The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-09
Josh Billings, Essays
RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Fastidiousness izmerely the igno-
rance ov propriety.a s7EBs4s .4sass..sx
1 hav saw people who had rather
die and be buried than say bull. They
would not hesitate tew say male co,c.
If the thoughts are pure and the lap
guage il chaste, it will do tew say al
most ennything. ss ,l..
The young lady who, a fu years ago,
refused tew,s walk akHost a. potato
field, because potatoze had eyes, ran
away from home soon after with q
jewelry pedlar. tte -2ssee ia1l
Fastidiousness, az a general thing,
IL holyday virtew, and hav FREE
quently notissed that thoze individu.
ais who are alwus afrade they shall
cum akrost sumthing improper, are
generally looking for 1t. !, -
Fastidiousness and delikacy are of
ten konfounded, but thsre il this diff
ference--the truly delikate aint afrade
to take holt of things that they are
willing to touch at all with their naked
hands, while the fastidious are willing
to take holt of anything with gloves
Delikacy liz the coquetry ov truth !;
fastidiousness IL the prudery ov false
hood.
LOVE.
Love iz one ov the pashuns, and the
most difficult one oy all tew describe.
I never yet hev herd love well des-
cribed.
] hev read several descriptions OF
it, but they were written by those who
were i'll loYe, Cor thought they waz),
and wouldn't believe such testimony
not even under oath. sassl = .0E
Almost everybody, sum time in
their life, haz bin i'll love, and if they
think it is an easy sensation to des-
Eribe, let them set down and deskribe
it, and see If the person that listens to
the description will be satisfied with
it,
Iswaz in love once for Z long years,
and mi friends all said had con-
sumption, but sknu all the time what
allied me, but couldn't describe it.aa.
Now all that kan rekollekt about
this luv sickness il, that for those I
long years, waz. if.ennything, rather
more of q kon-dem phool than ordi-
nary.
Love iz an honorabel disease enuff
tew have, bekause it is natural but
emmy phellow who has laid sick with
it for Z long years, after he gifts over
it feels like the phellow who haz fell
down on the ice when it is very wei
--he don't feel like talking about il
before folks. Fs
sztAsA % kta FEAR. ttsEt@ s4As
Sum folks think fear is the result
ov edukashun, but don't.
notiss that thoze who are educated
the most and thoze who are educated
the least, are troubled with fear just
alike.
Fear and courage are instinkts.
A man who is a howard liz bern so
and, when he IL full of skare, hizs hare
on hiz he'd will get up on end, I don't
kare how much edukashun vu pile or
top of it. As5 $ As0 z III /
The greatest towards in the world
are the men of the most geRius-~they
are the most silly kowaids.
One ov these kind of men will
quake with fear when a mouse gnaws
in the wainskote at night, but they
will face an earthquake next day will
composure.
don't kno of more teriiblesensa.
tion than fear it is deth when 1T ex.
hausts itself and ends in despair.
am a CRATE howard myself, and be
leave waz born so, aud yet, there j.
nothing despite SO much az howard
ice.
would give all the other virtews
havl got, Crowded have enny), an6
throw in a hundred dollars in nflfjn,
betides, for an unlimited supply o
courage. n j
would like tew hav courage enuf
tew face the devil himself, if he wa,
the least bit sassy tew me.
/ am satisfied that courage is an in
stinkt, fot motifs all the animal krea
shun have it well defined.