Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1891 — Josh Billing’s Philosophy. [ARTICLE]

Josh Billing’s Philosophy.

New York WeeklyTrew generosity konsist in giving! what yu kan afford to those who deserve it. \ Mi yung friend, look out for the men who shut up one eye, and talk to yu with the other. t .... Happiness seems to consist in—* nothing. Health wiir "bring* fnunny, but? munny won’t bring health. j We may gro wizer az we gro* older, but we never gro better. j Thare iz this difference between) honesty and honor—honesty support?, 1 a man's karacter, honor supports his reputashun. i When hope dies in a man he iz az dark inside az an old tin lanter whose kandel has gone out. A fop iz a konseited ass, impudent and brainless. . _ . Idleness is one of sin’s brothers, aud both are the devil’s children. Death iz the only sure cure for laziness, apd it takes a good deal ov that. I hav been hunting for the last seven years tew find out when mankind were comparatively virteuo’is, and i find that it was just after the* flood. 1 I think a mand should hav a lee tie vinegar in his disposishun, ju3t enough to keep the flies off. A phool iz like a hornet; he iz jist az liko tew sttng a friend az a pho.