The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-06-16
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If yu hev got spirited and nobl,
boy, appeal tew his generogity; if VI
hev got heavy aud sullen one, appca
tew his back.
a CRATE mcupy ov our people n
abroad tew improve their minds VIII
hadn't got enuy mind when they wa,
at home ; knowledge, like charity, shut
begin at home, then sprcd.
AfIlickshpns are the compliments
that Heaven pays tow the virtcwous
Nobody bat phool will spend biz
time tricing to convince phool.
Time iz like money, the less We hay
ov il tew spare, the further we make
IL go.
The tongue IL really a very fas,
member ov the body poltiick (; he du2
all the talking and two.thirds ov the
thinking.
Tharc IL mcnny persons who kan
set mousotrap tcw pcrfcckShun, but
not satisfied with sich small game, un-
dertako tcw trap for bears, aud gil
ketched by the beasts Moral-s,uddy
yure genius, and stick tcw the mice
"Let him 60 mi s1n," said an ancient
father 20 hiz boy, who had caught n
young rabbit, "and when he gets big
ger kctch him aain.' The boy did
NJ he wus told, and haz been lookin
for that rabbit ever since.
The world owes all its energy and
refinement tew luXarys-digging roots
for breakfast and going naked for
clothes. is the virtewous innoccnsc OF
Of lazy savage.
There IL lots ov folks who eat well
aud drink well, and sleep we'll aud yet
are sick all the time--thcze are the
folks who alwuz enjoy poor health.
A persen with Il little smattering ov
learning IL u good deal like a hens egg
that haz been sot on for . short time,
and deserted by the hcn-it is split for
Matching out onuything.
People Of good sense are those
whose opinions agree with ours.
Tharc ia CRATE deal of magniliccn,
poverty in our big citys-people who
eat l>lam soup out ov tin basin with a
gold spoon.
The place whar poverty, virtcw and
Inv meet and worship together, IL the
most sakred spot in this universe.
Experience don't make a man so
bold az il duz so careful
Pride never forgets itself never haz
q playspell or frOlick (; it is stiff from
morning till night, from ;or to bottom.
like a sled stake.
There ain't but little eincwine good
sense in this world emmy how, and
what little thare IL ain't in market
il is held for n dividend.
Thoze who have made up tharc
minds tew lead Il life Of enjoyment will
find the following receipco CRATE
help tew them: "To one ounce ov
plezure add n pound ov repentance"
Adversely IL poultcss which reduces
our vanity and strengthens our virtew ;
even boy never feels half so good az
when he haz been spanked and sot
away to cool.
Pedentry IL tho science of investing
what little yu know in one kind oy
perfumery, and insisting upon sticking
that under cyry mans llnose whom yu
meet.
Lioing is Ike trieing tew hide in n
fo,, il yu move about yure in danger nv
humping yurc he'd agin the truth, and
rs soon az the fog blows oph yu are
gone ennyhow.
Marrying an angel IL the poetry nv
marriage, but living with her IL the
prozc, and this is all well cuff if the
taste of the poetry haiu't spite our
relish for the prozc.
The mao who lives on hope must
pick tho bones of disappointment.
The devil IL said to be the father nv
lies. If this is so, he haz got large
family, and q gratc menny promising
children amung them.
life is like = mug ov beer, froth NJ
the top, oil in the middle, and settling.
at the bottom.
We should liv in this life NJ tho we
war walking on glaze ice, liable to fall
at emmy moment, and tow be lafled at
bi the bystauders.
Men, If they amt too lazy. liv sum
times ill so, and destroy the time
a good deal as follows the iust 30
years they spend throwing stuus at a
mark /; the second 30 they spend ex.
aiming the mark tew see WHARF the
s,uns hit, and the remainder IL divided
iu cussing the stun-throwiug Dizziness
aud nussin the rumatiEe.
The setting downsand folding our
arms, and waiting for something to
turn up, IL just about az rich a
speculation az going out into 400
acre lot, setting down on sharp stone,
with o pail between our knees. and
waiting for COW to back up aud be