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Sayings--by Josh Billings

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Parent Issue
Day
31
Month
March
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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The hanker for oüs iz the very strongest pashun ov the humin harte. You will seé men dio with a good grape, but they giv up ofis, az they do a dublé tooth, only bi aid ov the forsepps. They don't hore for ile in the southern kuntry, they bore for whiskee, and hav the best luck near the graveyards. It aint best tew be certain ov enny thjng ia this life, noteven the meazels, until yu hav had theru the second time. Most men learn esperieope from the futre. Praise makes the sensitiff soul afrade, and censure inakee it vyeep. It iz really strange how little mekanikal genius sum men hav, (i am sumwhat offliketed that way mieelf,) they kan look at n man turuiug a grindstun, and kant teil for the life ov them, wbat makes the blasted thing revolye. I dont know ov menny things. that filis me with such curris emoshuns, (emoshuns that i bant heal aiiself ov) az tew see two incersent lovers, on an expresa train, at the ratc ov 40 miles an hoqr, smellin ov each others breth - lia tevymuch for mi human natur tew stand, without takjn mi chanse at the breth. JG3ETruth íb coDsiderably oracked up as a virtue, and yet we tnow of notbing that would sooner make a nuisance of a man. Speak the truih oi cveiy odo you meet, and where would your bed be ? Iu tho mud gutter about half tho time.

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Old News
Michigan Argus