The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-10-02
FRIDAY MORNING, oCTBR. Q. 1868.
The Josh Billings Papers.
INK BRATs.

INK BRATSs
thank Heaven Cor one thing, that thare
IL not in this wide world human, or inhu-
man being, that would not rather help
than hurt. find this sentiment in mi con-
science, or i wouldn't dare elaine it, and
kno mi own conscience better than emmy
boldly else duz.
Better lend your dimes tew a stranger
than yure affeeshuns, Better lend yure
dollars to emmy boldly than yure dOlOrs.
Silence il venerable; if thare il emmy
thing older than the Creator, it must have
been silence.
The Guty ov gratitude il that beggar
kan be az grateful az prince, and the poa0-
er ov gratitude IL that II thank you"
makes tho beggar equal tew the prince. A
good conscience il the best friend we kan
hav, a bad one the worst, b cause it never
serts Us.
Put not oph till tomorrow what kan be
enjoyed to-day.
Married life il too often like game ov
checkers-the CRATE struggle IL few git in
to the king row.
Fear makes evry thing and evry boldly
masters over us; it il the wust slavery
thare il.
How common it il tew see folks laff Wv
idly, without meaning emmy thing; this i
kali heat lightning.
I say, owe no man; owing il but little
better than stealing.
We are governed more by opinyun than
we are bi conscience; this IL giving up a
noble prerogative, ard playing a very poor
seokond fiddle.
The man who il striktly honest and moth
ing over haint got emmy thing more tew
brag on than pair of stealyards haz. Sum
ov the meanest cusses ever knu had got
tew be so honist, b long praktiss, that tina
could guess at a pound.
If man haint got grit enuf tew stand
the temtasbun ov gin cocktail. how kan
he fight real difficulty when he gifts a
chance?
Anvil plezzures are lawful that don't end
in making US feel sorry.
The man hoo kan be proud in the pres
ence ov kings, humble when he kOmmunes
with himself, sassy tn poverty, and Perlite
to truth, il one ov the bays.
Natur duz all her big and little jobs with
out making emmy furse; the earth goes
round the sun, the moon changes. the sun
eclipses, and the pollywog. silently and
taillessly beoums frog; but man kant even
deliver small 4th ov July orashun with
out knocking down mountain or two, and
tareing up three or four primeval forests bi
the bleeding rutes.
Dutys are privileges.
Liberty il just mixture ov freedom re-
straint and protection.
Advice il like caster lie, eazy enuf tew
give, but dredful uneazy tew.take.
A good conscience IL a fOretaste ov
heaven.
Tbare IL few, if emmy, more suggestive
sights tew philosopher, thau tew lean agin
the side ov the wall and Pertse a clean, fat,
and well disciplined baby, spead out on the
floor, trying tew smash hammer swl tew
pieces with looking glass.
Evry man kan boast oy one admirer.
If you would be successful In correkting
the iniquitys ov the people,. fire at their vi
ces, not at the peepuI; the trew way tew
abuze a druukard IL tew brake hiz Jug.
Life IL a punkIuated paragraph, diseases
are the commas, sickness the semicolons,
and deth the full stop.
No man IL ritch who wants emmy more
than what he hsz got.
Don't give outward appearances awl the
credit, the spirit or a handsum boot IL the
little fut 10 il.
don't beleaf in bad luck beirg sot fur a
man, like trap, but hav known lots ov folks
who. il tharo wuz emmy fust rate bad luck