Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
Old Jerry GreeIin:.

| b'leye that tn bread o. repentance
We sometimes eat durln' old age is m.de
ont o tn wild oats We have sowei during
our boyhocd.
| Necessity Is like good many law
yers | kun call t mind, cause it knows
no Law.
Dead loads D men talk by tn yard
and think by tn inch.
Doctors have tn best o all tn per-
fessions in tn world; ef they make a
cure tn earth proclaims it, an Ell they
make failure TIL earth covers it.
| Don't eyer fish fer compliment
they're alters found in mighty sha,Ier
waters.
| Nothing amt certain is An OLD sayin'.
but ef nothing amt certain, I'd like /
know how under tn blue canteloupe O.
heaven anybody KIN be certain that
nothing amt certain.
This yere pesky dueling amt nothing
more r less than Folly tamperih' with
Murder. Fist fights is deal more
sensibler and less deadlier.
| Good wages is tn sweet oil thet lu-
bercates tn hull human machinery O.
Ameriky, an poor wages is like thick
tar-not only disagreeable, but t clogs
up the hull machinery.
A man 'thout ch'racter il jist bout
es safe t hev round es steam -Injun
| 'thout no safety-valve.
Ev'ry man may be jedged 'cordin' 8
his works, but IN be switched ef every
fool is served accordin' t his folly.
Mister Ellis Phipps is like a man
| stabbin' at a shadder; he sticks at moth
ing.
When a woman and man s married
they are made one. by tn dominie-now
tn question Is which Is tn oLe' I've
observed, from my infancy up, that
they's generally turribIe scriMmage
afore tn matters settleo.
Maxim a arter dinner speech is hotter
work than maxim love to country gal
II July.
Sleepin' foxes ketches no fat geese.
Never bet on a mans own game; ye'n
get took in ev'ry time ef We do. You
can't beat any feller ut game o his
own inventin', no matter how smart We
be.
The Jedge has obsarved that fire
gifts hotter an hotter the more at gifts
coaled.
Th' wayt' git credit is by alters payin'
when We. say ye will, aud by not askin'
fer it too much.
Eff l could buy some men for what
they are worth, an sell 'em tor what
they think they're worth, tn profits d
be so big thet could retire from biz
afore L got haf way through my list o
acquaintances.
A Chipyman's idea o ambition Is
Illustrated by rat-eater tryin' I ketch
a comet 10y putin salt on its tail.
The best gold comes from tn rough
est country, and tn best hearts beat
under tn toughest faces.
Poverty oughter lie considered man ;
best friend, fer 1t alters sticks 20 him
when all otlvr friends desart hlLl.
They hain't very many men tlat kin
git up in dark room an, arter barBln'
his shins on tn rockin' chair, hold a
squallin', squirmin' baby for two hours
an KIN say at tn same time ''they's no
place like home"
| 1h' button on til back o the neck
band o shirt prob'Iy glts more talkin
to than any inan'mate object In crea-
ton.
A ay'ncious man s like fee tryin'
| t swaller sawmiil.
Tn best definition o tn word book
is ..brains preserved III ink"
I'm not ez strong ez L usety be, ez
tn onion said t tn cook arter 1t he'd
been billed.
hold that good speech is merely the
harvest that follows tn tlowern' o
thought.
The pious he alters great deal slower
t help right then tn profane an wuth-
less be { hinder it.
'Tain't safe never t. nlolest mule
and editor.
Friends is tn only valuables Il man
kin hev NOWADAYS 'tnont nagin tax on.