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.
Puter men are mighty common here on earth, not only kommon bekauze they
are plenty, but kommon bekauze they don't amount tew mutch.
They ain't exactly phools; if they was, we could deskribe them better.
They are like bass wood punkin seeds, and white oak whetstuns, in a
well-stocked kuntry store, kind ov necessary, tew keep up the
assortment.
They never do enny thing verry good or verry bad, and go thru life a
good deal az a boy goes tew distrikt skool, in green-apple time, jist
bekauze he haz got to.