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Das Alt &hal-Haas au der Krick.
BY LEN. E. HADDAVOIT, D. D
Heft islits exactly zwanzig Yohr,
Das kb bin Owa naus;
Nau bin Ich widder lewig i rick,
Un' stell' am Schul-haus an der Krick,
Yusht taekst an's atty's Ilaus.
Ich bin in hundert liaeuser g'west,
Von marbel, Stein un' Brack;
Un' alles was Ich hab geseh,
Det Ich verschwappa any day,
Fuer's Schul-haus an der Krick.
Wer mued da home is, un' will fort,
So los ihn minima geh ;
Ich sag ihm awer forna naus,
Es is all Humbug Owa draus,
Un' er werdi solver seh.
kb bin draus rum in alle Eck'
Getravelled high un' low ;
Hab awer noch in kennem Spot,
Uf e'mol so fief Joy gehat,
Wie in dem Schul-haus do.
Wie baemelt mich do alles a'!
Ich step, un' denk, un' guk;
Ur,' was Rh schier vergessa hab,
Ktimuit wider z'rick, wie aus seim Grab,
Un' steht do wie e' Spook!
Des Kt iekle spielt verbei wie's hot,
Wo loh noch g'spielt hab do ;
Vu' tamer sella Hollerbuesch,
Spieila notli de kiene Fisch,
So smart wie long ago.
Der Weiseclf steht nosh an der Tueln . —
Ilucht Schatta ueber's Bach; _
Die Trauberank is a' notch grue'—
Un's Amsel nescht—uk yusht 'mol hi'!
0 was is des en Sach'!
Die Schwalma skiypa ueber's Feld—
Die fedderst is die besot!
Ur. sechst du, dort an, Guebeleck,
En Haas yon stoppla itif von Brock ?
Sel is e' Schwalma Nescht.
Die yunge leia stil r.st now,
Un' schlofa :die sound
Wart bis die Aataariega 11'e ren,
N , .rd Itersekt du awer tf.tos, g. , larti 1,
Von 3fettler all aunt nu
YAHOO; iitteAs nosh Wieffe war
Wo Ich noel: wat• e' 'huh';
Poula suid9r , iptes Ineksp o
For :dies du. do,
Wie am'?
Ich steh. wie Oss:an in semi Thal,
Uri seh his wolta
liewegt mtt Freed un' franerach !
Dfe PlNentxXonnua Wan Ich !ROW--
garischt denim svisolch frteld !
Do bin Ph ganga in die Sand )
Wo Ich noch Ivar gat.s Kie;
Dort 'war der Mes:dite: iu seim Stull' ;
Dort war sei Wip, un dort sei Buhl—
Ich kart's noel' alles seh!
Die langa Desks ring's an der Wand—
Die grosa Schuler d'rum ;
Uf ener Seid die grosa Maed,
Und dort die Buwa—net so blaed— •
Guk wie sie peeps 'rum!
Der Mesehter watch't sie close just now—
Sie gewa besser acht
Dort Seller wo love Letters schreibt,
Un seller wo sei Spoochta treibt,
Uri' Seller Kerl wo
Die grosa ttu' die klena all,
Sin' unner ener Rule;
Un des is yusht der rechte weg ;
Wer Rules verbrecbt tier nemmt sie Schleg,
Oder verlost die Scbul.
linwendig um der Otfa 'rum,
Hocks die klene chaps;
Sie studya all gar hart, you see,
Un' wer net lernt sei A, B. C,
Sei (bra kriega happs.
S'is hart zu hocka uf so Benk,—
Die Fues net uf em Floor;
En plancher kriekt en weber Rued:,
In sellout Schub-haus an der Krick,
Uri' theta about right sere!
Die arma Drep! dort hocka sic
In misery !—yttscht denk!
Es is ke' wunner—nom my Wort—
Das sie so wenig lerna dort
Uf sella hocha Benk.
Mit all da Drawbacks anyhow,
Wars dock e' first-rate Sand;
Du finscht kc' Meshter so—geh such—
Der cyphent kan durch's ganza Buch,
Skipt ke' elan/ Rde.
Does war er! ya, des tuns Ich k'steh;
Wwipt hot er all around :
“ar kreislich gate Rules observed,
Un werleg kriekt hot, hot's desarved
Completely, I'll be bound.
Wan's Dinner war, an Schul war arts,
Nord hot nir gut gefuelt;
Deel hen der balla Game gechoost,
Deel hen such in der race amused,
Un deel lien Solger
Die grossa Maid hen ausgekert—
Die Buwa naus gesteebt!
Zu helfa, hen a deel pretend,-.1
Der Meschter hot sie naus gesend! •
Die Rules lien's net erleht.
