The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-22

CHICKEN FEED.

CHICKEN FEED. =
Thaue il one kritter in this world
whoze trubblea III kant console, ana
she ia setting hen.
Thoze persons who spend all OF
their spare time watching their ~ mp
toms, are the kird who enjoy poor
he4lth. ~ = ~
Whenever minister llax preached
q sermon that pleazes the whole CON-
gregashun, he probably haz preached
one that the Lord wont endorse.
Evry beddy seems tew be willing
to be phool himself but he kant bear
tew have ennyb0ddy else one.
Truth IL the edict ov God.
The philosophers, az class, are .
sett ov old grannys, who possess CRATE
Knowledge, part of which haz bin
handed down tew them, and the BAL
ance they guess at.
About the fust and the last thing a
human being duz in this word. IL tew
shed tears.
Thare zmo graterprof 0v the pow.
er of love than that the crimes COM
mitted in its interests are in a measure
hallowed.
kan tell exactly how mi Majors
young ones ought tew be fetched up,
but aint SO clear about mi own.
A .oafer il { person who IL willing
tew he abuzed for the privilege ov
abusing others.
Thare IL sum folks in this world
who spend their whole time hunting
after Righteousness. and haint got en-
ny spare time tew praktiss il.
Adversely haz the same efiekt on a
a man that severe training duZ on the
pugilist--it reduces him tew his fight
in waight. z ~
Natur kan be improved upon Ofien
with good efiekt, but to alter 1t gener-
ally spiles tho whole thing.
Affiiktions are like the summer sGn
they wilt for the purpose of ripen-
ing.
If wa want TO find out mans real
disposition, take him when he is wet
and hungry. If he liz ainiable then,
dry him and ill him up, and yOu hav
got an angel. -.
The man who haz never bin tempt
ed, don't kno how dishonest he IL.
Thare IL nothing like sick bed for
repentance. A man bekums SO Write
wous hat he will often repent Ov sins
that he never haz committed.
Three skOre year and 10 IL the time
allotted to man, and it IL enuff. If a
man kant suffer all the misery he
wants in that time, lie must be
knumb.
1t don't take much tew prove a
truth. 1t liz only lie that requires
CRATE argumentiff ability. ss
Listen tew every mans Opinyuns,
disagree with none, but cOn6de in
yure OWE. This IT, a kind ov hattery
that wrongs no ono. > @ =
What a man gains in c,Innin he al
WIS lozes in wisdum.
lie who wont belieavc ennything
he kant understand, aint SO wize az q
mule-for they will kick at thing
they don't expekt tew reach.
All ov us are anxious tew liv tew I've
very old, but not one in ten thousand
kali ill the karakter ov an old man.
Money IL like grain-it is never SO
well invested az when it IL well sown.
A bigot IL religious coward try
ing few play the autOkrat.
Money never made man disgrace
FIJI yet, but men lave often made
money disgracefull.
How menny people tliare IL who
only go into society just for the pur.
pose ov telling over their axes and
pains, their gripes and grunts. Such
people ought tew be sent at once tew
the pest house.
Health can he bought, but yu hav
got tew pay for il with temperance,
at the highest rates. t.8s 4
Give me warm friends and bitter
enemys about half and half. He who
haint got an enemy ON arth, kant show
a friend that will stick to him thru
thik and thin.
Evry time man laffs harty, he taks
KIM, out Oy the chain that binds
him to life. and thus lengthens it.
Beauty IL the melody of the fea-
lures.
[ hav alwus bore il i'm mind that.
list about in rashO that a person or
individual IL proud and bauty, they
ale ignorant.
Believing and disbeleaving liz Oft
ner an effort ov the will than 0v the
understanding. ff-
1t IL lucky thing that epitafts don't
appear on a mans tumestun until he
,laz gone dead. If they were publish
ed while he waz living, what an insult
most on them would be tew hiz repll-
tashun.
think Adam waz the weakest man
i ever read ov. He committed the
most sin, with the least amount ov
temtashun, ov emmy person history liz
familiar with.
One ov the surest sighns Ov an i'll
telligent civilizashun IL tew see amung
the masses a bekuming respekt and
reverence for the aged.
Before yu undertake tew change IA
mans politiks or religion, be sure yu
hav got a better one to offer him. n
Attic the world IL chuck full ov
liars. thare liz but few men who don't
prefer few listen tew the truth.
No man ever got hiZ bread by
preaching wisdum. Philosophy liz a
good thing tew preach. but cussed
poor thing few iiv on.
lew he forgiven, weakens us. but
tew forgiy others, weakcns them.
hav lived in this world jist long
enufftew look ksrefully the seckOnd
time into things that | am the most
certain ov the fust time.
Great men are seldum intimate.
They are too jealous to love or es-
tcem each other. e.-.
1t strains a mans philosophy the
worst kind TO laugh when h , gifts beat.
All ov Us complain Ov the shortness
of life, yet we awl waste more tiHie
than We Use.
Don't mistake arrogance for wis.,
dunn; many people hav thought they
were wise when they were only win
dy.
The man who kaut git ahead with
out pulling others back is very linn
tied cuSs.
The principal difference between u
luxury and necessary is the price.
Whenever the soul is in grief il is
taking root.
"Give the devil hi, DUE but be
careful that there aint much due him.
After a man has ridden fast onst he
never wants to 90 slow again.
Those families who are really fust-
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