jus lax big menz in re Congress.
Ne mex ting was Tax Collector unit re
chairmans say how &c honess mans war
re bcs fur that bznez, must have honess
MANI. She say hees don't want II, she mus
be excuse She dond got tam fur re blznez
out mus nav honess MANI. Bouree she
sect dawn she say haw she's ben cen re
haus of hees frens she never kick on dot.
you know. Eet vas mighty st!ll ven she
sat dawn. Eet vas so quiet, menz could
near some gum drops After short tam re
chairmans say tn Mike. Doo!an hev hees
got some water or Something's for re menz
VIE re recess war on? und Mike she say:
Vel l hope so. come out and try en- Re
menz hall go 1t out but re chairman
She stay in re chair. She fraid odder
menz get 1t ven she go hof. Me wait long
tam fur menz tn com back but Pere La
Rogue say dat war big fun In back room.
Mos han re menz were so tire zey go II
nome ana Henri Bouree she been gon sleep
in re chair. Me hear bout order corcus
mex week for tax collector ind oder biznez
unit eef you lax tn know re luckcy menz
wot git &c nomination Ask me
ANTWINE STEDDY,