Die Mena Maed hen Ring gespielt,
LT sellem Wasse da ;
Wanu plisse Maed sin' in der Ring--
'6 is dock e' wommervollas Ding!—
Sin' grosa Buwa a'!
Die grosa hen, ale grosa 'taggt—
Die Klena all vernnsst!
Vie sin' sie g' spranga, ab uf,
Wer g'wonna hot—yerles dieli druf—
Hot tuechtiglich gekisst!
Azu Christag wa' die reehte zed—
() wan Ich yuseht d'ra' denk!
LANCASTER, FRIDAY, JULY 3,1868.
Der 7.\fe%eliter hen mir Haas gespel rt,
De Tiiehr and Fenster vest gebarrt,—
•• Nan, MesaAer, e' liesrtlen4!k!
Nord Lot er michtily brobii t,
Mit force zu komma n-i;
tnir er Lot gekl(qt—
Schreiwes mina Lars gestopt,
- Van's seinsiat dan kanslit di, rel."
Nau hot der Mesehter rans gtlarm—
Gar Kreislich sheepish 'glikt !
Appel un' Kesbta, un' noch meh,
S•war yusht a went in fact recht schoe
Mir hen's mit Lusehta sluckt!
0 wu sin' now die Schuler an,
Wo hawa do gelernt
A deel sin' welt awek gereest,
By fortune of un' ab gecheest,—
- Heel hot der Tod gePrrit! •
Mei Hertz schwellt mit Gedanka uf,
Isis leb sebier gar verstiek !
Konnt beula's dut mir uau so leed—
tin' dock' gebt ink die groesehte Freed,
Des Sehul-haus an der Krick!
Good bye! alt Sebul-haws—echo Kreischt
Good bye! Good bye! zurueek ;
0 Schul-haus! Sebul-haus; mus leb geb?
Un' du stehst nord do alle' aleh—
Du Sebul-haus an der Mick!
borcht ihr Leut wo nach mir lebt,
ettcli novil des Stick :
Ids Ll'll inch. arch Kelt (!tpeltt aelit
Uti nenant forever gra enacht.
loes Schul-haws an t:er E"!ick.
A TALE OF WESTERN LIFE
One day, in early winter, my husband
received a summons to Burke's settle
ment, to unite a couple in the bonds of
wedlock. It was especially requested
that his wife should accompany him, as
he would be expected to remain over
night Ai partake of the festivities.
It was twenty miles to the settlement.,
and we arrived au the log house of. Mr.
Burke aboue noon.. A dozen tow-haired
children were at the door,. awaiting our
arrival. They telegraphed the news in
stamitiv.
"•Afili to, nir.rm 1 1141e4 , the elder and
his woman. The.'re ',nothing but folks !
She's got a man's hat on, and a turkey's
wing in front of it; his nose is just like
dad's—as crooked as a cow horn squash."
Alas for Mr. Morrison's aquiline nose,
of which he was very vain.
" Sam!" cried a shrill female voice
from the interior of the cabin, " run out
and grab the rooster, and I'll clap him
into the pot. Sal, you quit that churn
and sweep the floor. Kick that dodger
under the bed. Bill, you wipe the tal
low out of that chair, for the minister's
wife, and be spry about it."
Further remarks were cut short by our
entrance.
Mrs. Burke, in a calico short gown,
blue petticoat and bare feet, came for
ward wiping her face on her apron.
" How d'ye do, elder ? How d'ye do
marm ? Must excuse my head—ain't had
no chance to comb it since last week.
Work must be did, you know. Powerful
sharp air, hain't it ? Shoo, there ! Bill,
drive that turkey out of the bread trough.
Sal, take lady's thing. Set right up to
the fire, marm. Han's cold ? . Well, Just
run 'em in Bill's hair—we keep it long a
purpose."
Bill presented his shaggy head, but I
declined with an involuntary shudder.
"Laws, if she ain't actually shivering !"
cried Mrs. Burke. " Bring in some more
wood. Here, warm, take this hot corn
dodger into yer lap—it's as good as a
soap stone."
A. fearful squall announced the execu
tion of the rooster, and shortly after he
was bouncing about in a four quart ket
tle, hung over the fire. Sal returned to
her churn, but the extraordinary visitors
must have made her careless, for she up
set the concern, and butter and butter
milk went swimming over the floor.
" Grab the ladle, and help dip it up,
Bill," cried Mrs. Burke. " Take keer,
don'tut that snarl of hair in. Strange
how folks will be so nasty Dick, do
you keep your feet out of the butter
milk ; it wont be fit for the pigs when the
butter is gathered. Drive that hen out ;
she's picked up a pound of butter already.
