Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18
Josh Billings Essays.

Festidousness IL merely the igno-
rance ov proptiety.
] hav saw people who had rather die
and be buried than say buH They
wouldn't hesitate tew say male cow. If
the thoughts are pure and the language
IL chaste, it will do tew say almost emmy
thing.
The yo ing lady who fu years ago, re
fused tew walk akrost potato field,
bekausc the potatoze had eyes, ran
away from home soon afterwards with a
j welry pedlar.
Righteousness, az a general thing. IL
n holyday virtew, and i hav frequently
uotisscd that thoze individuals who are
alwus afrade they shal cum akrost sum
thing lilly improper, are generally look
Ing for it.
Fastidiousness and delil<asy are often
kontounded, but thare IL this difference
the truly delikate amt afraid tew
take holt ov things that they are will,
ing tew touch at all with their naked
hands, while the iastidous are willing
to take holt Of ennything with gloves
on.
Deikasy il the coquetry ov truth :;
fastidiousness IL the prudery ov false
hood.
LOVE.
Love IL one ov the pashuns, and the
M ost difficult one ov all tew deskribe.
never yet hev herd love we'll de
fined.
/ hav read several deskripshuns ov
it, but they were written 10y thoze who
were in love Tor thought they waz), and
| wouldn't beleave such testimony, not
even under oath.
Almuste everybody, sum time in
their life, Laz BIN in love, and if they
think it IL an cazy senstshun tew DIES,
kribe, let them set down and deskribe
it, and see if she person who lisenstp the
deskripsuun will be satisted with it.
waz in love once miself for ! long
yeats, and mi friends all said had a
consumpshun, but knu all the time
what allied me, but couldn't deskribe it.
Now all that i kan rekolekt about
this luv sitness IL, that for thoze long
years waz, if ennythlng, rather more
OF kondem phool than ordinary
Love IL an honorAbel disseaze enuft
tew have, betauz it IL natral but emmy
pbellow who haz laid six with it for I
long years, after he gets over it feels
sumthing like the phcllow who haz
phell down on the ice when it IL very wet
he don't feel like talking about it be-
fore folks.
Sum pholks think fear is the result
ov edukashun, but don't.
| notiss that thoz who are edukated
the most, and those who are edukated
the least, are troubled with fear Just
alike.
Fear and courage are instinkts.
A man who IL a howard IL born so,
and when he IL full ov scare, hiz hare
on hiz he'd will git up on end, | don't
kare how much edukashun yu pile on
top ov it.
The greatest towards in the world
are the men of the most genius-thcy
are the most silly towards.
One ov theze kind ov men will quake
with fear when mouse knaws in the
wainskote at night, but they will face
an earthquake next day with compos-
ure.
don't kno ov more terrible sensa-
shun than fear; it IL deth when it ex-
haust, itself and ends in despair.
| am CRATE howard miself and be
leave waz born so, and yet thare IL
nothing which i dlspize so mulch as
lowardice.
would give all the other vrtews i
hav got provided | have got enny),
and throw in a hundred dollars in
mummy besides, for an unlimited sup
ply ov courage.
would like tew hav courage enuff'
tew face the devil himself, if he waz
the least bit sassy tew me.
am satisfied that courage IL an in
stinkt, for notiss all the animal krea-
shun hav it we'll defined.