Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1889 — Josh Billings’ Philosophy. [ARTICLE]

Josh Billings’ Philosophy.

Silence iz one ov the hardest kind ov arguments tew refute. Lies are like a bad penny—sure tew return to their owner. Nobody but a phool will spend hiz time trieing tew convince a phool. Mi friend haz got hiz phailings, and that iz one thing that makes me like him so mutch. Civilizashun haz made justiss one ov the luxurys, for which we hav tew pay the highest price. Competihun iz a g .od thing, even amungbrutes; two dogs on a farm make both dogs more watchful.