Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1884 — Punishment After Death. [ARTICLE]

Punishment After Death.

Yon tay my tog vas gif me much many troubles. He vas a beadifql Scotch darrier, nnd he darried trroundfc der house all der tay long. He vas bite me mine leg, mit dwo place off und I dink dot tog got ter hydra wlicks, und I dink it vas l»e>ser ofer I gif him some death, und schmaek him of der jaw, nnd such tings; so I dook him of my hack garten oud, und makes a chain got round his neck, und I ties him loose by a leedle hickory valtmt tree. Dhen I got me a club shriek, nnd I yoost makes dot tog’s he ail go by dot sthick so long vat I could sthand. Pooty gwiek dot tog va3 go died; shrill dot vas make nottings out. I pound him for more as an liour long. Pooty gwick a man comes of mo nnd he Bays: “Mr. Pretzel, how is der reason dot.yon make dot tog troubles; dond you see he vas dead.”— Carl Pretzel