Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1891 — Was Indignant. [ARTICLE]

Was Indignant.

A man wearing a number of badges went into a Chicago saloon, kept by a German, and calling the proprietor, said: “I had come in here to take a drink at your bar, but I have discovered that I should not patronize you ?” “VeU, how vas dot?” “Because, upon looking round after coming in, I see that you have an awning made in imitation of the flag of my country. It is a shame, sir, a miserable shame. I fought for that flag, fought for it while you were doing the work of a slave in an oppressed empire. I stood in trenches knee deep in water, watching for the enemy, while yon occupied a bed of straw in your master’s stable. Now you come to this blessed country where there is no oppression, no slavery, and, with the freedom which we grant you, get money enough to start a saloon; and how do you repay this country for the chance it has given you ? The first thing you do is to take the blessed emblem of the republic and use it for an awning. I say it is a shame, and furthermore, I say that you are an ingrate—a man that has no heart of appreciation.” The German was staggered. “Yy, mien frient, Ino thought me of dot. I don’d waDder brink devlag of de goundry in disgraze.” “But you have done it. Look at that awning.” “Mien frient, let me dell you dot I miend no harm. I hobe you vil.l nod hold id againsd my house. ” “How can I help it ?” “I dell you.. You has somedings mit. xne—boftle wine.” “All right, as you seem to be penitent 11l join you.” When the fellow had gone, the German stood for a time with his elbows on the bar, and then, musing, said: “I do belief dot man has made a fool of vxjaeUS—Arkamaiv Traveler .