Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-12-25
OLD SAWS
Aonsly and Quaint Sayings Of
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Essn4nga


Thew AomeIy and quaint sayings Of
Is,ye oldyu tyne" are all SO perfect for
brevity, truth and wiss!oru that the
more we reflect on the fore. bis mean
ings and warnings they convey the
more we love and respect our good an
sessors who providing
they always ''practscsd what they
preached"
IL Is an exquisite delight which soou
becomes fascination 70 SIT down quiet
~ and think out of our memory's store
house these condensed chunk of wis
dom which were burned into M when
We were young and thoughtless and
which have lain thcre dormant ever
Alnc&
They take M back again TO days of
childhood ard once more We zee and
hear our parents and grandparents and
kind old neighbors, and cross ones. too.
firing the chestnuts NJ US in the hopo
of saving Us future troubles and costly
experiences
OF course we never appreciated them
nor UNDERWOOD one-tenths of what the
mAxims meant-if we had we might be
good deal happier now, but of that
1.-The less said tho better" and mo use
crying over split milk"
How the old saws bubble out of our
think tanks when we try to rememb Der
them There seems no end 70 the pro-
cession-
Experience In . dear teacher"
'''Fools learn BY their own experience,
wise men by the experience of Others"
How often those two have been
drummed In our ears "Eools laugh at
their own folly-A fool and his money
are socn parted-A fool for luck-Fools
never die" Our cross old ncighbors
zaust have told as those.
II Take the word dog" and you have:
i'Barking dogs never bite-Let sleep
fng dogs lie-Like dog in the Manager
,Iog eat dog-Hair OF the dog TO cure
tts bite--Gsonc 10 the dogs--Give . dog
. bod name snd then hang him
Whipped eur breads the LASH" and
more.
Take the ''devil~ and there come
more maxims about him 'thsn you can
nhake stick st !"
whipping tho devil around the
,stump-The devil is not - black ~
he's painted-The devil take the hind
most-Speak of the devil. he's sure to
appesr-The devil. takes care of his
own-The devil finds work for idle
hands 70 do-The devil waa sick, the
devil monk would be; the devil got
we'll. but devil . monk was he--Tho
devil turks behind tho CROSS Each
man for himself and the devil for US
aii-Hell Is paved with good intentions
when he'll freezes over the devil can
slsA.s-- Fighting tho devil with Ere"
end something about she devil going
10 church and seeing Q saint. but wo've
tfosyoessn n
& The word VAR calls forth: Eager
ears hear snythina-Ia At one ear. out
at tho other--A nss in his ear-Little
pitchers have big cara"
Pee ssvss Ne: "A watched pot
Poo back-whss makes . pot viii
make . pei NJ, and many otherA,
The ''children" must have been -
troublsssms lsny ago - they are now.
For instance: "spars ths rod and spoil
che chilA." though - latter dsys this Il
property revepcd "A burnt child
dresds shs Grs-Children and fools
spesh NE tvvsA-Chi2avsn should -
sssa .sA sos hsasd BOYS will Be b<ys
shouldsrs-An work and no play makes
Jack dukl boy-Chudrcn ,should noe
play WA sAgcA sools-Don's send .
Soy 90 . r.Aa's Grand Making pig
II himself
Nothing sssms 70 be said sbsyut girls
lor ssbsss; probably they were TOO good
20 need Say advice OF correction OF
dsmessc animals ths horse aud dog
talrss<fy ssAssd) and sheep aud hogs
IRE nossceA lsavmg the geasls COW out.
''Lockng the stable door after the
hor~s 10 Stolen Eating his head OF
for want Of nail The shoe va lost;
fOs wsns of shoe the steed wss lost;
for wss1 of . sseed the rider wss lost
--NscA ~ and littIe wool-~-rulllng
ehs wool ovss his eyes--A wolf in
sh~,p's cicthing-As innocent -
tsmb- uoo< bog ~ dis- You cant make
silk purse Get u sow's ear-Casting
D>sris before swlne.- etc.
Data beg scd straw make one think
~ ~Str~ws show how the wiod slows
-p~swssax mea clutch At strAws---
H~atsns . needle IN hay stack Make
bar While he sun shines -fIeyss for
kovse> ssrsws fo< sows-- he feels his
osss Coed ~ wheat The last straw
breaks shs csmeis back -As,<aswiedgs
che scras e.
Money was - important IN articls
" or sr~adpspa - Il Is now. and
e<snory 49, prs~shsd hr ali IL vas
worsh
Penny wiss snd rcund foolish
Save - Ne srigux ssd lose - the baax
- Tss<e e.~. II the pence. sbe pornds
VIII tsks care Of themselves Easy
eNvse. es<s so-A feos ard his money
secN oars In sis-> II prosperity pre-
p>rs Ger sdver-its Lay up soneshinx
Tor f>is- sv-Tso cent eat POUR
<al1e anu have IL tso-~Tho~e whe
denc~ nsass fay IKE rsper fsra't hoy
~hst ysu dealt vast seesnse II =
eheap II = GOD - Keep aost err