The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-20
Josh Billings Philosophy.

!, AneIe IRE pleuty OI people WHO CnlnK al
there was of any note about Diogenes was
the tub he lived in.
lis arare man who knows the full ex-
tent of his ability.
Truth, like the sun, sometimes goes un-
der a cloud, but always comes out again,
and shines all the brighter.
My friend don't ever strike dog. There
never was a dog yet, who, if he had halfa
chance, didn t love some one else better
than he did himself.
The only way to convince fool is to
let him have his own way, and there are
lots of them that even that won't con-
vince. ,...
Young man, learn to wait. The chances
are if you try to set hen before she is
ready, you will lose your time and demon
alize the hen besides.
Nature seldom makes fool, she simply
furnishes the materials, and lets each of
us complete the job to suit ourself.
If you expect to reach the top of the
ladder you will have to begin at the
bottom round; it is only the eagles that
fly directly to the top, and eagles are
scarce.
The man who invented the lucifer match,
or even the wooden clothes-pin, did the
world more good than many of the ancient
philosophers, . Y w..
The / thinner the ice is, the more
anxious every one is to see whether.it will
bear.
Men who have the most power show it
the least; there is not more terrible en-
glne of the law than fresh-elected con-
stable. r." 80 49, o
Each spoke in the wheel thinks the
whole strength of the wheel depends upon
it.
never have known gambler vet who
stuck to the business until he was seventy
years old, but what died in some aims
house, neglected and despised.
Mankind could make paradise of this
world at about one-half what it has cost to
make a hell Of it.
The abuse that a man don't merit and
gets, is worth great deal more to him
than praise that he does merit and don't
get.
A loafer is comparatively harmless; he
is too numb to be absolutely vicious,
and too lazy to do much damage in the
world.
A dead beat is natural born hypocrite;
he has capacity enough to make him re-
spectacle, but the devil holds first mort
gage on it. ..r..- ,a g...c-
There is difference between learning
and wisdom. have seen men who could
calculate an eclipse to the sixteenth of an
inch, who could demonstrate any problem
in mathematics, who could botanic all
the weeds and flowers, but who knew of
no other way to set hen than to tie her
onto the nest, and hold her down with
flat stone. >n.4. a3s5s ,-yaE
Next to good health, the best thing l
know of is good wife, and something
nice to keep her on.
Men often mistake notoriety for reputa-
ton; there is no reputation in horse steal
ing, but there is good deal of notoriety
in it, provided man don't get caught at
it. gu
The gutter is bad place to start from;
I don't care if you even get to be an Al
derman, the world always remembers the
gutter, and loves to talk about it. ..
The man who is determined to win is
sure to; there is not bad luck enough in
the world to beat him. %-
Repentance is the most satisfactory
duty that man cBn perform, but it won't
cure his headache after a night debauch,
nor pay for the hot whisky and cigars it
took to make tn. Y. Weekly. IS