The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-12-13

| pound might not cost one dollar, but
| let this be as it may, | proudly en-
| tered on my first American shopping
| expedition.
| | stepped into the store and adj
dressed the grocer thus: Good morn
| ing, sir; how do you do?" This was
the first sentence | had translated
while taking my English lessons. The
grocer seemed at first nonplussed by
my unusual politeness, but after re-
covering, answered, quite we'll.
Now, my little fellow, what can | do
| for you?" Il want for eiteen (1S)
cents coffee" mo, no, you don't"
he corrected; you mean ateen. ooh,
no." | contradicted, Il mean eitecn.
| | learned English in Germany.
citeen." "Well, never mind, l know
what you mean But as | was not
sure that he did I showed him two
shilling piece (25 cents) and told him
he must pay cents back, which
| proved the example.
| | was sorry to find that the acute
edges of my contrary nature had not
been rounded by the rolling, grind
ing Atlantic.
| took my coffee and Z cents
change on board and told father that
the people could not speak as good
English as we had learned in Ger
many. The grocer attempted to cor
rect me by saying eiteen was ateen,
but | did not agree with him, nor
would / stand corrected.
why" my father said, "he was
right and you wrong. You ought not
to dispute the pronunciation of the
English language with native born
because you took a few lessons in
Germany
in New York.
After few days we left and ar
rived in New York, at that time quite
city, but since then grown to inn
mense proportions.
My brother and | considered our
selves pretty good marble players and
therefore awaited and sought an OPP
portunty to show our mettle, which
soon presented itself. We entered
the game with the boys, and it did
not take long before we had them
all broke. How they pleaded with us
not a c1D m
could be continued. We held a consul
tation and reached the conclusion,
as we had all they possessed, and in
no event could gain any more, it
would be foolish financiering; and
so refused point blank the loan.
Now they called us hoggish Dutch
men, and in other ways showed
threatening attitude, which we did
not care to see carried out, so, put
ting our hands on our bulged pock-
cts, in bee line we scampered for
our boarding house.
never knew, most likely as the Ger
man proverb says, "Leicht geWonnen,
list leicht Zeronnen." Translated,
Easy won is easier gone We re-
NAMED in New York about a week
then left by steamer on the Hudson
for Albany, from there by rail to
Buffalo, and then boarded the large
side-wheel steamer Globe for Milwau-
kee.
Journey to Milwaukee.
On the steamer our family occu-
pied adjoining staterooms. My father,
appreciating the benefits of the first
table for his commands, tipped the
porter. who, before ringing for meals,
would come to our doors with mutiled
gun, that is, his bell concealed under
his cOattaiI, after which we would
rush to the front and take posses
sion of the field before the enemy
arrived.
The trick for a time worked all
right, till others detected it and be-
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managed not to be crowded out.
What a delicious, royal table
chicken, mutton, steak, white bread,
cake; oh, my, and apple pie. all the
things which on the Adele we only
had a smell of we could now con
sumo midst the most daintiest sur
roundings.
Only in one case were we disap
pointed. After having tasted every
thing on the table We observed q
new dish. 1t looked so tempting
with its golden hue; my sister and |
dashed for it. Say, this must be
nice; we tasted only a mouthful,
which more than satisfied us. 1t
was corn cake, which afterwards we
learned to relish.
A few days out of Buffalo the
steamer broke its main shaft, owing
to which we were detained in Detroit
for over week, which we enjoyed.
One day while my sister and | saun-
tered around the city the children
pelted us with Indian corn, which in
Germany was a rarity, costing l cent
per kernel Why, this is about real
ling the German saying, There the
fried ducks will fly into your mouth.
We picked up all these costly kernels,