The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-05
The Proverbs of Josh.

There IL only one thing that kan beat
truth, and that is he who alwus speaks it..
1t IL hard wurk at fust sight tew see the
wisdum ov rattle snake bite, but thare IL
thousands ov folks who never think ov their
sins until they are bit hi Il rattle snake.
Thare IL CRATE deal ov humin natur in Il
krab. If you don't pick them up in the
right way yu will diskover it.
think now, if j had all the muny that II
du me, would invest it in 4 saw-lnill, and
then "let her rip
Take the humbugg out of this world,
and YOU wont hav much left tew do biZZi-
ness with
When we say KS such man haz bowels
ov mercy" do we mean tcw be understood
That he IL II light eater!
Faith and curiosity are the gin cocktails
Oy suckcesS.
Advertising il scd tew be a certain means
of Suckcess; some folks are so impressed
with this truth that it sticks out oy their
tombStun.
There IL this difference between ignorance
and error ignorance is stone blind, and
error Is ncar-siGhtcd: ignorance stands still
and error only moves TO run agin post.
Economy IL savings bank, into which
men drop pennyS and git dollars in return.
There IL one thing yu kant put out, and
that IL yure conscience; yu may smother 1t +,
but. like 4 coal-pt, it kontainS the charrcd
remains.
The two richest men now living in Ame-
rika, that know Ov. IL the one who haZ got
the most money, and the other who wants
the least !; and the last one IL the happicSt ov
the two.
Ceremony izt the necessity ov phoolS; good
breeding is the luxury ov the wise.
Tcw be agreeable IL simply tcw he easily
pleased if this IL so. how easy and pleasant
it IL tew he agreeable.
lie whom the good praizc and the wicked
hate ought tcw be satisfied with his reputa-
Shun.
1t has been asccrtaincd by a learned pro-
lessor in Yale College that the wicked Wulk
- per cent. harder 10 git TO hell than the
religious do to reach lleaVcn-what waste
of time and musccl!
Tharc is mcnny who won't know any
thing but what they can proyc--thiS akountS
for the little they know. Most people hcv
found out >umhow that they "kant serve
God and Mammon too, and so they serve
mammon.
EXcentrictyS. most of them. are mere
vanity; Danish the CNccntrick man into Il
wilderness, and he soon bckumS rs natral
az tudstool. A pure heart il like look
ng-glaSS; il keeps no sckrctS and diSpenSeS
no tlattcry.
4 cheerful old man or old woman IL like
the sunny side of Il wood-Shcd in the last OF
winter.
Avaricc liz like II graveyard, it takes all
that il kan git, and it gives nothing back.
Paint humming bird sucking honey
from a flower, and yu have got very good
pictur ov love trieing tew liv upon buty.,
The best investment kno oV IL charity
w gt yllre principal back Immediately, and
draw Il dividend every time yu think OF 1t.
Everything on this earth is bought and
sold except air and water, and they would
lie liza kind Creator had not made the sup
ply tcw crate for the demand.
A coed book IL like good law.
Politeness looks well to me in every man
except an undertaken.
Familiarity breeds kOntcmpt.' This
only applies tew men, not to hot buck
wheat SlapkakcS, well buttercd and SuSared
4 mans rcputashun IL something like his
coat thare IL certain kemicals that vii
take the stains and greaZe spots out of it,
but it alwuz haZ Il Second-handed kind ov t;
look, and generally smells strong ov tho
kemikalS.
We are happy in this world just in pro,
porshun IL we make others happy-l Stano
ieddy TO bet 90 dollars Oh this saying.
PolitencSs is the science OF Citing down
on your knees before folks without gittln4
your pants dirty.
The mizcr and glutton, two facetiou'
huzzards-one hides his store, and the other
stores his hide.
Credit is like chastity they both ov Ell
kan stand tcmptashun better than they Kan
suspicion.