Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1877-09-27

\ AiShc AN iC4uChthJ ASSNSh'ao AiSAA
father to son, genius descends from
heaven alone. 'a
! A good talker liza plezant acquisi-
ton to emmy company, but to be very
agreeable man must at times be
\ good listener. ,&I
i The office ov true wit is to diskover
truth and to sho it up'ina new and
concise manner.
i The grave is sed to be the end ov
ambishun, but hax often seen it
airing itself its tombstun.
In forlon hope woma1's wit IL
worth more than mans judge
ment. -} tH, Eau raE
Zeal liz good thing in the right
quantity, but out ov ten zealots that
j j examined lately found six ov them
very strongly tinkutered with bigotry,
and the other four were merely lively
phools.
i Ii mai wrongs you, thare IL two
ways to git peffekt revenge, forgiv
and forgit him az soon az yu kan.
| A dandy never gifts rid ov the dis
eaze hav seen them at seventy years
old, crooked, but just az vain az
ever, with the ho-net ev-their nektie
away around under one ear, and
stiff-starched collar OH hind-side be-
fore. .t 80" 5 .'"
Ifi was starving think it would
: demoralize me more to beg for loaf
oy bread than it would to steal it. aa
} The friendships that exists between
thoze who Civ and thoze who receiva
) IL invariably on the~sideov thoze who
Civ; il, we civ gifts that kant be re-
paid we hav made dettor and lost
friend. ~
| | aeidum ever knnz q friendship, or
even an intimacy, that formed i'm boy
hood, kept up thru life; the attaeh+
ment we sumtimes' see between peo-
3 pie IL ov later growth. .3I 30. .s-
/ don't kno that philosophy makes
man emmy wiaer or even happyer; it
simply makes him more satisfied with
what he kant help. -s....
If man hain't got ennything worth
telling heiz always anxious to tell it,
and besides, often wastes words
enuf in telling it to make a good
sized dickshionary. a .
l If we examine clussty tho courage,
honesty, and benevoience that are
awarded to most people we shall find
that vanity IL entitled to two-thirds ov
the credit. -.
Lazyness haz often been mistaken
for adversely, and has conquered moro
persons than adversity ever haz.
Eirtew IL sure to win at last, but
beleave it haz beenpunished as mutch
az inlquity ever haz.
II a man IL perfektly honest he
don't want mutch i,ranes to run biz
masheen suckcessfuly, but if he amt
he haz got to havea head full. '.sf
The man who will say Eyes" to
teyerything yu say liz the hardest kind
tav man lSnot tov to borrow ten dol
lars ov; if yu don't beleave it just
try it.
Thare IL no man needs watching so
mutch az the one who IL all the time
watching SUN one else.
We should controul our pashuns,
not root them out. y man without
pashuns liz just about useless to him.
self, and every boldly else, az a woods
en- god IL. f.tf So. .f.. u-s serl.... -E'f
Prosperity trys man, adversely
proves him. a.,sit tas.rd -sn.l. ,~
| Persekushun, enuff ov it, will make
the wust wretch in this world loom
tup like a saint.
Silence IL the wize mans citadel,
and the phool's refuge. .
! l never knu a drunken, lazy va
grant yet, but what Maz always COM
lplaining ON hiz bad Ink. fsg,gr7 'tjN
1t iz better never to hit tile bulls
eye, If we always aim at it, than it IL
to hitit bi acksident. aaa 4,
| 'Thare liz about 8 lies to one truth
laying around loose, and what makes
it pesky bad il, the very best judges
kant hatf the time tell whitch liz the
fother. e
The most perfekt friendships seem
to exist between thoze ov strong, but
different traits ov karakter.
j 1t IL CRATE deal eazier, to cheat
a cunning man than :.n honest one,
espeshily ifyu trade twice with him.
l. The more a man knows the less he
doubts, and the more he keeps still
about It.
Success IL often. suspishus.
ii Avariee IL not ekeaeny, emmy more
| than generosity IL jnstiss. + "a '''s e
I The CRATE mass ov people GO thru
. life az the the bubbles float on the sur
face ov the river, With no desire or
Ipower to goionly WHARF the current
leads. l3iH7 51s sst* iatifc ai'i isH il3H
True cotirage never piks its time
, and place, like the conscience, it IL
always at its post, reddy for the en-
). counter Gs". R3 f1'i'ffe - l'i'''..
ID The most rfditkiluss sight / knoov,
, liza sheep in VOLTS clothing. 'a'' s'fi !
"A certain amount ,ov ignolanse liz a
blessing If a man KIM all that IL pos
, sible for the human mind TO kno.' he