American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-26
Scraps of Wisdom.

1t liza CRATE art tew knoo how few lister
This seems to be about the way it
did: When we are yung, we ran into di
fikultys, and when we get old we fall in
to them.
i Love seems few have this effeckt,
makes yunS man sober, and an old ma
gay.
Love liz lighted kandel, and coquets fl
around it. just as miller duZ. till by-and
by they dive into it, and then what burn
coquet and miller we hav.
1t amt bekauZe lovers are so sensiti1
that they quarrel so often, it liz bekauZ
thare liz SO mutch phun in maxim up.
About the last thing a man duz tev
korrekt his faultZ liz tew quit them.
The chief end of woman, now daZe
seems tew be tew wear new silk clothes
and the chief end of man seems to be tev
pay for them.
About all that this far-famcd Philosophy
kan teach us liz tew suffer pain, and no
own it, and it seems few have reached tn,
hight of its ambishun when it courts sor
row, for the sake ov being a martyr.
| Pure Ignorance, after all, is the hes
alloy for vanity, for a vain phool liz quit,
harmless.
| 1t IL better that we be CRATER than oul
condishun in life, than few hav our con
dishun appear too great for us.
| There IL nothing that a man kan dc
| fakt that he is human should always en-
| title him to cOmmiserashun.
1t yu seek wisdom, my yung friend
| study men. and things; if WI desire larn
ing, study dickshionarys.
think opportunitys are made full az
often as they happen.
1t liz CRATE deal easier few look upon
thOZe who are below us with pity, than
to look upon thOze who are abov us, with
out envy.
Good common sense liz az helthy as on
ions; we often see thoZe who are good.
simply because they haint got sense enufl
tew be bad, and thoZe who are bad. just
bekauze they haint got sense enough few
be good.
The man who don't know himself liz a
poor judge of the other phellow.
Thare liz ne servitude in life so oppres-
sive az tew be obliged few fiatter thoze
whom we don't respect enuff to praZe.
Wit. without sense, liz like a razor with
out Il handle.
To meet death without betraying any
emoshun liz tcw be simply as courageous
az a beast.
Perseku:ed for righteousness sake IL
quite common in this world persekuted
for the devils sake liz not so common.
Don't be afrade, yung man, to make a
blunder once in while; most all the
blunders are made by the sincere and
honest.
must respekt those 1 suppose, who
never make emmy plumbers, but l don't
luv them.
| like them kind of folks, who, if they
do once in while weigh out pound
with only Is ounces in it, are just az apt
tew make the next pound weigh 10
ounces.
1 luv mi phailings. 1t liz theze that
make me pheel that have that tutch Ov
natur in me that makes me brother few
every man living.
The greatest blessing that the great and
good God can bestow on emmy human be-
ing liz humility.
Thare liz CRATE deal ov poetry in gin :;
but the poetry and the gin, both of them,
are kussid poor.
Thare liz sum excuse for a man being a
loafer in the country. whar even natur
once in Il while takes the liberty to loaf
little; but in a big City, WHARF all suck
cess depends upon activity, a loafer liz a
failure, except it be to paste advertize-
ments onto.
How natural it liz for man when he
makes a mistake, to kOrrekt it by kussing
somebody else for it.
L never diskuss politiks nor sektarian-
ism; L believe in letting every man fight
hiZ rooster hiZ own way.-Josh Billings.