Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-22
Proverbs by Josh Billings.

THARE are but phew things man does
IN this life, be they good, bad, or indiffer-
ent, but what can be traced to selfluv,
Rozes and thorns gro on the same bush
and kluss together.
What kan yu say of a man wuss than
tew call him a hipokrit and a tyrant9
Flattery iz a poor artikle to deal in.
bkauZe there IL no man who liz worthy of
it but what dispizes it.
Jist az soon az a man lozes all hiz prop-
erty, then we all ov us reckolekt at once
that he was alwuss a kussid phool.
The man who IL humble in prosperity
and brave in adversely il az mutch abuv
the reach OF fortune az an angel IL abuv
temtashun.
l hav 2 hats. One iZ shocking had
one and the other iz gem, and notiss
when i hav the gem on git double the
mods, on the avenue, from pedestrians.
1hare IL lots ov folks who are no use tew
yu only when yu are ON the topmost wave,
and then their voices are lost in the gen.
eral chorus.
Take all the vanity and selphishness out
ov man, and thare amt mutch ov any,
thing else left
Good clothes make the impreshun, but
they don't make the man.
hav got patient rite way tew induce
people tew be happy. 1t il this, make
everybody think they are better oph
than yu are.
After all, the world pays their gratest
homage to virtew and branes-thank God
for this.
A man may hav branes and vet not
make htt, but he can't make hit unless
he haz the branes.
1t IL kind ov phunny that the more
| christianized the world bekums, the more
laws, and otfisers of the law, we hav tew
hav.
1t ought tew kure emmy ov us ov pride
| and ambishun when we reflect that the
| grave duz not more effektually hide our
| boldly than it duz our memoriZ.
He IL ritch whoze welth satisfys hi2
wants, and he IL poor whoze welth don't
Adversely haz the same etfekt on a man
that kold time haz on the arly grain
1t checks it at the top, and makes it take
root.
Rldlkule haz no power aginst truth, and
it wont hav aginst pholly unless it il hon
estly and smartly did.
Take the people all out ov it, and this
world would be delitefull phase to liv.
The only way tew convince phool il
to outtalk him.
don't serpoze thare haz been over sc
sekrets kept in fust hands since the dazt
ov Adam.
Lazy men are alwuss konseited kritters
About the tightest spot a man kan gi
into IL WHARF he kant blame emmy boldly
but himself
If there want nothing but truth in tn,
world we could git along with one thirC
ov the language we use now.
A prudent man IL one who trusts il
God, and keeps his eye on the pot wher
it's a bileing.
If there WANT no ignoranse there woulC
be no prejudise, for everything would b,
valued jist ackOrdin to its worth.
Mi yung friend, yu may Civ every mar
yu meet the whole ov the road if yu ha1
mind to, but yu must not eXpekt to gi
emmy kredit for it.
Slander liz poisoned AFRO, shot by
concealed howard.
A sophist seems tew be a party who
having suckceeded in cheating himself
IL anxious tew serve others in the sam,
way
Pedigree may be ov sum use tew rase
horse, but Ov what use it kan be tew
man il a MYSTERY tew me.
Simplisity IL one ov the most ditfikul
things to acquire, while a florid stile i
the eazyest.
fairly envy the kredulity of sun
pholks. They will let the same dog bigh
them in the same place times, and de
klare it IL good joke. f tat p &
never allow emmy man tew-beat me il
pOliteness If the most humble man o.
the street tutches hiz hat tew me, tutcl
mine in reply.
Phools are just az necessary in thi
world az litening rods are.
Edukashun IL a good thing generally
but most pholks edukate their pref
dices.
The older we gro the less we are certai
ov
Fun IL suggar-coated phissick
Ekonemy IL the mother in law ov haI
} piness.. h...
Thare IL nothing haf so sad Iaz r,
morse
Talent thrives on the krumbs that fal
from the table ov genius.
: Our wants are the source ov all ou
: joys and all our woes,
Tew eat and drink IL all the knoledg
or virtew human being IL born with
= the rest he has tew learn.
Everything that man can honestly 81
in this world IL the gift ov God.
Thare aint no logick so powerful a
: lnecessity.-Neso YORK. Weekly,