Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-11-07
The vic uI .Eosl3 killing.


The following Chunks oI Wit t-ll,l VIE
.dom are from Josh BiRlngs' Allmanax
for 1872, Published by G.. ". Carleton
81 Co.:
Silence IL one Of tha lost aTts.
Real good Iesa are Citing skafse.
a phoops money is like his branes-
very oneasy.
Bid kule that amt true hGz no par
tikalar power.
The truly great are alwuz the oazy-
est tew approach.
Wiee men have IN conGdeats, and
cunning naen none.
SaE-na5e men are uost aIwuz ap5 TO
be leetle TOO proud ~ the Jo1.
FiatEery IS like ice kreana, ne want It
9 isoslsiat time, and often.
7EasB people prefer the stuE1ng 70 the
goose-ths FeTd for the idee.
Wien q man measures ouB glory for
himself he a}gus heaps tho haft bashei.
AFgise man never enjoys himself so
au6n, nor q phool so little az When
alone.
Heaven il ever kind teT rs, she ppts
cur 1llys5 ol cur bscEs 60 thai We
kant see them.
a reputsshun for happiness warts az
mutch looking into ~ Eepatashuh fQr
honesty.
Thare il this difference between a
Ijestand a i0ks-a jest may 90 krueI, but
a joke never il.
Suckcess izquite often like falling oph
from log man kant alwus tell how
he KUN to do it.
don't bet on prekoshus children,
the huckleberry that ripens the soonest
IL alwus the fast tew dekay.
Take all the phools and good lax out
this world, and it would bother the
rest Of Us tew git,a living.
; Next teW the man who il worth q
millyun, in point of wealth, IL the
man who don't kare kuSs for it.
Thare IL az mutch difference between
wit and humor az thare liz between the
lie and the essence of peppermint.
I kno oy folks who are 50 kondem
contrary, that If they should fall into q
river they would want 10 float uI
Estrean.
When man gifts tew talking abouf
himself hescldam fails tsv be eloquent
land frequently reaches the sublime.
This intimacys OF old age seem t.
konsist in drinking yulg hison tea to
Egether, and comparing gouts and ruma
tizms.
! When & man duz good turn just fol
Ithe phun of the thing, he haz got {
Crate deal more yirtew in him than h'
IL aware Nv
/ One oy the most reliable prophets
kno oy il an old hen, for they dom
prophecy enny egg until 2tter tae eg.
Ih2z happened.
Tae greatest pEo5lem evor given teV
solve, and the one which As hsz mad,
| the least progress in, IL "kn0 thyself.
! I don't kno All want to bet epn.
money, and give odds, On tae man ri
z sliFF15 anxious tew Pre- 0ut loud e9
cry chance he Ian at.
The principal Importance nv a mis-
ltery IL the nistery itsslf-mhat make
Il ghost so res pe6tabie hEra&ter IL tina
nobody over eaw one.
liz the surprizes Nv life sfter ali fha
give it its zest--even arat makes thing
Interesting bi the natraI. suddeanes
with which he Gums ou5 or goes int
4 his hole.
.l IGsnan kaowleJga Il not very kom
prehensiy, aftsr ALL har seen nnel
who kould ksikuiste an eSlpse tcw
tsaiIare i1ci;, VINO couldn't cum Tithh
30 ao0t az harnessipg boss.
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! !. ,IIsga5ss and lSe5rss6a alone eve
, i';ifte2a -thoUsens} entities wer4 mad
y f'tt-355l the year under tho hpnc5tea,
? lazy These entries represent q popa
liation Of nftys 'tiioilsacd sdded to ttias
sl liwo States oa lands freely pre5enje,
:, 1taenl by Government, besides a iargt
i lnam6er Who acquired theis homes b.
purchase.
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