Show i dil fil stasel tt I 1 t r ye defined aSel M A 31 31 r 71 r doubtless there aze are many mahy in the world whose experience in the field of politics has been similar to that of honest wilhelm von swell zel ZI as it appears in the following colloquy hline mine aline neighbor wilhelm vot you tink link of bol boi itice hez aard asked peter von slug slum of his neighbor neighbors von Sw eitzel the twell twelfth th ward black blacksmith a mith one evening as he seated himself beside him in a bier Bler bierhaus haus 2 1 I binks much said Sw eitzel giving his bis pipe a long iong whiff whit vell ivell veil vot you tink sPy 1 I comes to der conclusion dat politics is von big fool y ahl exclaimed pete after taking a draught from his bis mug how you make him dat veil veil vell mine min frien efrien idill I 1 fili till you replied plied piled met let aei ael after a few whiffs and a drink 1 I comes to dish blace ten years last evening by der dutch almanac mit nut mine blacksmith black shop I 1 builds fine hue little hous I 1 pools up mine bellers I 1 make mine fire I 1 beats mine iron I 1 strikes mit mine hammer I 1 get a alenty of work in and I 1 makes mine 2 dat ish goot remarked pete at the same time demanding that the drained mugs be filled 1 I say that I 1 made such friends continued wilhelm re lighting his pipe der people all say von Sw eitzel bees a goot man he blows in der morning he strikes in der night and he mind his bis besnes bis nes so dey spra syra kento to me many times ti in es and it makes me feel much good here lapping clapping his breast yaw yaw dat ish gooter 1 remarked petey peter pete who was an attentive listener vell veli veil vell it goes along dat way tree year tree treel let me see von year I 1 make tree hoon boon dred der next tree hoon boon dred an fifty der next dive rive hoon dred dat make five yeen eer veil vell I 1 bees here five beer when old rike pike lilke alike der watchman who bees such a bad man comes to me and bay say a 1 Sw eitzel eitze vot make you verk so hard siro sero to make I 1 delphim dell deil him 11 1 I dells you how to make him quick eras dat he desay bay say I 1 ask him how bow an den he e tells me to go into politics and get big office I 1 laugh at him ven he tells me dat shake der lawyer vat makes such burty speeches about Fa derland bes aboin to run for congress and dat shake der lawyer dells him to dell deil me if I 1 would go among der beedles and dell them to vote wit him all der while he would put me into von big office where I 1 makes twenty tousand collars a year 2 twenty tousand mine goti exclaimed pete thunderstruck yaw twenty tousand fell by I 1 stop the st an angies goes to mine friens ariens an all der harmene vote for shake an shake bes elected to congress here dlyn Alyn heer von Sw eitzel zel zei stopped took a long draught of beer and fixing his eyes on the floor puffed his pipe as if in deep thought vell veli veil ivell mine neighbor said pete after waiting a due length of time for him to resume vat you do den he hey bey veil ivell isk mike blike der Z swellhead swell head watch mans for de office an he dells me toe I 1 gets him de next year I 1 waits till after der next krout making time an den I 1 say again mike nike ven vill shake give me dat twenty tousand tolla toila r office in two tivo years sure lie be say if you work for der barty veil vell I 1 stops a blowin mit mine bellers agin an I 1 blow two years for tor der barty mib mik mine mout 1 two year mit yer mout asked pete in as astonishment bonish honish ment yaw two year den again I 1 go to mike der swellhead swell head bead watch mans an dell him der twenty tousand about an he dells me ia in one more year I 1 gets him sure I 1 dinks he fools me yet I 1 blow for der barty an year an den vat you dinks dinks dinka vy you gets him twenty tousand 1 gets him himl py nii Mi keder kever swell head watch mans dells me I 1 bes one big fool an dat I 1 might go to der bad place an eat sour krout he tells tills you dalp dat yaw sure as rny ray name bes yon von Sw eitzel eM after clafter you do der blowin mit your mout for der barty yaw 91 9 1 mine got vat you do den P mine neighbors boral 1 I makes a fire in mine blacksmith black shop I 1 blow my own bellers again I 1 heats mine own iron and strikes mit mine own hammer I 1 say te mine self wilhelm von Sw eitzel eltze boli boll bics bes a humbug and bes a big mer ervon von wilhelm von Swe Sw eitzel itzell do your own ewing blowing an let do ders 11 neighbor pete thought he had come to a wise conclusion and after wishing b all sorts aorta of bad luck to politicians that class of men whose patriotism and integrity lie in their pocket they ordered their mugs to be again refilled and changed the topic of conversation |