New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1900-06-09
EDUCATIONAL.
THE CONVERSAZZHYONY.

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Reading by Charles J. Carstens, Graduate New
iberia High School, Glass of 1900.
What conversazzhyonies wuz | really di(
For that, you must remember, wnZ power
full spell ago;
The camp wuz new md noisy, md only
mOdrit sized,
So fashionable sossiety wuz hardly crys
tallized.
There had MT been no grand events tt
interest the men,
But lynchin or a inquest, or a jackpot
now an then.
The wimmin- folks wuz mighty scarce, fo1
wimmin', ez a rool,
Don't go to Colorado much, excep' fol
for teachin' school,
An bein' scarce an clipper and pretty
(like as not),
The bachelors perpose, md air accepted or
the spot.
Now Sorry Tom wuz owner Nv the Gosh all
Hemlock mine,
The wich allowed his better half to dress
ALFRED fine
For Sorry Tom wuz mighty proud NV her
an she Nv him,
Though she wuz short an tacky, an he wuz
tall an slim,
An she wuz edjicated, an Sorry Tom wuz
not,
Yet, for her sake, he'd whack up every
cussid cent he'd got
Waal, jest by way NV celebratin' matri-
monial joys,
She thought She d give conversazzhyony
to the boys
A peert an likely lady, md ez full Nv cute
ND NV etiquettish notions ez fyste is full
NV fleas.
Three-fngered Hoover kind NV kicked, an
said they might be burned
SO fur ez any conversazzhyony wuz con-
cerned
He'd come to Red Moss Mountain to tunnel
for the ore,
An not to 60 to parties, quite another
kind Nv bore
But, bein' he wuz candidate for marshal
NV the camp,
l rayther had the upper holts in arguin'
with the scamp;
SEE l, "Three-fngered Hoover, can't ye
see it is yer game
To 60 for all the votes ye kin an collar uy
the same r.
The wich perceivin', Hoover sez, "Waal
eff must, mast;
So III frequent that conversazzhyony. ef
bust!' :.
Three-fingered Hoover wuz trump E.
fine man wuz he
Ez ever caused an inquest OF blossomed on
atree!-
A big, broad man, whose face bespoke a
honest heart Within
With bunch NV yaller whiskers apper-
tainin' to his chin,
Nd fierce mustache turnt up SO fur that
both his ears wuz hid,
Like the picture that you always see in the
"Life Nv Cap'n Kidd"
His hair wuz long an wavy an fine ez
S0uthdOwn fleece
Oh, it shone an smelt like Eden when he
slicked it down with grease
I'll bet there wuz MT anywhere man, all
round, ez fine
Ez wuz Three-ingered Hoover in the spring
NV 80!
The conversazzhyony wuz notable affair,
The bong tong deckolett md en- regaly bein'
there;
The ranch where Sorry Tom hung out wuz
fitted up immense
The Denver papers called it "palashal
residence"
There wuz mountain pines an fern an
flowers a-hangin' on the walls.
An cheers an hoss-hair sofies wuz a.
settin' in the halls;
An there wuz heaps NV pictures NV folks
that lived down East,
Sech ez poets an perfessers, last, but not
the least,
Wuz chrome NV old Eremont,-w liked
that best, you bet,
For there's lots nv us old miners that is
votin' for him yet
When Sorry Tom received the gang per-
litely at the door,
He said that keerds would be allowed upon
the second floor;
And then he asked us would we like drop
NV ody wee.
Connivin' at his meanin', we responded
promptly, "Wee."
A conversazzhyony is . thing where people
speak
The langwidge in the which they air par
tickulerly weak:
II see," sez Sorry Tom, s'you grasp what
that ERE lingo MEANS"
"You bet yer boots" sez Hoover; eve
lived at Moo Orleens,
An, though aint no Frenchie, nor kin
unto the same,
kin party VOC, an git there, too, like Eli,
toot lee name -
As speakin' French wuz not my forte,-
not even oovry poo,-
l stuck to keerds ez played by them ex did
not party VOC,
An bein' how that poker wux my most
perAcient game,
/ p0neyed up for 20 blues an set into the
same
Three fingered Hoover stayed behind an
parlyvood 80 well
That al the kramey delly krame allowed he
wuz the belle.
The other candidate for marshal did mt
have 4 show
For, while Three fingered Hoover parlyed
ex they said, tray bow,
Bill Goslin did MT know enough NV French
to git along,
ND reckon that he had what folks might
call movy tong.
From Denver they had freighted up real
piannyfort
w the warty-leg and pearl-around-the
keys-an' -6vver sort,
An, later in the evenin', Perfesser We're
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