The loafer iz a thing who iz willing to be dispized for the privilege ov
abusing others. He occupys all grades in sosiety from the judge on the
bench clear down to the ragged kritter who leans aginst the lamp posts,
and fites flies in August. He haz no pride that iz worthy, and no
delikasy that enny boddy kan hurt. During his boyhood he kills kats, and
robs all the hens nests in the naborhood. During hiz middle life he begs
all the tobacco he uses, and drinks all the cheap whiskey he kan at
sumboddy else's expense. During hiz old age he winters in the alms
houses, and summers in the sugar hogsheds, and when he cums to die, he
iz buried in a dich, like an omnibuss horse, with hiz old shuze on. The
loafer cares nothing for publik opinyun, and this alone, will make enny
man a loafer. The loafer rather covets disgrase, and when a man gits az
low down az this, he haz got az low down az he kan git in this world
without digging. We hav no reliable ackount ov the fust loafer, and
probably shant hav ov the last one, but in mi opinyun, they hav existed
just about az long az man haz. If Cain want a loafer, pray what waz he?
_TIT BITS._
Woman hav allwuss been more than a match for man, Adam held the best
kards, but he didn't kno how to play them well.
* * * * *
Thare iz one trait ov the human karakter that the devil himself must
envy, and that iz, the more we hav injured a man, the more we dispize
him.
30 Days. APRIL. 1877.
Q.--Who fust struk ile? @ @ @
A.--Jonah @ @ @
[Illustration]
_Long, lank, lean, and lemon colored.
An orphan, without friends, or place,
A target for every ones brik bat.
The yaller dog runs a dusty race._
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