The funny man’s jokes are at best only jests, sumtimes he reaches tew the dignity ov a poor pun, and hiz vanity then absorbs all hiz humor.
It iz an awful thing tew be a funny man, it iz almost az dredful az the counterfiting bizzness.
Thare iz no stattue aginst joking, but thare ought tew be, not that I think a good joke iz criminal, but they are so scarce, they are suspicious. I am the last man who wants tew see enny real wit leave this world, for i think genuine wit, iz az good az religion.
THE HONEST MAN.
Honest men are skarse, and are a going tew be skarser.
Thare grate scarsity iz what makes them valuable.
If every boddy waz honest, the supply would ruin the demand.
Honesty iz like money, a man haz tew work hard tew git it, and then work harder tew keep it.
Adam waz the fust honest man we hav enny ackount ov, and hiz honesty want ov mutch ackount.
You couldn’t put yure finger on Adam, for in the garden ov Eden, when he waz wanted, he couldn’t be found.