The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-06-17
JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS.
Peppe1 Pods.

II yu hav got spirited and noble boy
appeal tew bis generosity, If ~ hay got q
heavy and sullen one. appeal tew bis back
knowledge, like charity. shud begin .,
home, and then spred.
Afickshuns are the compliments that hea'
ven pays tsw the virtcWOus.
Time Is like money, the less We hav ov Il
tew spare the further We make It 60.
Nobody but . phool will spend hiz time
trying to convince ph00l
of the boldly politick, he duz MI the talkin,
and two. thirds 0v the thinkin.
Men who invade the province Nv vim
min are always jccred ut, and how ken VIM
min, whom they invade the province w
men, expekt to escape the same kind ov
treatment.
lie who spends l,is younger days in disa.
pashun 10 nortgaging himself 70 disease
and poverty, two memorable creditors, who
are certain to f0reclose at Last, aud take pos.
session of tho premises.
Thare liz mcnny u person who kan Get .
mouse trap tew perfcckshun, but not salts.
fed with such small game, undertake 70 trap
for bears, and get kctchcd by the bears
lioral-study yure genius, and stick tcw
mice.
Young man, don't marry abuv or below
yure rank, not that l think thare IL cvry
virtcw in 1t, but lhare liz custom 10 1t, and
custom sometimes outrankS both law and
gospel
Let him 20, mi sen; sed an ancient father
tew his boy, who had caught u young r.b.
bit, aud when he gets bigger katch him agin.
The boy did AZ he was told, aud haz been
locking for that rabbit ever since.
The world owes Nil ito encrgys and refine
ments to luxurys-digging roots for break.
fast, and going naked for clothes, IL the vir.
tcwous innocence Of . lazy savage.
There IL lots of folks who eat well and
drink we'll, and sleep we'll, and yet are sick
al the time theze are the folks who slwus
ENJOY poor health.
"Peop!e % good sense" are thoze whoss
opinyuns agree with ours.
Thare IL CRATE deal ov magnificent
poverty In our big ci&ys, people who eat
klam soop out ov tin basin with q gold
spoon.
The place where poverty, virtew and love
meet and worship together, IL the most 81
krcd spot In this universe.
Experience don't make man 30 bold as it
does 50 carful.
Pride never forgets itself, never haz q
play spell or frolik it 10 stiff from morning
till night. from top tew bottom, like sled
stake. d..
Thare amt but very little genowine good
sense in this world emmy how, On what lit
tie thare IL amt In market, It Is held for q
dividend.
Thozc who hav made up thare minds to
lead = life Of enjoyment will ind the fol.
lowing receipec crate help tew them: ITO
Que ounce ov plezure add pound ov repent.
sncc." ,...A~
Advcnsity IL poultiss which reduces our
vanity and strengthens our virtew-even q
hoy never feels half 90 good rs when he haz
Just been spanked and sOt 70 cool
Pcdantry IL the science Of investing what
little yu know in one kind of perfumery,
and insisting upon sticking that under every
mans knosS whom you meet.
Lieing is like trying tew hide in fog, If
yu move about yu arc In danger Nv bump
Ing yure he'd sgin the truth, and q soon a.
the fog blows 0pk ~ are gone ennyhow.
Marrying IN angel u the poetry ov mar.
rage, but living with her IL the proze; and
this IL all we'll snuif If the tasteov the poet
~ haint spite our relish for the prone.
The man who lives on hope must pick the
bones " Disappointment irsam- -
Life is like mug ov beer. froth at the
top, oil IN the middle and settings ct the
bottom.
We should live In this life az tho we were
walking on glpre ice. liabls tcw fall Ut emmy
snon,snt, aud tcw be LATED At by the by
ISLANDERS.
Men, II they amt too lazy, Nv sumtiuea
till they ore 50, and destroy tho time . good
deal a. follows: the fuss 80 years they spend
in throwing stones Ut mark. the second 81
they spend In examining tho mark tew sex
where the sluns hit. and the remainder II
divided In cuasing the stan throwing biz
an, dS: : :ssn down ss i"e teas q ;. 1r ar a
just about az rich speckulashun az going
out into four hundred acre lot, setting
down on sharp stone, with pail between
our knees, and waiting for COW tcw bach
up and he milked.-N r. Week!y.