4< Can you tell me whore Mr Schwackelhammer, the preacher, lives ?" inquired a stranger of an old German settler in one of the Western States. " Yaw," suid he, " you shust valk de road up to de greek, and durn de priteh over de shtream. Den you go on dill you gum to a road mit voods around a school-house ; put you don't take dat road. Veil, den you go on dill you meet a pig parn, shingled mit shtraw. l)en you durn de road around de field, and go on dill you gum to a pig red house all speckled over mid vife, and de garret up-stairs. Veil, dat is my pivder Hans' house. Den you turn dat house »round de parn, and you see a road dat goes up into de voods. Den you don't take dat road, too. Den you go right straight on, and de first house you meet is a haystack, and do next is a ha-rack. Veil, he don't lit' dare. Den jou will get furder, and you sec a house on do lull al>out a mile, and'go in dcroand ax de old woman, and she will tell you pedder as I can."
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Volume II, Issue 64, 9 December 1863, Page 6
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