The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
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GUIDE Yob.
Yens YenSon Writes He Is Guide
Printer Faller, and of
Other Things.

Ay got something Ay tank vot u
hitune peepul kali greevence. U no
vot Ay meen ven u get awful mad.
Vel, Ay is awful mad yust now. Ay
ben in das har plas long time now an
Ay reed use paper every Thursday ven
it kom out. Ay see every odder faller's
nam in das paper but Ay kant never
see may nam in das paper. Ay want
tel Ay ben yust so guide man some
any odder faller in das har plas. Ay
lax see may nam in das har paper vat
skail kali Mirror. Das ben funy nam
vat kali use papper-Da Mirror Das
ferst mite ven Ay kom har das man vat
60 roun Wit das lar shoot-heem-qvick
lamp he kom by may room an say:
"Ver is use Mirror?" Ay say, "he's oop
dar on ca vall,' an he say, "u gif it tew
me, Ay want it," An Ay say, "no, Ay
got only Won an Ay goin use dat" An
he say, "no haf tew gift it to me so Ay
kin tax it tak tew da printing Office"
So Ay say "alrite," an Ay gif heem das
lookin glass. An den he laf lax krasy
man an say, "no, Ay want use paper,
lax das har Won u see." Den Ay get
by Yiminy awful mad ven he Iaf, an
Ay say, gu say u want may lookin glass
All Ay gif u" an he say, "no, Ay ask u
for Da Mirror" an Ay say, ''vel, das is
vat hitune peepul kali lookin glass;"
Ay lax reed use papl er if put may
nam in sometime tew, bekaus see Ay
ben printer-man Won time mayself tew.
U see Ay work in printing office ven
time ven Ay vos small faller all Ay ben
guide setter tew. Ay ben vot kali
devel-printers' devel no. But see
Ay only get Won dollar an skeventy fif
sents for week an Ay tank das ant ben
nuf an Ay tell das forman Ay skall
want NOR money-Ay wont tew dollar
for week anyhow. An das forman he
say, "vell 60 in an ask das boss an
maybe he gif u tew dollar" An Ay go
in rite away an ask heem. Ay say:
"Meester Knutson, Ay lax get more
pay. Das fOrman he say if Ay ask u
maybe u gif me tew dollar week." Den
he get mad an he say: "Tell das for
man tew kom har!" An ven he kom
das boss he say: "Yust look har Lars,
Ay ben raise everybody in das har shop
las year an no want may to raise da
devel tew. Ay kant dew it, das ALL"
An den Ay get awful mad an Ay say:
|E"By Yiminy Yonson if Ay don get
more pay perty qvick Ay goin tew rails
da devel mayself roCn har." Den das
har boss he kick me out an say: "Go
wash dem forms out darw An Ay vos
so mad Ay ant no vat Ay do an drop
von form on das floor an max big pile
vot kali pie. Den das boss he get
mad more, yust for little ting lax dat,
an den bet life he rails da devel al
rite-he rails me tew fee:s in da Wind
den he fire me an not pay me dam sent.
An den Ay get mad mayselt an Qvit an
go home an Ay never kom back no
more. But Ay is guide printer yust
same. Maybe if u got guide yob for
may Ay skall kom work for u, bekaus
u see Ay is guide nusepapper man, an
cen if u lax go out to fish sometime an
maybe lax 60 see prize fite tew, den
u see Ay kan rite use muse an editoor-
yals for u. So u see Ay ben guide man
for hat In use printing office alrite.
Befor Ay qvit das har letter Ay LAX
tell u bout das bar ST Haskell. He's
ben guide faller for rite In das har pap
per alrite. He's funy faller. But das
har odder faller vat u kali Angelcuss,
he is no guide. Ay reed vot he rite but
Ay not no vat he's talk bout, tall. Das
fa1ler he mus be krasy. Ay lax tew
see das faller Won time. lfu got pick
ture of heem Ay wish skall send may
Won so Ay kin see vat he look like. It
is funny das Warden don send heem away
tew Fergis Falls an maybe he will be al
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