Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1901 — A Wasted Effort. [ARTICLE]

A Wasted Effort.

A gentleman wsio was traveling reoently near Chester, Pa., came across a farmer, whom be took to be a Quaker and determined to please him Jay talking to him In the Quaker dialect. As he told the atory afterward, this is how he succeeded: “ ‘How do thee do, sir? Is—that Is—are thee meditating?’ If he was delighted he controlled his emotidn admirably. All he did was to gape and inquire: ’Hey?’ “*Tlie fields, the birds, the flowers.’ I pleasantly pursued, ’are enough to bring thou dreams—l mean dreams to ..thou.’ “He was looking at me now, and critically. I felt that niy syntax had been very Idiotic instead of idiomatic; so, wiping the sweat from uiy brow and hat, I eyed him calmly and observed: ‘Those cows, are they thy’s—or thee’s—that is, thou’s—durn it, I mean thine’s?’ “It was very unfortunate. He crawled down from the fence, nibbled at a plug of tobacco, and as be ambled away muttered Indignantly: ’Go to Bedlam! I’m a farmer, but, thank heaven. I’m not a loonntlc.’ ’’—New Y’ork Tribune.