The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-01
Sollum Thoughts.
BY JOSH BILLINGS


The fear of God is the philosophy oV
religion the lo0e ov God is the charity
OY religion.
Hope is a hen that lays more eggs than
she can hatch out.
Better leave your children virtew than
money; but this is sekret known only
teW a few.
Honestly believe it is better tew know
nothing than tew know what amt so.
About the hardest work phellow kan
do is tew spark two gals at once and pre-
serve a good average. hnI
Prudery is one oE virtew's bastards.
a nickname will outlive emmy man or
thing it is like the crook in dogs tail,
you may cut it oph and throw it behind
the barn, but the crook thare yet and the
stump is the epitaph. o ~
If you analize what most men call plez-
zure, you will find it IS composed Nv one
part humbug and two parts pain.
When you haint got nothing to do, do
it at once; this IL the way to learn to be
bizzy.
We hev bin told that the best way to
OVerkum misfortunes is to fight with them
i heV tried both ways and recommend
ed a successful dodge
The true way to understand the judge
ments oV heaven is to submit to them
Method is everything, especially to or
binary men the few men who kan lift a
ltun, at pleasure, hev divine rightFtotake
holt of it to disadvantage earreo
The mind Of man IL like piece of land.
Tew be useful, II must be MANFRED with
learning, ploughed with energy, Lsown
L,
envy. .e .r.f 81 .... .,.. mi
WHARF religion IL trade morality il a.
merchandise
ConYersashun should be enlivened with
wit, not composed of it. ea Hu.i
The less a man knows the more he will
guess at; and guessing IL nothing more
than suspicion. A'.@ 9
Going tew law, iz1ike skinning new
mich COW for it's hide and giving the
meat teW pay the Lawyers. sf. ..
Death, tew most Of US, il kind ovI
"farewel benefit, positively our last APP
pearance dob ael# cory sot
Phools are quite often like hornets, very
bizzy, but about what, the Lord only
knows. ''9
Living on hope izJliving on wind, a.
good way to get phuh, but poor way to
get phatt. r9.5 5ra ura-7 ! aa
: Hope is a draft on futurity,, sumtimes
honored, but generally extended
If the world dispizes hypocrit what
must they think of him in heaven d
y, Flattery is lik Kolone water, tey be
smelt ov, not swallowed ~ N'' -a
After all, there don't seem tew be bat
this difference between the wize men and
the phools; the Wize men are all fuss and
sum feathers, while the phools are all fuss
and no feathers. tx" '...'''
~ Without friends and with enemys IL
the most reliable ackount we hev ov a
stray dog. atf 10 9sYrr9 faa .-s3..
q Men; generally when they whip mule
sWare the mule remembers the sWareing
but forgits the licking aIeaqe
Sum folks wonder WHARF awl lies kun
from, but don't; one good liar will pizen
q whole country.
Hunting after fame il like hunting after
fleas, hard teW ketch, and sure tew make
yu uneasy-if yu dew or don't ketch them
magnesium, too much INDUCED in,
soon is tortured into reality this is one
way that good boss thiefs are made, a
man leans over fence all day. and i'm
AGNES the boss in the lot belongs tew him
and sure enuff the first dark mite the boss
does. #a
.u If you must chaw terbacker, young man,
for Heaven sake chaw old plug it is the
nastyest. ..alf .s.f
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