The Irish standard., 1895-12-28
POOR RICHARD"
The Popularity of Ben Franklin's Al
manac in the Past.

! The Popularity OF Ben Franklins Al a
n1anac in the Past.
t'In December of the year 1892 says
Bigelow's Life OF Franklin, Franklin
commenced the publication of what he
styled Poor Richards Almanack'-price
| five pence. 1t attained an astonishing
popularity, and at once. Three editions
| were sold within the month of it's appear
| ance. The average sale for twenty
years was 10000 year. He was some
times Obliged to it put to press in October
| to get a. supply OF copies to the remote
colonies by the beginning of the year.
| 1t has been translated into nearly, if not
quite, every written language, and sever
al different translations OF it have been
made into the French and the German.
| 1t contains some of the best fun, as we'll
as the wisest counsel, that ever enlanated
! from his PEN
! Here are some Of the aphorisms with
which the almanac abounds:
'Fish and visitors smell'in three days
diligence is the mother of good
luck"
wealth is not his that has it, but his
that enjoys it,
:'Let thy maid servant be faithful,
strong, and honlely.'
what he will"
Don't throw stones at your nelghborS
if your own windows are glass.
Good wives and good plantations are
made by good husbands
God heals; the doctor takes the fee
"The noblest question in the world is
What good may l. do in it?'
! S'Tlere are three faithful friends.-an
old wife. an old dog, and ready money
'*Who has deceived thee SO oft as thy
SELF"
"Fly pleasures and they will follow
YOU
Hast thous virtue, require also the
graces and beauties Of virtue
''He that would have a short Lent let
him borrow money to be repaid at Eas-
ter"
Keep your eyes wide open before mar
riage; half shut afterward.'
CAS- we must account for every idle
word, so we must for every idle silence
"Search others for their virtues, thy
self for thy vices.
Grace thou thy house and let not that
grace thee"
'Iet thy child's first lesson be obedi-
ence and the second will be what thou
wilt
..Let thy discontents be thy secrets"
Industry need not WISH
Happy that nation, fortunate that age,
whose history is not divert1T"
tsTo bear other peoples Affections ev-
cry one has courage enough anu to
spare"
"There are lazy minds as we'll as lazy
bodies"
ssTricks and treachery are the prac-
| II wit
be honest
Let NO pleasure tempt thee. no profit
allure thee no ambition corrupt thee,
no example sway thee, no persuasion
move thee to do anything which thou
God helps them that help them
knowest to be evil"
selves
"c1oth like rust consumes faster than
labor wears. while the used key is always
bright.
'sThe sleeping fox catches no poultry.
"There is no little enemy.
"a new truth is truth, an Old error Is
an error
Drink water. put the money in your
pocket, and leave the dry bellyache IN
the punch BOWL
Necessity never made good bar
gain"
'.Three may keep a secret-if two Of
them are dead
'<Deny self for selfs sake
keep thy shop and thy shop will
keep thee
"Opportunity is the great bawd."
Here comes the orator. with his food
Of words and his drop OF reason
ssSal laughs at everything you say
why? Because she has fine teeth. .
can old young man will be young
old man
"He is no clown that drives the ploW.
but he that does cloWnish things.
"Forewarned, forearmed.
..If you would know the value Of
., ono, OF and try to borrow some -