The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-11-23
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JOSH B1LL1Nes UNDER OATH. /,
/: Josh Billings being duly sworn, tes-

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Josh Billings being duly sworn, tes-
titles as folloWs:ew bet ~, s,r.as
Eight wont go into six and have
mutch of emmy thing left over. Mem
NY a young fellow has found out this
sum in arithmetic by trying tew git O
number eight foot in a. number six
boot. '@tfi 20 seol Jifi9s t-ii"
Virtue, III one respekt, is like mum
NY. That which, we have tew work
the hardest for, sticks few US the best.
Affectashun never improved emmy
body yet. 1t is better tew be .deYil
than hypocritt. .,s,
hev often herd thare waz men who
knew more than they could tell, but
Inever met one. T. hav often. met
thoze who could tell a great deal more
than they did kno, and waz willing tew
swear to it besides. hs5IoU5l sfil
To be proof against fattery, o man
must hav no vanity, and such "a man
never existed; if he did, he is1now
one of, the lost arts. sq g5i 10 sBs1b
Sum people are good simply because
they are tew lazy tew be wicked, and
others because they .hant got a good
chance. ~ 81 ~ .-i.t5t
In mummy, interest phoifows the
principaI in morals, principle often
plOtlOWS the IuISE0SCs
IS iYuwill notis one thing-the devil
seldum offersatew go into partnership
with bizzy man, but yu will often
see him offer to jine the lazy man. and
furnish all the kapital.a 3 afassas
Love is the only pashun of the heart
that I can think of now, that never
held accountable for, If !yu was a
Il,
what court would yu take her before?
~" In time of peace prepare for war;"
This is the way sum families liv all
vices which man kontracts in
lhizyQuth, howevermueh he may shake
them oph. will often call on him thru
8life,tew renew his acquaintance
aa Every man naz hig follys, but there
IL this difference-in the poor man, tha
look like crimes, while in the rich
man, tina only appear tew be exsen-
tricitys.5 3ii5 7ii5 9i,s t3ist ysii ~
I Old age increases us In wisdom,
and also in rnrnatism.h Sa4Ht h'.,l
iA Ikno lots of folks who are Plus jist
bekaus they was born so. They Kant
tell when they got religion, ana, if
they should loozei it, they wouldn't
iknus itona aauIA 3oo nfu9L ~ bngd
cg When fortunepipes, we must dRRce.
1t aint always thatashe is in tune..or
voI think the honesty ovi some men liz
oftener the effeckt of policy than prin-
ciple.od .ia .Ao.a bs9h sit a,lfl9ysa
There il only one kind of folks
who kan keep secret good, and they
never take aiiy tew Keep -
The man who iz wicked enuff tew
be dreaded IL a safer man in the COM
fnunity than the one who liz just vir-
tuous enouF to be suspeckted.
- Hypockfasy is always humble
Gravity don't prove ernything. If
man really IL wise, he don't need it,
and, if he amt wise, lie shouldn't hav
it. 3o'Is --3Iehol 5ahj .lhss93s" -
There il no excuse whatever for the
insoiehce of wealth ;Hthere may possi-
bly, be for the ipsolenee of poverty.
lib Don't forget one thing mi boy--that
when five men kallyou a success, and
one man kalls yoWa failure, that the
one mans testimony liz what fetches
the jurysuH 9hsdTaf IisNfs iBfIs R lIf
81 Lazyness il the fust law of natur;
self-preservationiz the second. igii
Yu kant convert sinners bi preach
ing the gospel tew them at half price.
Emmy sinner who IL. anxious tew get
hiz religion in that way IL; satisfied
with poor article. ~ ~ 81. ~ e'i9n so,
s "A YOUNG LADY "EXPKESSEDf'
The Vallejo tCal. Recorder e. ofNov.
l says: ls,i-i y. s4oi : -
Wonders Will never cease. Yester-
day morning an exceedingly bright
and pretty miss, aged Ia, Slipped, into
the cars at the depot, and was. placed
in charge Of w ellis, Fargo 81 Co.'S agent
which company agrees to land This
miss safely at Annapolis, Md, look
ing out for her wants during,the long
journey, and providing her with all
the convenicDces necessary to make
the trip comfortable and enjoyable
She will be during the time, under
the charge of a dozen different agents,
but it all goes 70 show the reliability
and eonffdence in the company oHer
parents live at Annapolis, and she
came to California with relatives sew
eral months ago. 1t, is a very usual
O occurrence to hear young ladies !" iex-,
themselves, but we think it
unusual to see, them tex-
pressed" by other people nod dsf