Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1891 — Too Long to Wait. [ARTICLE]

Too Long to Wait.

A German peasant family had made all their arrangements to emigrate to the United States. The day before the family was to take its departure, the eldest son, Hans, who was an enormous eater, intimated that he did not care to go West.” “Has some village maiden beguiled thee to remain behind?” asked the father. “Nothing of the kind.” “Why, then, deest thou not wish to go with us?” “I have been talking with the schoolmaster, and ” “Well, what did he say?” “He says that when it is 12 o’clock with us here in Germany that ” “That what?” “When it is 12 o'clock here with us that in America it is 9 o’clock in the evening. ” “Well?” “I don’t want to go to a place where 1 have to wait that long for my dinner.” And the poor fellow completely broke down at the mere thought of it.