Honesty
Honesty iz like munny, a man haz got to work hard to get it, and then haz got to work harder to keep it. Honesty iz the best kard in the pak; it iz allwuss trumps, and thare iz no man big phool enuff but what he kan play it right every time. Honesty haz been praised more, and praktised less, than enny ov the virtews, but it stands in need ov no ones praise, and fears no ones rebuke. Honesty iz all the virtew that a man needs, and all that an angell haz. Honest men are skarse, and what i am afrade ov now iz, they are going to be skarser. From Adam’s day to ours, and from now untill the judgement time, an Honest man haz been, and will be, “The noblest work of God.” Pope’s deskripshun ov an honest man iz the simplest, and yet the strongest language, that ever haz been used.
A Kard
A bizzy-body iz like a ritch cheeze,—full ov little things.
When a man aint good for ennything else, he iz just right to sett on a jury.
The musketo iz born ov poor but industrious parents,—but haz in hiz veins, sum ov the best blood in the Country=
Yures for 90 Days. Josh Billings=
Dont hurry things mi sweet friend. The best time to sett a hen,—iz when the hen iz reddy.=
Try it—Josh Billings.=
Q.–What’s yure favourite piece ov skulpture?
A.–The mile-stun nearest home.
Erly the Nuze Boy crawls from hiz koal box,
Tho sno on the hard ground may lay,
And skuds for the nuze paper offiss,
To get his supply for the day.