He kan most generally be found at home—when he aint wanted.
He iz a kind ov second lutennant in hiz family, under haff pay, with promiss of promoshun.
He kan beat hiz wife bileing soap, or nussing the baby, and she kan beat him, in the 4th ward, running for perlice constabel.
He iz alwus reddy tew do ennything—when hiz wife iz.
He iz a kind ov spy in the household, and iz treated az such by the whole family. The servants laff at him, and the children dont fear him.
He iz az fierce as an old hen setting on one egg, and just about az dangerous.
Hiz wife marrid him, not out ov love, but out ov pitty; and pitty never changes into respekt, but gennerally into disgust.
The Generous Man.—Generosity iz an instinkt—a kind ov natral crook—a weird child ov the heart.
It iz diffrent from profusion; profusion iz most alwus the decoy duck ov vanity.
Generosity iz diffrent from charity; charity iz the impulse ov reason.