Show THE tim GOOD FELLOW proverbs have been I 1 called the current coin of wisdom iman mong t mankind y and one of these sayings which ha has s been coined in the mint of modern everyday every day society runs as follows ca A go good od fellow means good for nothing I 1 who i is t the he good fel fei fellow felloni loii by observing i r a num her of the individuals who have received thi this label in their daily intercourse we have concluded that he may be characterized as follows ile he is very democratic in his tastes and habits ile ha never refuses to make an acquaintance however unworthy the proposed acquaintance may be ile he is hand and glove giove joke and laugh with loafer and knave equally with those these persons of position who will condescend to accept him in spite of his associations Il he lewill will spend his last cent with a pot com companion of the meanest stamp while his family may lack some ordinary comforts at home Th fridea of allowing a group of his associates to want for anything while he can command a sixpence would be preposterous but to denv deny his chidden somo some little trifle for their amu amuse mott is a matter of economy he ile cant afford it ile he would be a mean fellow to leave his associates before two and three in jile morning coming a straight laced sober sided lio iio homesick mesick ninny but bt to keer a wife waiting 11 up till those hours to rob her of her natural rest is an affair to joke over when the next bottle is uncorked to tb squander hundreds in dissipation among the low and vile is liberal and generous to cheat me triet baker the tailor and the shoemaker out of their hard earnings is simply smart a standing joke with the go gabd fellow in short the good fellow is rendered a nuisance to society by being always generous before he is just always liberal in dissipation and miserly where money is is really wanted always attentive to pot companions to the ne neglect g of his family and finally because his care career ergen generally brally ends b by y hi his is golff going i t to 0 the almshouse to be supported at the pub public 1 ic expense ex |