Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-12-19
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oVohNtinS, 30 tO De ON nanQ Wnen the
kicking begins to flow.
There is no little wisdom In this:
''The reputashun man gifts from
his ancestors often wants as mutch
altering to him az their old close
would" And in this, for some
reason, dedicated to January.
''Young man, set down and keep
still; you will hav plenty ov chances
yet to make phool ov yourself be-
fore you die"
February is represented by four
paragraphs, two of which are as fol-
lows:
81 would az soon think of pulling
the feathers out of peacock's tail az
to interfere with the inosent vanity ov
man," which is good in sentiment
and not untrue in philosophy, for one
is but the representative of the other.
''Married life is little game in
which the woman, if she is called, Is
almost sure to have strate flush"
The difference between mistake
and blunder is made apparent in the
following:
"When a man sets down a poor
umbreller and takes up good one he
makes mistake; but when he sets
down a good umbreller and takes up
a poor one he makes blunder.''
'Excuse haste,
'sJosH BILLINGS.
The best thing Mrs Billings ''knos
ov il a fust rate wife; and the next
best thing is second rate one." The
following little dissertation on Soon
shience" speaks for itself:
'"The smartest thing about emmy
man il hiz Conscience; he may
outargy hiz reazon or stutify hiz faith
but he kant beat his Conscience -
Mules and fools seem to have been
studied with equal felicity by Mr..
Billings. Several paragraphs are de-
voted the former In the Allminax,
such as these:
"Mules are like sum men; after yu
hav studdid their karakter for five
years cluss, the best thing yu kan do
iz to git an average on them"
Here are some Of his observations
upon men:
"Whenever yu cumakrost a man
who distrusts everybody yu hav found
one whom it is for everybody to dis
trust.
"You kan possibly argy man out
ov hiz religion, but you kant ont ov
the color of his nektye or the squeeze
ov hiz boots.
"The man who kan wear paper
a whole week and keep it tklean-ain't
good for ennything else.
'sThare IL only one kind ov person
who iz fit to live in solitude, and he
IL the one who liz capable by adorn-
ing emmy posishun in society.
ssThoze who hav real merit are the
last ones to see it in themselves, and
the fust ones to see it in others.
''Man waz kreated a little lower
than the angels, and he haz been git
tin a little lower since.
ga man with very small he'd on
him il like pin without emmy, very
apt to git into things beyond hiz
depth.
Lasting reputashuns are ova slo
growth; the man who wakes up Janus
sum morning IL very apt to go to bed
sum night and sleep it all off.
1.-The world all prave the philoso.
fers, but 'yoss their pennys into the
caps ov the monkeys.
"Sarkasm il kien weapon, but in
handling it menny people take holt
ov the blade instead ov the handle.
"Guessing and lieing are fust cuz-
zins; the man who otis into the habit
ov guessing at all things will soon git
into the habit of lieing about menny
things.
"How kan you expekt to find two
people in this world who are alike
when yu kant even find one who liz
alike haff the time?
'Mulcs are like sum men, very
corrupt at harte. I hav known them
to be good mules for 5 months just to
git good chance to kick somebody"
The Allminax, beside containing
list of these aphorisms. is largely de-
voted to advertising, and il ardorned
on every page with a characteristic
woodcut, such as one representing q
hat full of eggs to most reluctant
hen, to whom this advice is viven:
Don't hurry things, mi sweet friend.
The best time to sett hen iz-when
the hen IL reddy. Tryit, Josh Bill
lings.
1t is to be hoped, especially that
the Democrats in Congress will reso-
lutely insist upon such Legislation as
the pressing wants of the people de-
mand. The party that devotes itself