Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
MOlassis Randy.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

mare liz Sratc ucal ON HuiiliH Hdtui III
silk of mollassis handy. judge this, be-
kauze mi little grandson liz alwus reddy
tew invest hiz only penny in it.
| don't know az j want tew bet emmy
money, and Civ odds, on the man, who IL
alwus anxious tew pray out loud, every
chance he kan git.
Praze, and abuse, are both good in their
place, but if kant hav but one, Civ me
the abuse.
Next tew the man, who liz with mill
yum, in point ov wealth, IL the man who
don't kare kuss for it.
When WI strike lie, stop boring; menny
a man has bored klean thru, and let all
the lie run out at the bottom.
Success don't kOnsist in never making
blunders, but in never making the same
one the seckond time
He who trusts tew luck for his happi-
ness, will be lucky when he gifts it.
While we are poor, the necessarys ov
life are the luxurys; after we git ritch, the
luXurys are the necessarys.
There is no such thing az Citing tew
the top ov the ladder in this world; if we
reach the utmost round, then we mourn
bekauze the ladder aint longer
When a man duz good turn, just for
the phun ov the thing, he haz got a CRATE
deal more virtew in him. than he liz aware
Ov.
The man who haz got mote in hiz eye,
kan alwus see big beam in hiz brothers.
Dissatissackshun with every thing we
cum akrost liz the result ov being dissatis-
fled with ourselfs.
Just edzakly in proporshun that man
undertakes tew make reputashun bi hiz
personal appearance, just in that proper
shun he IL a dead beat.
Early genius IL like early cabbage, don't
head well
Go up hill as fast az you pleaze, but go
down hill slo.
The man who IL alwus Dragging ov hiz
wife in publik, duz it more out ov pride
of himself, than love for her.
T. If a man has got 80 thousand dollars
at interest, and owns the house he liv in,
it amt much trouble to be a philosopher.
The most that experience seems tew do
for us, liz tcw sho us what kussid phools
every boldly bat are have made ov them
sells.
The hardest man in this world tew
cheat, liz the man who liz alwus honest
with himself
/ look upon molassis az one ov our
greatest blessings, it haz dun so mulch
tew sweeten life.
Virtew don't konsist in the absence ov
the pashuns, but in the control ov them
a man without emmy pashuns liz simply az
virtewous az a craven image.
Sharpers are like hornets, intimate on
short acquaintance.
Don't forget one thing, yung man; thare
liz a thousand people in this world who
kan hurt yu, to one that kan help yu.
Thare is no accomplishment so eaZy
tew acquire as politeness, and none more
profitable.
Thare would be a CRATE supply of wit
and humor in this world, if we would
only give others the same credit for being
witty that we claim for ourselfs
Be humble, and yu are sure tew be
thankful--be thankful, and yu are sure
tew be happy.
He who shows us all hiz wickedness is
not very dangerous man.
| Thare liz no better evidence of weak
mind than tew be alwus in hurry
| Common sense is the favorite daughter
of Reason, and altho thare are menny
other wimmn more attraktive for time,
thare IL nothing but death kan rob com.
mon sense ov her buty.
Opinions should be formed with CRATE
caushun, and changed with CRATER
The only thing that a human being is
positively certain ov, liz death
Silence IL one ov the hardest arguments
to reftue.-Neo York Weekly.