Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1890 — Uosh Billings Philosophy. [ARTICLE]

Uosh Billings Philosophy.

Sew York Weeky. Bizzy boddys are like ants; alwus in a grate hurry about nothiug. One grate reason whi every boddy likes the Falls ov Niagara so mutch iz. bekauze no one kan make one like it. Thare iz some hope for a man who iz wicked, but not weak. Debt iz like any other kind ov a trap—ea2y enuff tew git into, but hard enuff to git out ov. Thare is no kind ov flattery so powerful, so subtle, and at the same time so agreeable az deference. Bare necessitys will support life no doubt, so will the works support a watch; but they both want greasin once in a while, just a leetle. Philosophy iz a very good kind ov a teacher, and yu may be able tew live by it, but you kant live on it. Hash will tell you, —-