Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1881 — A Teutonic Argument. [ARTICLE]

A Teutonic Argument.

In the Legislature of Ohio, some years ago, there was a warm dispute whether a certain proposed railroad should commence at a given point down or at a certain other up the river. • * Who ever heard, ” said a down-the-river advocate, “of beginning anything at the top ? Who ever heard of building a chimney from the top downward? Whoever saw a house begun at the top?” Up jumped a Dutch member from an up-the-river county. “ Meester Brezident, de jentlemans zay dat dees beeznes ees all von hoomboog, pecause vee vants to pegeen our. railroat mit de top ov de Shtate, und he make some seely oombarisons apout de houze und de aohimney. I veel also apse de jentlemans yon questions, J3en hflMj bart ov

de Shtate, ven dey pegins to built von veil, do dey pegins mit de bottom ov de veil, or do dey pegins mit de top ov de veil ? Yeel de” gentlemans blees answer me dat leetle von question ? ” The laughter which explosively followed this Teutonic retort showed who, in the opinion of the legislators, had the better of the argument.— Harper’s Magazine.