If the facts about them are not humorous, so much the worse for facts. Witness the naming of the hero. He had come out of Western New York to practice law in the Missouri town. One day, hearing a dog bark, be indulges in the Joe-Millerism of wishing he owned half the dog so he might make an end of it. Is , I reckon.
Any body can think different that wants to.
Mr. Wilson stood elected. The incident was told all over town and gravely discussed by everybody. Within a week he had lost his first name. Pudd'nhead took its place. This is humor, as the great editors understand it.