Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-21
SOllum Thoughts.
by Josh RILLINGS.

The fear of God iE the philosophy ov
religion the lore ov God IL the charity ov
religion.
Hope IL hen that lays more eggs than
she kan hatch out.
Better leave yure child virtew than mo.
ney; but this IL sekret known only tew
few.
l honestly beleave it IL better tew know
nothing than tew know what amt So
About the hardest work phellow kan
do IL tew spark two gals, at once, and
preserve good average.
A nickname will outlive emmy man or
thing; IL like the crook in dogg's taile
you may cut 1t oph, and throw it behind
the barn, but the crook is thare yet, and
the stump IL the epitaph.
If you analize what most men kali plc2.
zure, you will find it composed ov one
part humbugg, and two parts pain.
When you hain't got nothing tew do, do
it at once this IL the way to learn to he
lazy.
We hav bin told that the best way to
overkum misfortunes IL tew fight with
them-I hav tried both ways, and recon-
mend a successful dodge.
The art ov becomeing ov Importance in
the eyes ov others, is not tew overrate our
self, but tew cause them tew do it.
The true way to understand the Judge.
ments ov heaven is to submit to them.
Method IL everything, cspeshily tew or,
dinary men the few men who kan lift u
tun, at pleasure, have divine right to
take holt ov it tew disadvantage.
The mind ov man IL like piece ov land
that, tew be useful, must be manured with
learning, ploughed with energy, sown
with virtew, and harvested with ekonc-
my.
WHARF religion IL a trade, morality IL a
merchandise.
Uonversashun should be enlivened with
wit, not composed ov 1t.
The less a man knows, the more he will
guess at; and guessing is nothing more
than suspicion.
mich COW for the hide and giving the meat
tew the lawyers.
Death, tew most ov us, liz kind OV
farewell benefit, positively our last
appearance"
Phools are quite often like hornets
very bizzy, but about what, the Lord only
knows.
Living on Hope, IL like living on wind
a good way tew get phulli but poor way
tew git phatt.
Jealousy don't pay, the best it kan do
IL tew discover what we Cont want tew
find, nor don't expekt to.
Sekrets are mortgage on friendships
A vivid imaginashun IL like sum glasses
makes things at distant look twice ~
big as they am, and cluss to, twice az small
az they am.
Hope IL draft on futurity, sumtimes
hOnored, but generally extended.
If the world dispizas a hypokrit, what
must they think ov him in Heaven.
Flattery il like KolOne water, tew be
smelt ov, not swallowed.
After all, there don't seem tew be but
this difference between the wise men and
the phools the wise men are all fuss and
sum feathers, while the phoOls are all fuss
and no feathers.
Without friends and without enemys il
the last reliable ackount we hav ov stray
dog
Sum folks wonder WHARF awl the let
cum from, but don't, one good liar will
pizen a whole country.
Hunting after fame IL like hunting fife
fleas, hard tew ketch, and sure tew max,
yu eneazy if yu dew or don't ketch them
MennV people spend their time trieinl
tew find the hole WHARF sin got into thi
world-if two men brake through the icl
into mill pond, they had better hunt fo
sum good hole tew git out, rather than gi
into long argument about the hole they
cum tew fall in.
Imaginashun, tew mulch INDUCED in
soon IL tortured into reality; this IL ont
way that good hoss thiefs are made, MAJ
leans over fence all day, and imagine,
the hoss in the lot belongs tew him, ant
sure enutf, the first dark night, the hos
does.
If you must chew terbacker, young man
for Heavens sake, chaw old plugg, it i
the nastyest.