| While
the emigrants were passing through the county the
following incident occurred: A large, burly looking
fellow was driving an ox team through the principal
street in Paris. He was attempting to read all the
names of the business men as he passed along, but,
being an uneducated man, he had to spell each name out
slowly and then pronounce it. He came to the name of
Heitz--Dr. Heitz--and began to spell it -H-e-i-t-z,
but before he pronounced the name he exclaimed,
"Dutchman, by G-d! Dr. Heitz happened to be
standing in his office door at the time, and it is
said enjoyed the matter exceedingly. |
