The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-13
Phish Buwlx---by Josh Billings.

PhiSh BuWaS---Oy JOSH biuhhSs'
Sins are the only things that repent or,
never could make ennything rcpentlng oV
blunders. -. y.
| thank the Lork for this we all ov lis hay
SUN good thing few Ivy our bad lux few be-
sides ourSells.
Whiskey friends are the most linrrnfitabc
uIrs Mo or, tlIay .ro always ftuuy lcW
drink with yu, but when you are rcddy tew
drink with them they ain't dry. s..
] look upon Il pure joke with the same
YeneraShun That do upon the 10 c0iulnlnd-
ments.
iYu kant hire Il man tcW he honest, he will
want hiZ wages l1iiZcd every morning.
The most successful meni liav ever known
are those who are CONSTANTLY making blum
lers, but never seem tew knO it. '.' -
| kno plenty oy folks who are so kontrary
that if they should fall into Il river they
would insist upon floating up stream. 'r..
Mi opinyun liz, and will kontinue lew be-,
that the phools have done about az much
hurt In this world az the nlalishus hav.
Temper should be curbed, not broken.
I don't kno oy ennything i'll this world
that liz worth more than money that IL
honestly ,goi and yirtuouSly spent. ..t,. +,
The truly great are awus the eaZyest tew
approach.
Fun, deviltry, and death, Turk in the Wine
cup. :. "..'-. r.-.
Iwouldn't undertake tew korrekt a mans
sektarian views emmy quicker than l would
tell him which road lew take at a corners.
when didn't know miSelf which WaZ the
right one. e. 4
l haven't mutcht doubt that man sprung
from the monkey, but what bothers me IL,
WHARF the cusssid monkey sprung from.
After man haz got u good opinynn ov
himself, the next best thing is tew hay the
good opinyun oy others. ,.4,, ,-.
Most ennyboddy thinks they kan lie Il
good phool, and they kan, but tew play the
phool good liz not so handy. saa& = sE@
1t may be leetle yeXaShus, Lut don't
konsider it any disgrace teW be bit by dog.
Abuse generally IL helthy, but sumtimes
it Gums from so low a source that it don't do
a man emmy good.
1t takes more time aud talents tew be a
suckcessful hypoklit than it dllz tcw be Il
Christian. T.. ..:. .alui, ri. .. a..
Thule are but phew things that we suller
more misery from than We do from cow
ardice. ....s Is .-.
The cluss intimacys oy old age seem tcw
konsist in kompareing gollts and rllnlatics.
Mankind in general seem tew take about
az much pride in Dragging ov their faults az
ov their yrtews.
About the best thing that emmy ov us kan
do IL tew konceal our l,liailings.
Persons oy the coolest nature when they
do love, love the tlerccst---so green wood
when it gifts TO burning makes the hottest
fire.
Suckcess liz az hard to define az falling oph
from log; u man alwusS kan Tell eXackN
how he did it, an.s tsss.s
Thare is one pashun (and' it IL the meanest
one} that no man who huz ever lived llaZ been
free from, and that is envy
lndolence IL one ov The strongest pasll-
unS, becsuze it liz one ov the most natral
ones. Hs@.: i r"
Integrity in youth IL almost certain tew
beknln wisdom and honorin old age. go
Ihaie iz no person worth being jealous oy
who IL willing teW .be,the ka,ise OF il. 49,. &
Wise men hay but phew contidants, and
cunning ones none. -, 81.
Heaveniz ever kindrtew to us :; she puts
our humps on our backs, SO that we kant
Hunting for an honest man is Just about az
mulch like work ~ trieing tew trace oul a
kats pedigree. ~
Most OF the eccentricitys we meet with
aInung men IL mere atiektashun. s~s s.
I'ashunce IL good thing Tor man tew
llay provided he don't hay too mulch toy it;
thare IL point at which p:tsinlncc begins to
be ignorance. .x.,. .5 .
Take the misery out ov things and they
ose'two-tlials Of their attrackshuD. !, ). J.
When q man liz thoroughly lazy he liz, good
for nothing only tew shoot Mt. ~ l.a 4
! Thale would be but mighty phew sekrets
In this world ii folks would tend few their
own dizziness. 8ssl asetssl
The man who wears out IL like a nimble
sixpenee- IL alWuz worth the face and
keeps bright to the last.
Yu may make q mistakes inSa, MANS ska-
paclty, but yu kant In his Nanity.;sg . ~
.Natuf never hat finishesqa Job nor under
let's 0 kontrakt. ~ lit ~ ~
Take ali the dangers ont oy this world and
would be coWart,s paradise. II II tfs.l
The genuine Christians afe the laiang
mes the man who haz teW watch hiz mo.