Jolly men are most alwus good men.
It iz dredful eazy tew mistake spasmodik hilarity for good natur.
I have seen men who were called jolly good fellows who were az treacherous in their joy az a kat iz.
Yu will alwus notiss one thing, when a kat purrs the most, she haz just thought ov sum new kind ov deviltry.
I kno ov no vice in genuine jollity.
When a man iz jolly all over, he iz too happy and kareless tew be vicious.
I hav seen people who could laff long and loud, but thare was no more good nature in it than thare iz grief in a hyena when they imitate the wail of an infant.
’Tis true we kant alwuss tell about theze things, but if we watch a man all summer, and hang around him all winter, when spring cums agin we ought tew be able tew guess whether the laff that iz in him iz the aroma ov hiz good natur, or iz only the aroma ov the hikkups.
THE PEWTER MAN.
The pewter man takes hiz name from the old-fashioned pewter spoon, made out ov cheap material, impossible tew keep bright long, eazy tew take impreshuns from almost enny thing, and no more ring tew it than thare iz tew a bogus haff dollar.