The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-06-09
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IL yu hev got spirited and noble
boy, appeal tcw his generosity; If WI
hov got a heavy aud sullen one, appeal
tow his back.
a crate mcnny ov our people 20
abroad tew improve their minds wh1
hadn't got cnoy mind when they war
at home I; knowledge, like charity, shui
begin at home. then sprcd.
Aflickshuns are the compliments
that Heaven pays tew tho virtcwous.
Nobody but phool will spend hiz
time trieing to convince phool
Time IL like money, the less We hav
ov it tcw spare, tho further we make
il 90.
The tongue IL really very fas,
member ov the body poltiick he duz
all the talking aud two.thirds ov the
thinking.
Thare IL mcnny persons who kan
set mousc,rap tcw pcrfcckshun, but
not satisfied with sich small game, uu-
dertake tew trap for bears, and git
Sctchcd by the boasts. Moral--staddy
yurc genius, and stick tcw the mice.
''Lct him gn mi sou, said au ancient,
father 20 hiz boy, who had caught n
young rabbit, "and when he gets big
ger kctch him aein.' The boy did
az he wus told, aud haz been lookn'
for that rabbit ever since.
The world owes all its energy aud
refinement tcw luxarys-digsins roots
for breakfast aud going naked for
clothes. is the virtcwous innoccnsc Of
of lazy savage.
There IL lots ov folks who cat well
aud drink well, and sleep well, and yc,
are sick all the time-thczc arc the
folks who alwuz enjoy poor health.
\ pcrseu with little smattcrin5 ov
learning iz q good deal like hens egg
that haz been sot on for . short timc.
aud deserted By the hcn.it Is split for
Matching out ennything.
People OF good sense" are those
whose opinions agree with ours.
Thare iz crate deal of magnificent
poverty in our big citys-peoplc who
eat klam soup out ov tin basin with a
gold spoon.
The place whar poverty, virtcw and
luv meet and worship together, iz the
most salircd spot in this universe.
Experience dou't make n man so
bold AZ il duz so careful.
Pride never forgets itself, never haz
playspell or frolck it is stiff from
morning till night, from Top to bottom,
like sled stake.
There ain't but little siuoyino GOOD
sense IN this world emmy how. and
what little thare IL amt in market
it is held for dividend.
Thoze who have made up tharc
minds tew lead q life of enjoy ymeut will
fnd tho following receipce gratc
help @w them ITO one ounce ov
plczure I'D n pound ov repentance"
Advscs. y = poultess which reduces
our vanity aud strengthens our rirtew
even a boy never feels half 50 good az
when he haz been spanked aud sot
away to cool.
Peden,ry ia the science of investing
what little yu know in ono kind oy
periumery, and insisting upon sticking
that under evry mans knose whom yu
meet,
Lieing is like trieing tew hide in u
fog, if yu move about yure in danger w
humping yurc he'd agin the truth, and
as soon az the fos blows oph yu are
gone ennyhow.
Marrying an angel IL the poetry Nv
marriage, but living with her IL the
proze, aod this is all well epuif if the
taste of the poetry hain't spite our
relish for the prozc.
The man who lives on hope must
pick the bones OF disappointment.
The devil IL said to be the father Nv
lies. II this is so, he haz go, u large
family, and crate menny promising
children amuug them.
life is like a mug ov beer, frlth at
the top, oil in the middle, and settling
at the bottom.
We should liy in this life NJ tho we
war walking on glaze ice, liable to fall
at emmy moment, and tcw be lairtd q,
bi the bystanders.
Men, if they amt too lazy. liv SUN.
times ill so, and destroy tho time
4 good deal as follows the iust 30
years they speud throwing stuus at y
mark the second 80 they spend ex.
amining the mark tew see WHARF the
stuns hit, and the remainder IL divided
in cussing the stun throwing Dizziness
and uussin the rumatiEe. r
Tho setting down aud folding our
arms, and waiting for something to
turn up, iz just about az rich q
speculation az going out into 400
acre lot, setting down on sharp stone,
with u pail between our knees, and
waiting for COW TO back up aud be
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