The Humor of Nathaniel Hawthorne
... but after a slow winter, they come out into the warm sunshine in May or June, and go lazily to do their jobs. Most of them spent a good deal of time sleep in their unusual corners, their chairs tilted back against the wall. If they are awake they annoy each other with sea stories that has been told in thousands times. They are very corrupt, vessels smuggling merchandises under their noses would happen a lot. The author wrote about an aristocratic Inspector, who was appointed to the Custom House. He said that the man was a new contrivance of Mother Nature in the shape of a man, and his age didn’t have anything to do with it, because he wasn’t young. His voice is like the crow of a cock because it strutting out of his lungs. He also looked liked an animal and acted like one, that the author said he should walk on all fours. The Inspector had no power of thought, no depth of feeling, no troublesome sensibilities, only a few common instincts. He also had 3 wives and 20 children, which gave him many burdens. He loved to eat all kinds of meat, which gives him happiness. That's pretty funny. The author also wrote about the Collector of the Custom House, old General Miller. He had ruled over a wild Western territory, and retired after many years. He is a very heroic ...