The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-08-03
Sollus', Thoughts
~ JOSH BrLLrxe.

The fear NV God il the philosophy ov
religion, the love of God IL the charity
ov religion.
Hope il . hen that lays more eggs
than she can hatch out.
Better leve your child virtue than
muny; but this il o sekret known only
tew . few.
honestly believe it il better tew
know nothing than to know what amt
About the hardest work phellow can
dew il to spark tew gals at once and
preserve = good average.
nickname will outlive eny man or
thing; il like the crook in dogs tail,
you may cut it oph and throw it behind
the barn, but the crook is there yet and
the stump il the epitaH.
If you analize what most men cali
plezure, you will find it composed of
one part humbug and two parts pain.
When you hev got nothing to do, do
it at once; this IL the way to learn TO
be lazy. <s Ss,a<
We have been told that the best way
tew overcome misfortunes il to fight
'em-I have tried both ways and rec
ommend q successful dodge. /.
The art ov becoming ov importance
in the ize Of others. il not tew overrate
ourselves, but tew cause them tew do
it.
The true Way tew understand the
judgments OF heaven is tew submit tew
them.
Method il everything, especially tew
ordinary men; the few men who ken
lift tun at pleasure, have a divine.
right tew take holt Of it to disad-'
vantage.
The mind ov man IL like piece ov
land that tew be useful must be manur-
ed with virtew, and harvested with econ
omy. j
Where religion il trade morality
ia merchandise. 49,,
Conversation should be elivened with
wit, not composed ov it.
The less . man knows the more he.
will guess at; and guessing IL nothing.
more than suspicion.
Going tew law il like skinnin q new
mich COW for tho hide and givin the,
the meat tew the lawyers.
Death to most of us il kind Of fare
we'll benefit'-'positively our last ap-,
pearance.'
Phools are quite often like hornets,
very h;zvy. h.,t what about tho Lord ou-s
ly knows. @
Livin on hope is Twin on wind; good
way to get phull. but poor way to get.
fat.
Jealousy don't pay; the best it kan;
do is tew discover what we don't want
to find, nor don't expect to.
Secrets are q mortgage On friend
ship. I
A vivid imaginashun liz like sun glas-
ses; it makes things at distance look
twice az big az they am.
Hope is draft on futurity, sometimes
honored but generally extended. !,
If the world despizes a hipocrit, what
must they think Of him in heaven.
Flattery is like kolone water, tew be
smelt NV not swallowed.
After all, there don't seem to be but
this difference between the wise men
and the phools; the wise men are all
fuss and sum fethers, while the phools
are all fuss and no feathers
Without friends and without enemies
is the last reliable account we hav Of a |
stray dog. !
Sum folks wander WHARF all the lies |
cum from, but I don't; one good liar
will pizen whole country.
Huntin arter fame liz like buntin feas; |
hard to ketch, and sure tew make you
Uneasy if you do or don't ketch 'em. i!
Meny people spend their time trying
tew find the hole where sin got into the |
world. If two men brake threw the ice
into mill pond, they had better hunt
for some good hole to get out, "a ther
than git into an argument about the hole
they come tew fall in. To-
Imaginashun, too much INDUCED in,
soon is torturd into reality; this is one
way good boss thiefs are made. A man
leans over fence all day, and imagins
he boss in the lot belongs tew him, and
cure enuf1, the first dark mite, the horse
slocs.
II you must chaw tobocker, young
'nan, for Heavens sake chaw old plugg
- it il the nastyest.
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A parishioner inquired of his pastor
che meaning Of this line of Scripture