Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1895 — He Spoke Italian. [ARTICLE]

He Spoke Italian.

Blankwood's Mag»zlae. There was a sportsman who, when he missed his bird, and he always missed it, was given to .uttering an Italian oath. As this was when he fired, his loader had acquired the same habit. The man was a bur|y North countryman, with a decided Yorkshire burr, and not at all the man you would expect to be au Italian scholar. It became quite a stock joke to induce any stranger to say to say to the loader: “I understand you talk Italian.” “Oh, yes, sir,” replied the Yorkshiretnan, and immediately fired off a string of Italian oaths strong enough to make your hair stand on end, .