Advice Tew Yung Klergymen
Dont preach the gospel for less than 850 dollars a year, salary payable quarterly in advance.
A congregashun who kant afford tew pay 850 dollars a year, want a missionary more than they do a klergyman.
Be sure and run the church; don’t let the church run you.
Az i sed up at the top, git az mutch ov yure salary az possible in advance, for i dont kno ov enny det so hard tew kollekt az a minister’s salary, after it once gits kold.
It iz so eazy to advise another fellow to set down in a dentists chair, and hav a big dubble tooth jerkt out, that i hav often wondered whi we didn’t try it ourselfs.=
Less so. Josh Billings
I say to 2 thirds ov the ritch people in this world—make the most ov yure money, for it makes the most ov yu.=
Happy thought.= Josh Billings
Q.–Who had the best artikle ov pashunce?
A.–Job. His pashunce waz biled down to a spot.
A stirring man iz nabor Bush,
Yu never ketched him idle;
Six daze he works, and sundaze he
Salts geese, and reads the bible.