Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1885 — Original Proverbs. [ARTICLE]

Original Proverbs.

Truth advertised for an original proverb. Many hundred? were sent in. Here are some of the best: A white lie often makes a black story. It’s a poor musician who can’t bio# his own trumpet. He who would eat the egg must first break the shell. Every back has its pack. The man who wisues to continue believing in his friends should never put them to the proof. Hens and ink out of reach avoid many a breach. Look after your wife; never mind yourself—she-’ll look after you The present is the child of the past and the parent of the future. The want of money is the root-of much evil. Egotism is an alphabet with one letter. If you’d know a man’s character, follow him home. Better a line of Bense than a page of nonsense. Men love women; women love a man. The surest road to honor is to deserve it Only whisper scandal and its echo is heard by all. It’s pot the Clock with the loudest tick that goes the best bigba are poor things to fly with. Home is the rainbow of life. Don’t complain of the baker until yon have tasted bis bread. They whlo live in a worry invite death to hurry: - When girls grow fond, the men abscond, etc. What is said to be; the knife of the gnidotine with which Marie Antonette’s head was cut off is now in Mpe. Tussaud’s collection in London His in the form of a collar, or circle of iron, and will weigh twenty five pounds. The collar is cut horizontally, each half containing a knife or blade. When used, the upper half was allowed to fall between two upright standards, .striking the neck, which across the blade of the lower.