Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14
Bred and Butter.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.


He who don't keep hiz sekret il unwize,
but he who trusts hiz happiness tew an
other liz downright phool.
This haz alwus bin the rule, and alwus
will be-no man liz CRATE unless he liz
good.
The man who knows hou and scAes, tew
| ackt knows enuff.
Manner il more powerful than matter
espeshily in monkey.
Gravity IL kind ov MYSTERIOUS wis
dunn
Fine writing konsists in getting the
most thought into the shortest and SIM
| plest form.
Thare IL only phew men in this world
| whose opinyuns | venerate, and yu, mi
| friend, are one ov them.
Thare are pholks who had rather be
hated than loved, and for one don't be-
| leave in trieing tew convince sutch pholks
| ov their mistake.
When Running man gifts kaught he is
like fox in trap, he hain't got no
friends.
He who don't luv himself vents hiz
| spleen bi hating everybody else.
If we listen tew the diktakes ov our
Conscience and reazon it liz almost impos-
| sible for us tew be rong.
1t IL the little things ov this life that
| stir us up so mulch; thare IL ten chances
| ov being stung bi hornet WHARF thare
Amt one ov being slept on hi an ele-
plant.
When fear takes the place ov hope in
| man he needn't eXpekt tew be emmy more
miserable in this life.
We often meet people whom we think
are richer than we are, and even more
intelligent, but we seldom meet thoze
whom we think are happier-this IL
nice, amt itg
l hav seen men who waZ too lazy tew
| set in boat and fish; they hadn't pres
| ence ov mind enuff tew bate hook
Fame liz ladder, a hard thing tew
klimb up, but eazy enuH tew klimb
down.
Thorobred people are never eXclusiv;
| all that it requires tew gain their kurtesy
| and konfdense liz TO deserve it.
Adversely makes pigmys out ov giants,
and giants out ov pigmys.
A bright and good -natured old man IL
| like a sunny day in winter.
Buty, without branes, liz nothing more
than gaudy pictur.
Luv kant live on buty; it must hav sum
| hash, or it will fade and di.
1t IL eazy enuf tew alter things, but it
| liz hard enuf tcw korrekt them.
The man whoZe whole stok ov knowl
| ledge is drawn from books, will often
| phind himself at the forks ov road
WHARF thare amt no glide board.
ThoZe who hav the most merit see the
most in others.
Cerimonys are a sort Ov manuel for
phools tew regulate their kondukt by.
Good sense and good breeding are fruits
| that gro on the same bush.
The man who liz waiting tcw be happy
| will next year at this time be waiting
STILL
Cheerfullness makes the plainest features
butiful, the sevcrest winter agreeable; it
I elcvates the lOwly, and adds charm tcw
grateness, all its own.
The wizer man bekums, the more he
| pheals hiz dependence.
Kontentment liz like ghost, dredful
| eazy thing tew talk about, but a dredful
| hard thing tew see.
Thare IL no man so necessary in the
world, but that when he dies hiZ phase liz
| quickly filled, and he liz soon forgotten.
The only way tew git along phast is tew
git along slo.
This world liz phull ov grunters, but
very phew grunt bekauze they are obliged
| tew.
Complasance IL the sweet lie ov every
day life.
Natur don't put on emmy airs.
The most dangerous men we hav in this
world are thoze who are alwus repenting
ov the sins they hav made up their mind
tew commit.
Constance liz nothing more nor less
than the genius ov reazon.-N Y. Weekly