There, Sal, do try and churn a little more
keerful. If you are going to be spliced
to-rnorrer, you needn't run crazy about
it."
" I advise you to dry up !" remarked
the bride elect, thumping away at the
churn.
By the time I had got fairly wariiied,
dinner was ready, and you may be sure I
did not injure myself by over-eating.
Night came on early, and after a so
cial chat about the event of the morrow,
I signified my desire to retire.
Sal lighted a pine knot, and began
climbing a ladder in one corner of the
room. I hesitated.
" Come on," cried she, don't be
afraid. Sam and Bill and Dick, and all
the rest of ye, duck yer heads while the
elder's wife goes up. Look out for the
loose boards, marm ; and mind or you will
smash your brains out against that beam.
Take care of that hole where the chim
ney comes thro."
Her warning came too late. I caught
my foot on the end of a board, stumbled
and fell headlong through what appeared
to be interminable space, but it was only
The Minister's Wife.
to the room I had just left. while I was "Ta Dike 211.76 at radio'
saved from dcstruetion I.y MA , w 1 ;(' Iv', Ar t ,
aught me in his arms, and set me on my th
feet, remarking cooly :
" What made you come down that way''
We generally use the ladder."
I was duly commisserated, and at h-: w
got to bed. The less said about that the pd
better. Bill arid Dick and four other
slept in the same room with us, and made
the air vocal with their snoring. I fell an
asleep and dreamed I was just being shot p t ,
from a Columbiad, and was awakened -
Mr. Morrison, who informed me :t \N-s
morning. A,
The marriage was to take phVe before of
breakfast, and Sally was already clad in
her bridal robes when I descended the '
ladder. warding before blin
She was magnificent in a green calico, I "• -
over a crinoline full four inches longer
than the rest of her apparel, a white
apron witia.eed.attaitags, blue stockings, a
yellow neck-ribbon, and white cotton
gloves. Fier reddish hair was fastened in
a pug behind, and well adorned with the
tail feathers of the defunct rooster before
mentioned. When it was announced
that Lem. Lord, the groom, was coming.
Sally sprang behind a coverlet, which had
been hun g across one corner of the room
to conceal sundry pots and kettles, and
refused to come forth. Mr. Lord lifted
one corner of the curtain and peeped in,
but quickly retreated with a stew pan, a
few sharp words from Sally advising him j oung tau, utterance,
to mind his own business. was really the representative of the gen-
Lemuel was dressed in blue, with bright eration to which he belongs. God has so
buttons. The entire suit had been made decreed it, that...the father is the highest
for his grandfather on a similar occasion. authority in the worldto his child. Who
His hair was well dressed with tallow, does not know that "My father said so,"
and his huge feet encased in skin pump. I is the end of all controversy with the lit-
Very soon the company began to tie ones around us? Who does not see
gather, and the room was well filled. the parent's tone, and gait, and manners,
"Now, elder," cried the bridegroom, reproduced continually in the children
" drive ahead. I want it done up nice : whose nature is now " soft as wax to re-
I'm able to pay for the job; do 'you hear? ceive an impression, and rigid as marble
Come Father _Burke, trot out • your gal!" to retain it;'and who watch with a quick
But Sally refused to be trotted. She imitating cye,,those who to them are
g .
would be married where she was or not God's viceerentsr
at all. We .argued n d coa.Yed, but she Would that we could impress upon the
was firm ; and it was finally a coticluded to lathers and mothers of this country the
let her have her own way. ,* soletnia *t, that tila, 4044.04 rt , e r of
k v4 4 11#"fr 4 e l llThl etAlg44oll44t 4i hem.
Mr. Morrison stood, the happii That it they are trained up in the way
joined hands trirotigh a coverlet, and the '
they should go, when they are old they
ceremony proceeded. Just as Jr. Mor- •
wL not depart from But that, 1,1 . they
rison was asking Lemuel, " Will you
become vain; sensual and degraded, the
have this woman, ' etc., down came the
seeds . will have been deposited, and the
coverlet, enveloping bridegroom and pas- basis given in the early morning of their
tor, and filled the house with dust. Dick
had been up in the loft and cut the strings
which held it. Mr. Morrison crawled out
looking rather sheepish, and Sally was ,
obliged to be married openly. To the
momentous question, Lemuel responded :
"To be sure what else did I conic- re
for?" and Sally replied : Yaas. ycu
must know."
"Salute your bride," said my
when all was over.
" I'm ready to do anything, (Aar,"
said Lemuel, " but skin me I know
about that, sir. Just show me how, and
I'll do it it it kills me."
