The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-06

ALI, ARE NOT HUNTERS THAT
BLOW THE HORN.

buL HUN bt ~ -
cious. what Il row. as the linnet said
when he heard a donkey singing his
evening hymn. There's more goes to
ploughing than knowing how to whis-
tie. and hunting is not all tally-ho
and horn-blowing. Appearances are
deceitful. Outward show is not every
thing. All are not butchers that
carry a steel, and all are not Bishops
that wear aprons. You must no. buy
goods by the label, for / have heard
that the finer the trademark the
worse the article. Blow away, my
hearty, till your toes look out OF your
boots; there's no fear OF your killing
either fox or stag!
Now, the more people blow the
more they may, but he is a fool VINO
believes all they say. AS a rule, the
smallest boy carries the biggest fiddle,
and he who makes most boast mas
least roast. He who has least wisdom
has most vanity. John Lakeland Is
wonderfully fond Of being called Els
ouirc. and there's none so pleased al
being dubbed IA Doctor as the man
who least deserves it. Many a ID. ID.
is a fiddle dee-dcc. have heard said,
"Always talk big and somebody will
think you great" but my old friend,
Will Shepherd, says, "Save your wind
for running up a hill, and don't give
us biz words off a weak stomach.
Look" said he once to me, there's
Solomon Braggs holding up his head
like "a hen drinking water, but there's
nothing in it. With him it's much
din and little done"
&C all speculations the market holds forth,
The bcs, that | know for II lover of pelf
Were to buy up this Braggs at the price he is WORTH
And sell him-at that which he sets on himself.
Before honor is humility, but a pra-
ting fool shall fall, and when he falls
very few will be in il hurry to pick him
up.
Along tongue generally goes with IA
short hand. We arc most OF US better
at saving than doing. We can all
tattle away from the battle, but many
fy when the fight is nigh. Some are
all sound and fury, and when they
have Dragged their brag all is over
and amen. The fat Dutchman was
the wiscst pilot in Flushing, only he
never went to sea: and the lrIshmah
was the finest rider in Connaught,
only he would never trust himself on
a horse. because. as he said, "he gen.
orally fell off before he got on" "A
bachelors wife is always well man
aged, and old maids always bring ny
their children in prime style. we
think we can do what we are not
called to, and if by chance the thing
falls to our lot we do worse than those
We blamed. Hence it is wise to bt
slow in foretclling what we will do
for,
THUS saith the proverb OF the wise,
who boastctI least tells fewest lies
There is another old rhyme, which i
as full of reason rs a pod is full o
peas:
Little money is soonest ~spended;
Fcwes, words are soonest mended."
OF course every potter praises hi
WI not, and we can all toot Il littl
on our own trumpet, but some blow ii
if nobody ever had Il horn but then
selves. s'After me the food" say
the mighty big man, and whether
he so or no we have floods cnoug
while he lives. Imean floods of word
words, words, enough to drown a
your senses. Oh, that the man had
mouth big enough to say all he has
say at one 90, and have done with j
but then one had need get to h eoth'
end of the world till his talk had ri
itself dry. Oh, for a quiet hay-lof
or a silent pit, or a dungeon whe
the sound of the jawbone would I
more be heard. They say IA brain
worth little If you have not a tongu
Int what is a tongue worth without
brain? Believing is all very well, b'
the COW for ~ is one which fills II
pai!,. A braying ass eats little ha
and that's a saving in fodder; but
barking dog catches no game, al
that's a loss to the owner. Noise
no profit, and talk binders work.
When a mans song is in his prals
let the hymn be short metre, and !
the tune be in the minor key. i
who talks forever about himself has
foolish subject, and is likely to worI
and weary all around him. Good VIII
needs no bush, and a man who a
well seldom boasts about it. III
emptiest tub makes the loudest nols
Those who give themselves out TO
fine shots kill very few birds, ar
many a crack ploughman docs Il shor
er days work than plain John, thong
he is nothing off the common: and $
on the whole, it Is pretty clear til;
the best huntsmcn are not those WI
arc for everlastingly blowing the horI
A woman fond Of home and CHI
drcn will marry a man who doesn
..,o f,, o;tbo Shn will MARI