Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1872 — Some of Josh Billings’ Sayings. [ARTICLE]

Some of Josh Billings’ Sayings.

Ik wo could see the sekret motives that prompt even the good ackshuns ov men, we should see more tew reprove than admire. ' * The specimens ov calm- resignashun tew their fate that I hev met with thus -Tar hav been among thoze who had an iukum ov 40 thousand dollars a year, less government tax. Diogenes and Seneca were two az great philosophers az the world haz ever'produced; one lived in u tuh, and the other in a palace. <f 'ye* Most ov the happiness in this world konsists in possessing what--others kaut git. fl Take all the phopls and the good luk out of this world, and it would bother menns ov us tew git a living. I alwus git nay boots made hi lhe Shumaker that other shumakers praze. - Here iz .just what’s the matter—if vou shut yurself up folks will run after yu, and if yu run after folks they will shut them seifs up. . ■ It iz a safe kalkulasliun that the more praze a man iz willing to lake, the less he deserves. • ' Thure iz blit phew people in this world underrated. Honesty Iz the only ariatokrasy that i an hfliiest man iz alwus-. a well-bred man and a gentleman The more wrinkles i kan see in a man’s face the better i like it, provided a smile lays in each one ov the gutter*. Vie are all ov us willing tow divide our sorrows among our nahors, but pur plezeurei we are more stingy with. Sftgei wd pbools we the oily -two

kinds ov people that the world kan afford ,tew hav liv in solitude. If a man was kompletely vlftewous, i doubt whether he would be happy here, he would be so lonesum. It dont require mutch talent tew glv good advice, but tew follow it duz. Altho the mule iz looked upon az a stupid kritter, he makes sum most brilliant hits. N Hope is a thoughtless jade—she often cheats us, but she has no malice. God mikes opportunitys, but man must hunt for them. Invenshun and judgement are seldum found together. Ambishun tew shine in everything iz a sure way tew put a man’s kandel all out. A grate brag iz either a phool or a coward, and probably he iz both. Az long az we are lucky we attribit it tew our smartness ; our bad luck we giv the gods credit for. Thare iz one person in this world that every boddy kan tell yu all about, and that iz the next dooV nabor. “ I kno lots ov people who always think at least 3 times before they speak once, and then never say enny thing worth listening to.— New York Weekly.