Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1901 — About Dave Nation’s Divorce. [ARTICLE]

About Dave Nation’s Divorce.

“A Frenchmon” in the Fowler Republican. Frechmon she was be for smoke her pipe one night other week an leetle girl dere she read on newspaper. Pretty soon he say, “Pa, Mr. Nation she got some divorce.” I say, “Wat is the matter wid the hole boy now, anyway? He say, “Mr. Nation she say hole woman no tend to him.” I say, “Dave, hole boy, Frenchmon she sympathize wid you halright. Hole woman she git up in the morning go smash some hell out of tree salune, Dave she git her breakfast herself. When dinner time come, Dave she swear pritty loud when she burn her pettater. Bout tree o’clock cunstubble come in and han Dave some letter. Letter she say, “Dar Daves, I am in pritty d—d bad fix anyway.” Dave she go down an bale hole woman hout. Hafter supper, Dave she say, “Carree I wish you would sow up heel on my sock, pay heel she come hout, people she take me for Dimocrat.” Carree she say, ‘Dav me have no time now for sock, me sock it to the sallunkeeper.” Next morning Dave she get hup hearly to turn some grineslone for Carree. Carree she say she go hup on next town to 6mash some big Hirish sallune keeper. Dave she feed chickens and set hen and gt> for her mails. On the postoffice she git some letter from hardware man; hardware man she say, “hole boy you ho me 15 dollar for hatchett.” Dave say, “D —n the luck anyway.” Frenchmon he tink dis kind of haction be nough to make man go hisanity. Hole man Dave Nation 6he be a quiet man for make no fuse. She like to git hoff in 3ome quiet place hou the country, make butter, sell hegg, go to circus an lose money on shell games, say nothings but saw de woods. Dave she no like hole womans for wear the two leg garment and make some wind speech. Frenchmon she tink Dave be pritty near rights alright, anyway.