Among the list ov prominent phools, i take the liberty tew introduce the
following:
The “Profeshional Phool,” one who travels for a living.
The “Wag Phool,” one who is a phool on private ackount.
The “Bizzness Phool,” one who either Bulls or Bears everything in the
market.
The “Radikal Phool,” one who kant help it.
The “Conservatiff Phool,” one who kan help it, but wont.
The “Meek Phool,” one who sez he prefers kodphish bawls to porterhous
stakes, or even quales on toast.
The “Hipreshure Phool,” one who, like the hornet, alwus keeps mad in
advance, so az tew be reddy for the ockashun.
The “Silly Phool,” one who thinks the whole civilized world iz in luv
with him.
The “Wise Phool,” one who thinks he knoze all things, and luvs
everyboddy.
And four thousand, 3 hundred and 36 other distinkt kinds ov phools,
which i haint got the pashunce tew elucidate now.
THE PRECISE MAN.
The “Precise Man,” sumtimes parts hiz hare in the middle, And when he
duz, he kounts the hairs on each side ov hiz hed, and splits sum, if it
iz necessary, tew make the thing ded even.
If he iz a marrid man, everything must be jist so--if he iz a bachelor
it must be more so.
He alwus sets a hen on 12 eggs, and haz a grate horror for all odd
numbers.
He gits up at jist sitch a time in the morning, and goes tew bed at jist
sitch a time at night, and would as soon think ov taking a dose ov
striknine for the hikcups az tew kut oph a dogs tale when the moon waz
in the laste quarter.
The precise man haz but phew branes, and they are az well broke az a
setter dog’s, for he seldum makes a false point.
He iz a bundle of fakts and figgers, and iz az handy in the naberhood az
a pair ov platform skales or a reddy rekoner.
He iz invariably an honest man, but often az mutch from pride az from
principle.
He luvs hiz children, if he haz any, and would rather hav them perfekt
in the multiplikashun table than in the Illiad ov Homer.
Hiz wife iz soon broke tew akt and think az he duz, and she iz known fur
and near for the excellence ov her softe sope.
The laste thing he alwus duz Saturday night iz tew grease hiz boots, and
the fust thing Sunday morning iz tew wind up the old wodden klok in the
kitchen.
He iz generally respekted during life, and after he iz ded and gone hiz
children keep his fame fresh by pointing out with pride the korner whare
his kane alwus stood and peg whare his hat alwus hung.
INDIVIDUAL FOLKS.
THE OBTUSE MAN.
The obtuse man iz sawed off square at both ends, and iron bound like a
beetle.
He finds out the hard spot in things by running aginst them, and like
the merino ram, shuts up both eyes when he butts.
It iz az hard tew git an idee into him az it iz tew git a wedge into a
pepperidge log.
He alwus sez “_Yes_” to what he don’t understand, and iz az hard tew
argy out ov a conceit az a dog iz out ov a bone.
He often sets himself up for a wise man, and sumtimes a wit, but i never
knu one tew think he waz a bore.
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