The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-09-07
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2hE tosaT1FF MAN.

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The posatiff man bets hiz last dollar
on a hard and loses, and then tells you
he knew he shouldn't win. as@
He always knows what will happen
three weeks from now, ahd if it don't
happen he knew that too, v!ps
If ne falls down ON tie ice and break
his leg it wasn't an accident, it waz sum.
thing that couldn't help but "a hap
pen.vc'i- IaatE1g gt1oi5i4sr sg1E Z
He liz az certain OF everything az q
mule il anxious to hit what he kicks
at eos rs.iab as s47po .sa- ad q,
aTYu kant tell him any thing new, nor
anything old; he iz.more certa in o things
than Webster's unabridged diohshion.,
The less certain you are the more pos.
atiff he iz. tare So sas r3ttR oida.s
He never made but oned biuuder in
hiz life, and that turned out at last tow
be good hit. 'ls'g eaasaT yu5i &
The posatiff man ha too little cunning
tew be very n,alishus he is generally
happy, bekause he il q posatifF ovlit, and
tho he gets things wrong oftener than
be dug right, people are pleased at hiz
blunders bekause he il so much in ear
! nest. l ot
THE cRossN 81
The cross man goes thru life like
sorchead dog followed by flies.
He liz az sour az pot-bellied pickle.
and like skein of silk, IL alwus ready
for a snarl. ~ N ~ ne.a
He is like an old hornet, mad all the
way through, but about what he kant
tell to save hiz life. - ~b"''' si aa
Everybody Mt home fears him, and
everyday in the street despizes him.
He mistakes sullenness for bravery,
and bekause he feels savage, everybody
else must feel humble.
Thare il no greater coward in the
world than the cross man, nor none eaz.
yer tew kure.
He liz eazyer tew kure than the stun
muk axe, for one good knoek down will
do il. i''w n"tg lss qo9 o8l sdr
THE PAsnuST Man. @
The pashunt man never says "dam it,
however much he may think So,
He liz so well balanced that it takes
at least fifty pounds OK musketoze tew
torn hiz skales.
He can't tellyu what makes him SO
pnshunt if yu ask him, it may be moth
ing put numbncss after all. ii
Pashunce IL like emmy other virtue,
itsvalue consi st in its power tew resist
temptashun.
1t amt but little trouble for craven
image to be peshunt, even in fly time
Raal pashunce stands among the vir-
tcws, like geuius am, ng the gifts: in
fakt, pashunce il the genius of vir
tew.
The best thing kno ov, tew try
mans pashunce on, IL kicking heifer;
if he finds himself praying for the heif.
er, he has got pashnnce on the heart and
brain po,h.
THR HONEST MAN. -
Honest men are skarse, and are going
tew be skayser. .
Thenr CRATE scars:ty Is what maj es
:,,5'a: g-,.h,:=, ,4h,:
If everybody waz honest he supply
would ruin the demand
Honesty il like money, man haz
tew work hard tew get it, and then work
herdcr seK kccn is.
Adam waz the fust honest man we
hav emmy ackount ov' and his honesty
want ov much ackouut.
You couldn't put your shger on AGam
for in the garden ov Eden when he waz
wanted he couldn't be found.
Old deacon Skinner, eg lower Por.
dunk vilkigc waz an honest man; he
wouldn't hunt for hers eggs on Sunday
bub he waz an awful cluss man; he set
hen once on three eggs, just tew save
eggs.-Josh Billings.
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