The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-05-30
Some Remarks Oh Mem,
ny Josh BILLINGS.

TmE SUSPICIOUS MAN Suspicion. ii little of
it, is most as good as wisdom, but it is one Of
them kind OF diseases that Men are not to haze
small |: Is like the measleSf they have it,
they have il ali over
a suspicious man is most always cunning
man and cunning man is generally II rogue
Mat the happiness of Il suspicious man CON
s!sts III never could tell. 1t il certainly not
in friendship, for he is afraid to trust his own
brother; it cannot be in conversation, for he
believes evry man lies nor in affection, for he
looks upon the artlessuess, even of children, as
the germs o! fraud.
ii II man is born with this trait, it is always
the stoutest one he has got, and about the only
one ; Tor suspicious are like sheep sorrell IL vine
gray weed, that runs every generous plant out
Of the soil.
fla man learns to be suspicious, it only
proves that he has been to bad schools, where
not much of anything else was taught
Nobody but fool would lay aside all caution
to undertake to go through this world like IA
lamb iriskng his tail {; but nobody but II rogue
would learn any more suspicion than he was
actually obliged to.
TIE VASE MAN.-Wisdom is Il six-horse
team, with careful driver on the box. Yea
a wise man is an iron-rlad elephant chewing his
cud.
But this world is full of wisdom that never
comes out OF its hole; that always roosts on the
top limbs Of tree and hoots at the waytarng
men, but cannot show him out of the wilder
ness.
These kind of wise men are like old guide
boards ut the crotch of the roads with the letter
ing all washed oh--woodcn prophets, worse
than TIE news.
Wisdom is made out of faith and virtue and
truth, seasoned with toll and experience, and
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full as glorious as it is scarce.
But experience, without doubt, is the boss
| school-master of worldly wisdom. lie is the
one who taught Adam and wife their first lesson,
and he has never been out of q job since. His
| school keeps all day Saturday, and Sundays too,
and has but one vacation in it. and that is when
all hands are asleep.
But say what you will, wisdom is rare bird .,
anyhow. There are lots of folks that can show
you the mule that kicked them last, but il takes
one oil your classical scholars one of your
bloUded MisdomerS To point out the mule that
is gowing to kick nest
Bnywisdon. my friends, whenever it is IN
market, Tor she Is harp with 200 strings.
TuE ErFEMiNArE MAS--'ll,e elicininatp man
is Il weak poulliro
lie is Il cross betw ecu root beer and ginger
pop, with the cox left ont of the bottle oyer
| night.
lie ie a fresh water mermaid lost in II COW
pasture, with his hands filled with dandelons
lie is tea-cup full Of whipped silly buh--it
| kitten IN I'anaets--h sick monkey with Il
! blonde mrsIachc.
He is 4 Vine without any tendrils--a fly
drowned in sweet ola paper kite in dead
calm.
He lives like the buttcres--nobudy can tell
! why. He is as harmless as IL cents worth Of
spruce gum and as useless as shirt button
without any button-holG.
! He is at lazy AS bread pill, and has no
more hope than IL last years grass-hoppe,.
lie is il man without any gall, and woman
without any gizzard.
lie goes through life on his tiptoes and dies
like cologne water split on the ground