My husband drew back norvouly, ')ut
Sally advanced, threw her arms around
his neck, and gave him a kiss that made
the very windows chatter.
"1 vum if I don't do ditto :" cried
Lemuel; and hastily taking a large bite
from a piece of maple sugar he drew
from his pocket, he made a dash at me,
smashed my collar, broke my watelnruard
into a dozen pieces tore my hair down,
and SUCee*AletUl/411.1atillg a kiss on my
nose, greatly to the delight of the con:-
pany.
"'Now, elder, what is the damage
Don't be afraid to speak."
"Whatever you please," said
Morrison.
Lemuel produced a piece of fur.
" There, elder," said he, " there's a
musk-rat's skin ; and out in the shed is
two heads of cabbage, and your wehouie
to the hull of it."
My husband bowed his thanks, the
young people went to dancing, Mr ,, .
Burke went to getting breakfast, and at
my earnest request, Mr. Morrison
g ot our
horse and I bade them adieu. I never
could have lived through another meal
in that house.
I have since heard that Mr. Lord said
if he had seen the elder's wife before she
was married, Sally might have gone
the dickens.
Alas, it might have been !
Grant mut the Clergy.
The Chaplain of Grant's regiment re
lates the following incident : When at
home he generally attended the Metho
dist Episcopal Church. White Colonel
of the Twenty-first Regiment, he gave
every encouragement and facility for se
curing a prompt and uniform observance
of religious services, and was generally
found in the audience listening to pr ea,
in
shortly after I came into the regiment,
our mess were one day taking their usual
seats around the dinner table, when he
remarked :
Chaplain, when I was at home, and min
isters were stopping at my house, I always in
vited them to ask a blessing at the table ; I s:ip
pose a Messing is as much needed here as at
home: and if it is agreeable with your views, I
should be glad to have yea ask tlesting every
time we s:t down to eat."
A New Paper.
We publish the following prospectus as
decidedly rich :
I propose to start a religious paper on
the gift enterprise plan. It will be de
voted to sanc.iity and sewing machines,
piely, politics and patent mediclnes.
for one ;.opy of the Church
Cancer will be presented with a box of
pe:roleum paste blacking. This id a vet y
superior article, it will blad.; boots or
stoves, and may be used as a hair dye.
(See testimony from leading clergymen,
statesmetriton&boetblacks.)
Subscribers for two copies will receive
a box of sardines.
Subscribers for ten copies will be pre
sented with a pair of iron-and spectacles,
with glass eyes, warranted to. suit any
age as well as another.
Subscribers: for twcntv-live cokies will
receive a tilting hoop skirt and et Marble
bureau with a mahogany top.
Subscribers for five hundred copies - will
receive a nomination for Congreslwith
lihrary consisting of a bottle and a pack
4 4f cards.
Subscribers rel. "thousand ,i.ovies will
be presented with a farm in NeW Jersey,
fenced in and mortgaged.
Clergymen acting as agents for the
Cancer will be presented with one pair
of brass knuckles and an acre of court
plaster.
What Party Does the Retrenching ?
Our Democratic opponents are con
stantly ,rying out for retrench lent and
relbrm, but when it is proposed practi
cally to enter on the performance.of such
work - , the Democracy are missing when
1116 r votes are needed. It is conceded
that ?Iv! alTitirl; or the national adminis
tration are conducted entirclyunderthe in
spiration of Democratic influence. Every
Department, but that of War, is con
trolled by the Democracy. The moment
the war ended, Congress began to cut,
down public expense , :, while General
Grant lost no time in mustering out large
bodies of men. The last Congress so re
trenched as to be able to reduce taxation
120,060,000. This fact is never allowed
to see the light of day in any of our Dem
ocratic cotemporaries. Another singular
fact is aim*, the present Congress has re
duced the estimates for appropriations to
carry on all the Departments of the Gov
ernment. The sum asked by the State
Department has been materially reduced ;
the Secretary of the Navy was compelled
to reduce his estimates S2o,ollo—the op
erations of the Treasury Department
have been so curtailed by Congress as t,
save $52.000,000. These are facts, prac
tical evidence of the disposition of a
Republican Congress to retrench, but to
such facts the Democracy never allude.
NO. 5.
Takes."
ik ?" asked
lo for the
.ether to a,
lat, to say,
tld not be
~cr's exam-
ther's ear,
dlity of his
he said,
Lid before,
and then?
:he history
Lee promis
, had been
—.. up in solemn
Should His hope
-- -faced, 110-
a curse as
.ong drink
!, earnest
work such
lad safe?
thoughts
, in a mo
" If the
;o blame ;"
with emo
those who
, I'll take
his, strong
,hat man's