The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-02
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Lightning Bugs.

4.F Lightning Bugs.
! PlezZures make folks ucqlt0CiIJtc6 vi 9TH
each other but it takes trials and grief
tew make them kll0tU each other. s-ae rr e
1t il a curious fakt that the Hleanest
pashuns Oy our heart are the strongest 4ssgs
when We hay grown old and the -best----
/ ones the weakest. = eaG Ts Wt 5ZHzf
Truth don't require the aid of elegantsF
and high stepping words tew express its -
force or butyy it liz like wafer, tastes
better out oY a wooden bucket than IL = -,
duz out ov q golden goblet. /. 2tOA <i+A q
4 Them folks who are sudden,= =aint apt
shallo.
perience, we lOOze in izest, tharei IL asliss,
real relish in Occasinly being phooled
About the meanest critter tiare IL 'b''
now travelling around lonse, on Ethefe ~
breast breast oy the earth, il a basAfpl hyP9-4 ysu
Solitude iz the idleness ov IiatuF.r.I sc Ass
! sThare IL az much flop in sum oy our e
! poIlyteians, az thare IL in q bukwheat
| slapjack, ON a hot gFiddle. - ssss fsl-. g.
/ AmuzementsY are one aOVs the sHize ts.a-e
j things Ov life, and we should try not 70
i-appear in them more ridikiltts than d
happy. e.. Ar-s s84s - aasasa7r~a -
s,an "A hgme m e 5Rat h filled with conen- a,o
: ts' Cheerful old girls, are the bridesmaids. $50
Ov.sOciety. "a, "a - -,s-,.. O. -. - -...--....
NO man who oAly 'Idvyes himself, kan
/ ever taste eyyl lDeace z.s n8 aaz - 70 90 -
q. "A man who. .haint got. emmy pride. il "a o.,
like dog who haint got emmy strength
I o 1liz tail. Fi ze# z - G@B - 'aiGl lrE So
/ Vanity il the superstition oy=pride.fs ts ~-u
al Pure religion IL like good old hysOn
| tea, 1t cheers but don't intoxikate. e'Sa" a.3
/ often meet in mi travels bigoted +
christians, aYho seem to think they. are. 81
the guardian angels ov al the virtew
in the world, such men would has usgl li.s
think, they are bills sov exchange, .ons~--.-f
the kingdom of heaven, when, in reali-
ty, theya only bogus currency, which e. 80
passes among men, by general consents -f
provided it il decently well executed,
prefer an open, and bras-smounted
william tew soft, tunid, painting hy-s
pokat, who IL az unsafe az sleeping
snake %
Js8e,care 90 the doq ~ also ovi the yaEf
whispering man, and the loud-talkiRg -a
woman.
Piety, like beans, does the best on s1'
A good wife IL a sweet smile from e''''
heaven as ea s-sE-s-a s--1s c- 70 .'-a--7
Angels handle the dice when doub-sss 50
lets are thrown in the cradle. E..
If wuz going tew pick up some
snake, 1 certainly should take holt Ov - -
the further end Ov him, this liz the way -. 81
| handle all ov my subjekts, find
them less guarded thare. - fEEGE=T q ~
A man don't alwuz. grow ize az he -t
grow old, but alwuz grows old az he
grows wiZe. - g.. s-fE7l ssz5s 81 1at-si faE e
The biggist phool in this world haint
blq born yet thare IL plenty ov time 81.
z A petted child IL like asbile that went ra
come tew he'd.
Publik honours in this country, are -sI
quite often like the pecOck' IS tail, fUst .sas
rate for spread, but after they are shut - -.
up, the glory goes with the tail.
had rather be a pot-beliied seed GO
cowcumber, flung carelesslY on wool "a
eIor. T 'i''i- =" We - a. - o'' p'1'i'
Cannon balls are the dubious plants o.
-oy liberty. .-
tew prick -bladder-windy folks will rzs %
pleze make a note oV this.
COntentment is mere instinkt, reazo1l -'-e %
teaches US that thare aint no sicl tIIing1ss sFa
nor hadn't ought tew be eny sich thingss Gle
in this world. go
About az good way tew learn peo-- -
pie az emmy teW respekt you, il to run F. - -
over them; If you let them run over
you, they certainly wont. s@ a=..s -
L hope shall. never hav so much sssg
feputashun that shant feel obliged to r...
be alWaZ civil - ---. .~sl- ''7a f7-s . 7''
g Thare seems tew be this difference ~ ss.st
ecSeor beeSeTm H the eG idoer ys anu ON an
and the bachelor on hope, and this aG-
kOunts for the widower aIwus beating
thebachelor in airing fight, for the hand p
of buty. $500 .------ .s... s. . .
Marrying tew suit other folks IL the -
prudeTy OV politeness / should as soon r...
think Ov begging pardon a thorn for -..g
running against it.
An Englishn1an correkts hiz mistakes 30 saR
before he makes them a Yankee .af- fsras =
forwards.
Fashions are made for sum folks and -.'-
sum folks are made for fashions. F.. +. russ
ThOze people who hav a CRATE deal of
perfekt propriety, I notis, don't hav
much of ennything else. as .as. 81. $50 asFa
Z Tew enjoy good reputashun, give I--s
publickly and steal privately.
hav got dredful poor Opinyun ov - osSi
all religious creeds man who de- d .st
pends upon a creed tew keep him pious,
IL no better than he whom the penalty feasa p
oy stealing keeps out Ov Jail = - r-.,gza