Salt Lake Herald | 1900-12-27 | Page 2 | He Went Round It

He Went Round Bound It London King Before Bismarck reconstructed the map of Europe and made a united Ger Germany Germany many a dozen little principalities used to annoy travelers by stopping them at their frontiers until they had satisfied the custom house demands A Yankee once had his carriage stopped at the frontier of a petty princes country The Herr Ober at the cus custom torn tom house came forward and much to his indignation was received in a non nonchalant nonchalant way The Yankee was wag ungentlemanly enough not to get out of kit his carriage or even to take off his hat Th Tb Herr Ober sharply demanded the key of the tourists trunks which his subordinate subordinate began handling roughly Here hands off shouted the Yankee I 1 come from the United States o America to be controlled by you l pt it those trunks back Ill not go through you at all Ill turn back Im in no hurry and dont care for losing a day Youre no country Youre only a spot Ill go round you jou Anti And he did