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Brother Gardeners Advice

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
June
Year
1882
Copyright
Public Domain
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" It pays to be good. Don't be too good but be just good 'nuff. Christopher Columbus iiskivered America, but has he ebei bin put in a chromo ? He was too good. Cap. Kidd, de pirate, neber eben had bis photograph on sale. Why? Kase he was too bad. My advice to you is to hit de happy neutral groun' betvveen Columbus and Kidd. One was too good to want to knoek somebody's head off arter stubbing his toe on astone; de odder was too bad to subscribe fur a religous publicaiion. As I tole you in a former lektur, be purty good on de huil an' a leetle bad on de averaige. If you fin' a lost wallet don't give it up until you have counted de money ia it an' have de bes' of proof dat sombody lost it. If you lose your own wallet, doan' expect any better i'roin de finder. Doan' be profane, an' yit doan' hesitate to giy' de English language full sweep when you cotcli a boy girdlin' your apple trees. Honor yer fader and your rnudder, but doan' lend de ole man any money onless you have good security. Come down liberally to erect churches, but if you have any brick to sell ask de contractor full price. Do yer dooty by oiphan asylums, but doan' board any orphans fur less dau $3 a week. 'Love yer naybur as thyself, but see dat he returns yer shovel and spade an' rake in good order or rnake him pay de retail price. Be honest, but doan' let a grocer imagine dat you buy a quart box of strawberries expectin' to git ober a pint an' a half. Obey de law, but doan' clean out yer alley onless yer naybur does. Be seen often at church, but doan' argy dat de preacher knows de aige of de world an' de area of Heaben any better dan lots of odder folks. Support de cause of eddeeashun, an' yit remember dat some of our biggest fools am peop'.e who have bin stuffed full of it. Wid dese few impervious dejeckshuns to assimilate de general incongruity of astronomy, we will now endeavor to disparage de sinultude of de

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Ann Arbor Democrat