PICKINGS FROM JOSH BILLINGS' ALLMINAX.
Natur never makes enny blun lorn ; when she makes a phool, she means it. To find out whether a man ha« a good moral karakter or not, ask him pleasantly. A coquett in lov iz az tame az a bottle ov uiiitjor pop that lias stood sum time with the corek pulled out. Tew pirk out a good husband! shut up both eyes, grab hard, and trust in Providence. On the Porkunk Valley Railroad, conductors are p witively forbid triein" tew pass each other on a single trick) but no charges are made on that road for coroners' inquests. Premium awarded to a velosipede rider in LB7o.—To Niinrod Nturgiss, a copper medal with nine dollars, and a nu pair ov dorg skin gloves, for ridin<* a velosipede into a mill pond, and gittin x drowned. It is sed by naturalises that angleworm ile, rubbed on the back ov the neck will cure a man ov liein_r. I don't beleave this, unless it kills the man. Deat'i is the only safe cure that haz bin discovered yet for the falsehood disseaz. Inscription for a Shoomaker's Shop. —" With all appliances aud means to boot."—Shakapeare.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 115, 12 May 1871, Page 6
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197PICKINGS FROM JOSH BILLINGS' ALLMINAX. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 115, 12 May 1871, Page 6
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