The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-02
AMERICAN "HUMoRD
Fairfield, Fla, MarcA 30, 1909.

tice an editorial, to-wit: MT FAIR
banks is slated as United States am
bassador to the Court of st. James
It is thought that he will coalesce
very we'll and become popular, as Re
has no more sense of humor than the
ordinary English people"
It is refreshing to ordinary En-
glish people" and others to read such
items of interest prOpOunded LOT
mental absorption by Suasive publish
ers. who themselves -" So thorough
" humorous that from the dawn OF
maturity to the end of time they can
hermit themselves and their readers
to he surfeited with "humor,' to the
end that the humorists and the vic
Tins are content to accept the STU
alton and permit themselves to be
permanently "humOred,' jostled and
juggled by the traditional joker OF
suaviloQuy.
1t has long been known to English
men that our great and glorious gov
eminent is fraught with "humor, =
and permit us to add that no small
amount of levity is INDUCED in-not
only by the ordinary English peo-
ple,' but by French, German and 9TH
er nations-at the prodigious amount
of "humor" we Americans are capa-
bic Of swallowing.
Everything is humOr, humorous or
humored in this, our immaculate CD
country Of free speech and free press,
i e., where the perpetratOr of "hu-
NOR" is concerned.
To illustrate: When a chivalrous
knight of the road demands your
wealth, and gets it, we call him a
highway robber. Doubtless the Chiv-
alrous knight smiles at our hebete in
congruity, because we fail to perceive
the "humor" in the act.
When a bank accepts our deposit
and in less than twenty-fOur hours de-
liberately closes its doors to the pub
lie we are apt to apply myriad and
various appellatiOns mot proper to
PRINT to said banker. Invariably
the banker becomes Indignantly as
tonished at our hebetude in not see
ing the "humOr" in the transaction
We have but recently closed q
strenuous campaign. We had candi
dates in abundance, and, as usual
every mothers son of them was / ore
anxious than the other fellow to re
dress the wrongs of an afflicted con
stituency.
"Amen!" say the people; and, pres
to. the aspiring and fortunate are
elected, from congressman to consta
bic.
Notwithstanding the much mooteC
question of economy, etc, our con
gress is diligently and deliberately in
flicting upon its constituency a more
fresh and bountiful supply of Thu
NOR" which ordinary Englishmen'
do see, and We, the humored and new
er-tO-be cajoled - American citizen
will see later on.
Magnifciently great is ''humor,
"humOr." "humor," ad infinitum-ot
the good old American brand. The
trouble with our "humor" is that il
is branded wrong. but just so long as
the sOvereigns of this country are
willing 90 to be controlled by self
appointed humOrists just so long viii
1.-THE said "humCr" continue to be the
inevitable and huge hoax for laughter
in all nations, ordinary English PEG
pile" included.
It was an ordinary Englishman'
who said that if the American people
did not make an alteration in theil
AFFAIRS American affairs would remain
as they are. The gentleman was dis
GUESSING the "jobers" in American pol
itiCs. Ii is evident our American al
fairs will remain as they are, since
the beauty rose of congress, who
with the assistance Of twenty-five,
democrats. mas cut off $50 other con
gressiOnal buds so that the aforesai,
beauty rose might bloom and over
shadow the expressed wish of $4,000
GOO Of people-and therein lies noun
tains of good old American "humor
When we read of silent speeches
in the leave to print" precedent. a
INDUCED in by our modern Calhouns
Websters and Patrick Henrys, am
dream of tho galaxy of human being
who in their effort. eIoQuence an,
devoted patriotism exhibited sufi
cienr stamina to secure to themselve
' an increase in salary to the tune O
- s25U0.. together. with other enlOlU
menrs and perQUisites. we are col
strained to the belief that there is as