Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1920 — Peanut Pietro [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Peanut Pietro

by KATEM GRIER

INO TELLA everytlng een da paper where I go, but mosta time I tella eef feela good or leetle on da bum. Other day I do somating never before een my life, so I feegure ees alia right eef putta een da paper. I gotta frlen een da country and J go veeslt hees house. He aska me eef I Ilka rida horse. I say, “I no care, I try once anyway.” Only ting I ever ride was goat een da lodge seexa years ago ahd da streeta car every day. My frlen putta somating on da horse for place where I seet down qnd we go for ride. But I no Ilka dat way for go some place. Ees alia right when dat horse walk, but when da son-of-a-gun maka hurry ees too moocha bump. When dat horse runa leetle bit ees Jusa like gotta puncture alia four feet end runna flat. He make more bump one meenute as my fleever een seexa mont Een front where I seet ees somating stick up. I feegure ees just like steer wheel for tella wheech way wanta go. But mebbe ees broke, I dunno. Dat horse go jusa any way suita hees self. He getta scared and turns corner two wheels one time. 1 feegure he ees go other way and me and dat horse getta deevorce. One meenute I am seet on heees back and next meenute on da ground. I come home een da fleever and nd say somating weeth anybody. Ino care ver mooch wot ees happen only every time seence I getta on streeta car I flnda plenta seat for flrsta time een seexa mont. Mebbe some people tink I am craze, I dunno, but jusa between you and me and no for spreada round, I no feel var mooch Ilka seet down. Wot you tink?