Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-01
JOsh Bnllnss Papers.

Most people are like an egg, too phull ov
themselfs to hold emmy thing else,
MISERY luvs kompany," but kant bear kom
petiahun, there Amt no boldly but what think
thare bile the sorest bile In market.
To be a big man among big men, liz what
proves a mans karakter-to be abul frog among
tadpoles, don't amount to much.
What blessed thing it IL that we kant "see
ourselves AZ others see us,"-the sight would
take all the starch out ov us.
Thare IL lots ov pholks in this world who kan
keep nine out ov ten ov tire commandments,
without emmy trHbble at all but the one that IL
left they kant keep the small end ov.
Expecktashun IL the child ov Hope, and like
its parent IL an arrogant brat.
Excentricitys are most alwus artyfshA and
the best that can be sed ov them IL, they are
quite az often the result ov difidence az ov van
ity.
II want tew git at the trew karahter ov man
study biz vices more thnn do hiz virtews
Those who expect to keep themselves pure In
this life must keep their souls being all the time,
like pot, and keep all the time skimming the
surface.
II don't do tew trust man too much who IL
alwus in hurry; he liz like pssmire whose
heart and bones lays in hiz heelS.
Thare liz nothing 80 delishus tew the soul ov
man as an occasional moment ov sadness.
Jelous people alwus luv themselfs more than
they do thoze whom they are jelous ov.
Curiosity IL the germ ov all enterprizes-men
dig for woodchucks more for curiosity than they
do for woodohucks.
The purest and best specimens ov human ma
tur that the world haz ever seen, or ever will
see, hav bin the virtewous heathen.
Men don't fail 30 often in this world from
want ov right motives, az they do from lack ov
grip.
Thare IL only two men in this world who never
make emmy blunders, and they are yu and me,
mi friend.
Yung man,yu kant learn ennything bi hearing
yourself talk, but yu may possibly bi hearing
others.
Thare IL lots ov folks in this world whom yu
kan bio up like bladder, and then Xix them az
high az yu pleze.
cunning man burns hiz fingers everybody hollers
for joy.
genius in this way A man OF talent kan make a
whissell out ov pigs tale, but 1t takes man oy
genius to make the tale.
kant tell now whether goose stands on one
leg 30 mutch to rest the leg az to rest the goose
wish sum scientific man would tell me all about
this.
Thare liz mitey site ov difference whether Mr.
John Smith will appear at Booths Theatre as
Othsllo, or whether othello will appear az MIR.
John Smith.
had rather be child again than to be the
autokrat ov the world.
Thare is newmerous individuals in the land
who look upon what they hain't got az the only
things worth having
There IL thoze who kant lafr with impunity !; IL
they amt stiff and sollum they amt nothing.
A fu branes in mans he'd are az noisy az
shot in blown up bladder.
One man ov genius to 81 thousand four hun
dred and AZ men ov talent IL just about the rite
proproshun for aktual bizzness
Ventilashun liz a good thing, but when a man
kant lay down and sleep in 10 aker lot without |
aking down lengths ov fence to let the wind in |
10 IL altogether too airsh.
think that hen who undertakes tew lay 2 |
eggs a day must necessarily neglekt sum other |
branch ov bzzness.
There liz "menny a slip between a cup and a |
ip," but not han az menny az thare ought tew /
be.
The two most important words in emmy Ian |
guage are the shortest-"Yes" and mo"
One ov the most honest ard reliable meni /
kno ov at the present time liz 'Old Probabili- |
tiz !" he IL an ornament and honor tew hiz sex. /
Rather than not have faith in emmy thing, am |
willing tew be beat times out ov TO-
don't never have emmy trubblo in regulating /
nj own kondukt, but tsw keep other pholks |
Itr light In what bothtrs me.--N. Y. Weekly