The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-10

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Country ana BccOm TN 4" Men ana
BROTHER 10 the PIUuH BIaud.

country ana npcOm tn wen All"
Br0Iher 10 the PiOus ETaud.
This individual isa shrcwd comb
uatlpn f IN ability AID seIlishnets,
The cpecles may be found IN every city
and town. He IL "A town OutgrOwth
generally. The Good Fellow Is friendly
and familiar, confidential and 10
quaclous. The present condition OF
the country weighs heavily upon him
aud the coming municipal election
engages his most serious consideration.
These responsibilities make IL nec's'
sury that lie should spend n good deal
OF his time watching games Of billiards,
standing on the corners I the streets
with his hands in his pockets, on the
lookout for bibulously inclined nc.
quuintances, who may throw out tow
line aud take him into some beer port
hard by. Every night he is down
own; every time on business OF i'm
p0rtance. The number and variety OF
his excuses TO his CredulOuS wife ANA
Nispicinus mother in-law are legion.
rhe Good Fellow never spends al
evening ut home, unless he Is sick or
here IL rain storm. He wouldn't
miss dropping into his Main street
haunts several times during the dizzy
and after dark no, not for wealth
itself.
The Good Fellow Is a tremendous
ward politician. He Is firmly OF the
opinion that he controls the vote
" his ward, and can defeat any
candidate, if he once turns
himself loose. lie has been u
candidate several times himself, and
was once elected to II small Office, ain
Virgluyah befo the Wah, sir" That
small office ruined him. A taste
Of official pap and election whisky
converted jolly dog into Good
Fellow, and when he hears the pack
Of office seekers in full cry, coming,
there isno holding him; he becomes ubi.
quitous, drinky, hard up, and intensely
political. The Good Fellows domestic
mendge 10 run by HIS wife, who is
generally pretty, conhding, Indus
trious, tidy little woman, with plenty
OF little Good Fellows, male and
female, to whom she dev0;es her life
Of hard work, self-denial and the
effort to make both ends meet with
the scanty funds provided 10y her
jovial, popular husband, who spends
az much on himself aud "the boysn
as he does ON his poorly clad, over
worked and under-fed wife and chill.
dren. The Good Fellow Is fond of
speaking Of himself rs "a business
man." although he never saw the In.
side of set of books, or did any Lusi.
ness In his life. He IL u hale fellow
well met with the police; knows the
Christian names of all tho hackmen
and baIkeepers in town, and his main
income IL from jury duty and his aunt
In the States. The Good Fellow is u
steady feeder nt free luaches,
and drinks whenever asked. He
newer gets comp let.ly drunk, al
though he got into the cooler when
u little fuller than usual, and on
that occasion was peculiarly on his
dignity. The Good Fellow says it was
pure malice, ian outrage sir" 10y the
police; but the fact IL, that for once,
he got acknowledgements it was the
inferiority of the free whisky. The
Iood Fellows wardrobe IL of tn,
fashion oflS58. He never was known
10 have on Few suit; collars he has
long since discarded with cravat, as
relics of an eilete aristocracy. His
linen Is generally reeky, and il Inno.
cent OF freshness.
1t must not be supposed from his
shabby clothes that he suffers any
paugs Of pride. Not he He drinks,
smokes and Ia merry down town, AT
home, he IL II bear with II sore head,
and the regret of his life, Is that he
should ever have married, for he re.
cOgnlzes that he IL no more
lit to DO the father Of family,
than he IL to DO pope.
Sometimes the Good Fellows fauds
run low and the short commons his
family have do not agree with his
delicate 81 omach, accustomed to sur.
reptitions from luncn. Jury jobs are
scarce and maybe he will fall III
and die. TIE neigh bors, or some order
come in, bury him, and his wife viii
20 back to her relatives, or II eStrung
cd from them by reason OF having
married u Good Fellow, will take in
sewing, teaches, or starve, until her
pretty face or tidy ways wins some
man who will carry her Off to shed
the light Of her bright eyes In the
home of u good provider
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