Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-26
DDS and Ems.
nv 1osH BrLLNes.

- "a ~ q BY JOSH BILLINGS.
SA .NAruk never makes emmy blunders- !
when she makes phool she means it.
haS finally cum tew the konklusion thatf
the ma iArity on mankind kansbe edukated
m the back better than in the brain, for
GOOD clothes will often make phool re-
spcctable, while edukashun only serves
tew show his weak pilts
a. never knu man Yet whose name waz
George Washington Lafayette Goodrich,
Esq. and who alwuz signed his name for
the fall amount, but what wuz a bigger
paa on paper tina, he waz by natrrs
As a gineral thing, an indlvldual VINO
IL neat in hiz person liz neat in hiz morals.
IL Man liz my brother, and l konsiuer 1nal
] am nearer related TO him through MS
vices than / am thru his virtews.
aasThare is nothing about which the world
makes 40 few bIunders and the individual
40 menny, al q mans acktual importance
among his fellow critters. IA ce
A man with q very small head IL like a
hin without emmy, very apt tew get into
things beyond his depth.
The ,pashuns ov an old man are often
like his teeth, they cease to trouble MIN,
simply bekause the nerve is. ded-
- The only pedigree worth trans1Nting IL
yirtew, and this IL the very thing that
KANT be transmitted.
Affectashun haz made more phools than
2 Ahout the nearest tew absolute ipsolven.
~, that man kan git in this world, and
. think he IL dieing rich, IL to leave nothing
hut pedigree tew his family w. 4
don't pretend tew 4hay emmy less vilS
nashni1s than my nabors, butt do despiA
ne person, most heartily, who caters tew
-Thare IL no pashnn ov the human hear
that promises SO much and pays 50 little a.
revenge. =
Thare haint no man yet lived long enuf
in this world tew doubt the infalibility oN
his judgment
Thare il this odds between humorous
lekter and scientiftick one, yu hav got u
understand the humorous ektur tew enjoy
ii, but you kan enjoy the ecientiffick ONT
without understanding it.
y tits but step from zeal tew bigotry, bu
it il step that il most generally taken.
4 Don't Law enny certain plans for the few
ter, it IL like planting tuds, ana expektins
tew raze tudstools. ID
" No man yet WHO had strength OF MIND
enuff ever resorted tew cunning. CUNNING
lis half brother to fear, and they are botl
ov them weakness. tgp -.
A man who is good company for hlmsel
is alwus good company for others.
'.- Genuine praize consists in naming |
mans faultz to hiz face, and his good quail
Zone ov- the best temporary cares 70
pride and affektashun that hav ever seet
tried IL sea-sickness; man who wants tev
vomit never puts on airs.
A fault concealed IL but little better thai
@one 4hdulged in. %@
Witty speeches are like throwing stone
alta target, the more time spent in takinl
aim, the less danger there IL in hitting tn
marks ~ "a
havealwus noticed one thing, when
person bekums disguised with this world
and konkiudes to withdraw from it tn
world very kindly let's the person went 8
Woman haz no friendships. She eithe
loves, despises, or hates.
A day in the life of an oldFman izglik
ore oy the last days in the fall ov tn
yAr every hour brings q charge in tn
Saa weather ;
love tew see an old person joyful, bu
not kickuptheheelsfull.
Human happiness is like the Hottentot
language, emmy boldly kan talk it wei
enuff, but there amt but phew can under
stand it, ig"f}@ liNVH
Gravity il no more eyidenceIof wisdom
, than a paper collar IL ov a shirt.
Whatever. Providence haz given US tn
fakuity tew do, he haz given Us the powe
Tbare issa grpte. menhy foIks in thi
word who are ike little flies; crate bore
without meaning or knowing it, Gg
ri SAlthe good injuns die youisS