West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-07-10
SERMONETTES.

SERMONETTES.
Though hcwcd and fashioned far away from
colleges aud schools:
Discriminate dscrcctly between enemy and
And never grasp hornet by it's active bust.
ness end.
Against curtain lecture place your silence
and a smile:
You spoil your tongue or jack-knife, If you
white on file.
Avoid an OWL temper and tho alcoholic reels;
Al shnhnE hands with donkcys, never take
Don't push stubborn human; driving pigs
II you simply pull the porker by the kink upon
his tail
Don't he so blind for honey as to bite into a
If you rush along too rapid you are not so mt
TO see.
Don look for flowers or fruitago in u sandy
And don't expcnd lungpressure on man dc
VOID OF taste.
IF you want more noise than music. shout into
You find tho loudcst clappor I'm tho fashiona-
bic belle
Waste not your brains best effort on a soul OF
pin-hcad size;
You do not want a cannon If you re only shoot
ing flies.
ii you want to keep a secret tell It only to
The Tongues, of others often hide a babbling
echo elf.
II you would stumble DER yourself some
in kicking at the rock of fate you only break
your toes.
Don't let your appetite, If sharp, too quickly
The men are many who their graves are die.
glng with their teeth.
Avoid man whose icy heart gives other hearts
the ChiNs
a grumbling spirit shortens life and lengthons
doctors bills.
Some politicians rarely try 10 slirmish with
tho truth: ~
Neraoity they stab to death and bury in its
youth.
Don't he alarmed II pompous fools pro,v hio
with great pretense:
II takes about a ton of sound 10 make an
ounce OF sense.
And never estimate a man by lavish spread OF
sails; 70
The peacock and the lizard tribes display the
longest tails
Esteem no woman for her rarb nor tr,nlo,s
The weights of fowls are never found in feath-
ers or in wings.
Expect no measure of success from narrow
souls and small;
You can not dry river up by dipping with
an awl.
III you would conquer mems respect inst cnI.
uvate your own;
Hou can not club it into them with Samson's
old jawbone.
The only way TO earn your wealth is by your
To sit on Fate's long-addled eggs is suited but
TO Turks. '"'
Don't scold the Lord His word conforms 10
certain changeless rules;
1ou can not warp them out OF place, or butcher
And when when you strike a fanoied Ounce, with
oWush look and tone,
lie sure It's not mirrored form, its image but
your own.
The man who growls at everything is ,yas,i,,,
Nenomed breath
Perhaps he knows, if all retained, 'twould
poison him TO death.
Begin at the beginning; all trees begin with
roots; w"
You can't ascend a sunbeam just by pulling
tyour boots.
Let no ill-luck discourage; the treesures so,,,o-
times drop, 90 'o''i'-
While empty gourds and bubbles sereneIy bob
on top.
In watching fools sscensons, sing no sad
I'm graveyard tunes 9"'
toy balloons.
In short, be philosophic-let naught be a sur
Drink deep Of bottled sunshine and open wide
your eyes 0
mere many simple blessing and many
precious thing 'J
for those who use their weapons and shoot
them on the wing. ''
IN 'hese untrimmed suggestions are LIES host
tempered tools: O''
Just help yourself and use then, thee -.
made, patent rules 'Oino
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