Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-07-01
Little Wanderers,

"eio t1iI pSst 1T i'icCSit were oltcli tHt
poorest at practice, and those who were
best at practice were poorest at prcccpt.
Mostrcnplc love to be praised, and some
are SO fond of it that they will take i, from
those whose praise is a disgrace 10 any
bouy
Those who have rc;l! merit are seldom
proud Of it, and often even unconscious
Of it.
There arc just as many joys in this world
as SORROWS, and We can find them just rs
easy if we will only hunt for them.
| meet but few natural people; this don't
astonish me, for it requires Il good deal of
brains to be NATURAL
Il is good judgment to enjoy life as VIC
go along; we ;,n't sure IF Old ;,gc, and if
we were, old age is no time for endowment.
The man who has never been tempted
can't tell anywhere near how much virtue
he has got in him.
There arc but few things that pay 50
we'll on the investment as politcncss; il
yratitics our vanity and don't cost anv.
thing.
The really wise are always astonshed at
how little they know.
We all Of us charge our blunders on
something Or somebody elsc-if Il shoe
maker makes a mi>tit he always blamcs
| the foot but not the boot.
Man must have been especially created
| to paddle his own canoe, for we see no
| body snubbcd so often as the person wllc
Is always anxious to help somebody else
When a man has lost all his property he
| generally looscs all his friends, and tht
world doscn't hesitate to say they always
knew he was /, cusscd fool.
Truth is very compact, but lie must
have plenty of room or it will smother.
Imitators only interest US for a short
time; to make great success man must
either be original or improve On others.
Reading is the means, but thinking is
the end, of knowledge
The poorest kind Of religion that man
can have is the kind that he is all the time
Dragging about.
There are great many individuals in
this world who expect to reach heaven
not on any particular merits Of tLci: own
but on the failings of others.
The best way to satisfy yourself, and
others, too, is to mind your own business
One great disadvantage in being al
habitual liar is that when a man docs
actually tell the truth lie don't get credit
for it only at,thc rate of fifty cents on the
dollar.
We often hear Of men 'who know more
than they can tell," and once in great
while we come across one who can tell
more than he knows.
Energy and Judgment are what tell
There have been, and always will be, just
as many failures IN a good cause as a bad
one, if they amt handled right.
Poverty is a great blessing to some
folks.
Ialways l think it is good taste, and also
good Judgment, when Il man prays for the
sins of the people, to count himself in.
have heard it said that adversely is a
great deal safer for Il man than prosperity,
and I guess it is, especially if the man is
a TOOL
L: is no disgrace for man to fall, but to
lay there and grunt is.
If you want to get into a tight spct,
where you can't back out nor go ahead,
be the confident Of half dozen sets of Sc
crets; you might as well undertake to
help one hornets nest break up another
and expect not to get stung by the whole
Of them.
The man who is always anxious to tell
all he knows will soon run out Of stock
and begin to tell what he don't know.
Those people who cheat themselves are
always easiest to be cheated by others.
This life is one of disappointments, and
the only way know of to avoid them is
to expect nothing.
The man who listens has the man who
talks in his power-Josll Billings, in N.
Y. Weekly.