Balladeer’s Blog continues its examination of the many facets of Fool Killer lore. FOR PART ONE, INCLUDING THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN THE 1850s, CLICK HERE.
PART 70 – Some of the Fool Killer’s targets on both sides of the aisle in the April 1914 edition of James Larkin Pearson’s version of the folk figure:
*** Politicians who wanted to invade Mexico because of the continuing chaos there, stating it was being considered just to protect the property of American millionaires in Mexico.
*** Civilian Jingoists who talked tough about invading Mexico, claiming that if war actually did break out those same people would try to avoid military service.
*** The scamming Marriage Brokers of the time period.
*** People who opposed North Carolina’s law prohibiting alcohol. Despite Pearson’s usual pro-liberty stances, he and his Fool Killer supported bans on alcohol and tobacco.
*** The Pope, for decreeing that suddenly the wearing of scapulars with images of the Virgin Mary were no longer necessary for women given current changes in fashion.
*** An unnamed North Carolina preacher whose sermons consisted of praising the Confederate Army in the Civil War instead of addressing religious matters. In a throwback to the original 1800s Fool Killer created by Charles Napoleon Bonaparte Evans, the Fool Killer stopped his wanderings to take in a mass at the nearest church and overheard this bizarre sermon.
*** People who still openly wore holsters with guns in them out in public.
SOME OF THE FOOL KILLER’S PITHIER REMARKS THIS TIME AROUND:
“The slowest way to become a millionaire is to work for the money.”
“A slop-barrel is cleaner than a gossip’s mouth.”
“The kids of this country would not be so mean if they had better daddies and mammies.”
Overall, a pretty slow and colorless month for the Fool Killer.
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