Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1889 — Josh Billings' Philosophy. [ARTICLE]

Josh Billings' Philosophy.

New York Weekly. Thare iz nothing we are more apt to parade before others than our kares and sorrows, and thare iz nothing the world kares so little about. If you hav enny doubt about the vast amount ov virtue that the last generashun possest, go and studdy the epitaffs in the grave-yards. Take affability, good sense, honesty and good breeding, mix them together, and shake them well, and you hav the ingredients for a gent eman. The good things a man duz are hard to remember, the easy things are dredful easy. The world seems to be governed bi example; thare iz hardly enny one so low down the skale but what he haz hiz imitators. Truth kan stand alone, but a lie haz to lean on sumthing, generally another lie. Thare iz nothing that grows so fast, and reaches maturity so quick, and begins to dekay so soon, az a mushroom. It would be well for sum pholks to think ov this.