_I know not what the Windbeisser girls with and without Grecian Bend think of me,_ (aber ich weiss) _but I know what I think of them--but will 'anyhow' not tell it to you._ ¶ 19. 'Nau' hab ich im sinn noch eé˛mool[62] tsu prowiirǝ, sobál ich n 'tschænss' ausfinn, un wann m'r s aa dann net glikt, geb ich s uf un wærd ǝn altǝr 'bætschǝlǝr.'[63] _I now have in mind_ (zu probîren) _to try yet_ (einmal) _once, as soon as I find out a 'chance,' and if it also prospers not then with me, I will give it up and be an old 'bachelor.'_ § 2. _Wii kummt ǝs?_ ¶ 1. Ich lees eiǝr tseitung 'reglǝr' alli woch, un weil ich alsfart so fiil nei-ichkeit'n drin lees, do bin ich schun oft (ǝft) uf dii 'nosch'n' [gekommen] kummǝ iir [müsset] misst allǝs wissǝ. HOW COMES IT? _I read_ (euer) _your journal 'regular' every week, and as I constantly read so many novelties in it,_ (da _then_) _have I indeed often come to the 'notion' you must know everything._ ¶ 2. Wann _=epper=_ sich ufhengt, ǝdǝr heiǝrt, ǝdǝr _=eppǝs=_ schteelt, ǝdǝr gærn ǝn guuti 'affis' hätt, ǝdǝr in dii 'tscheel' kummt, ǝdǝr sich n fing-er apschneidt, ǝdǝr sei˛ 'plats' f'rkaaft, ǝdǝr n hinkl schteelt, ǝdǝr 'guuf'rniir´' wærrǝ will, ǝdǝr im 'gǝttǝr' kfunnǝ wært, ǝdǝr seini tseitung net betsaalt, dann kann m'r sich druf f'rlassǝn, dass ǝs in dii tseitung kummt. _If_ (Swiss _epper_, masc. of G. etwas,) _anyone hangs himself, or marries, or steals_ (G. etwas) _anything, or would like to have a good 'office,' or gets into 'jail,' or cuts himself a finger off, or sells his 'place'_ (or _farm_), _or steals a chicken, or wishes to become 'governor,' or is_ [gefunden] _found in the 'gutter,' or does not pay for his journal, then one can depend upon it that it gets into the newspaper._ ¶ 3. Ich bin ǝn altǝr bauǝr un f'rschtee net fiil, un weil iir alles tsu wissǝ scheint, doo will ich eich ǝmoól ǝn paar sachǝ frooghǝ, dii ich gærn wissǝ deet. _I am an old farmer and do not understand much, and as you seem to understand everything, I will here ask you once several things, which I would like to know._ ¶ 4. Wii kummt ǝs, dass dii jung-i bauǝrǝbuuwǝ graad brillǝn un schtǝk traaghǝ missǝ, wann sii in dii 'kallitsch' [geschickt werden] kschikt wærrǝ? Ich hab als gemeent ich wollt mei˛ 'Sæm' aa in dii 'kallitsch' schikǝ, aawǝr wann dii leit graad schlechti aaghǝ kriighǝ un laam wærrǝ, dann behalt ich mei˛ 'Sæm' liiwǝr dǝheem un lærn iin selwǝr als oowǝts. _How comes it, that the young farmer-boys must immediately carry spectacles and_ (stöcke) _sticks when they are sent to 'college'? I have hitherto thought I would send my 'Sam' to 'college,' but if people immediately get bad eyes and become lame, I will rather keep him at home and teach him myself of evenings._