Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1886 — Jud Lafagan’s Logic. [ARTICLE]

Jud Lafagan’s Logic.

A long fan doez not aulwatz hide a man’s short creed. . Thp best religion—hplp for the livin, ch&riti for the ded. Justiz iz virtu’s protietin;. mersy tu often lets down the bars: „ Not talkin tu much iz realy one-half ov aul that wisdom conveys. Tu err iz human, but tu aknowledg an erfor does not senieTtfTisr ■ Every day ov life iz but another praktical lesson ov the virtu ov patience. Truth iz ether at the ‘commcnaement, in the midel, or end ov all eloquence. It iz more often what a man mite hav been than what he iz that grinds him. In none ov the other clasics iz tuition so cheap and in the eml ao dear az iu experience. A reputation unable tu prove its qualities ofcly by its pedigre, iz but a tin-horn afair. Courtesy iz often the veneering that covers a shallow mind, but never an ill-bread one. Children may anoy and mortifi ns, yet when gone, who would not gladly welcome the worst over again ? I hav maid up mi mind tu enjoy, old age whether I get a chance tu or pot, and there is comfort in the tliaut. The* best sacrifice maid for ritin .wrongs iz not equal tu the smalest. sacrifice'maid so keep from, duing a wrong. ♦ It don’t require an edukaton tu tell a comon ly, but it taks sunt experienz tu tell one that will skunk the truth. It iz wearin on a man tu get beat in a hors trad and find it out, but not a bad bargain if only the other fello nos it. After aul the Bible iz the only jnst book. It tgkles a saint az well az a siner; a rich man az soon az a poor man; and often sooner. Give me woeruan bnty in the ruf; in its inosense. Natur’s buty, in which the sole from within casts a liallu over the outward lovlines. Yung man, it can aul be summed up in whether you ar willin tu work. Work is a buly good thing. Invest heavily and you are sure tu win. I do not no ov any man who haz got any suces that he iz willin’ tu spare, but I du no plenty ov them who have got more on hand than they use tu advantag. Komon sens iz not tu be spoken ov these daz in the same breth with lemin. With so many “lerned” people in the world, ordinary sens haz tu take a back seat. It doez not seem az tho a man must necesarily mak a fool ov himself tu be hapy afterwards, but it may be that he doz, for most ovthem du, sometime or other. “Brase-up” iz a slang frase, but I lik it; there iz lots ov sole in it; a slap on the sholder with “brase-up, old boy!” haz put new zele intu mani a diskuraged man. —- The exat dait that swearing bekame an imaginary safety valve for man’s feeling I have been unable to diskover, but I hav reazon tu believ that it iz one ov the pionears, and will probably liv to a ripe old age. When a man bekoms so depraved that swearing will not vindicate his manhood, then mortifikaton and subsequent deth iz only a question ov time.— Chicago Ledger.