Adew, Ezra,
Yures, full ov oats,
Josh Billings.
XLI.
ORPHAN CHILDREN.
Notoriety is the short glory a man gits, for doin what he ought to be ashamed ov.
God only knows how much merit wanders thro this life, sekurely hid bi rays ov poverty; nor how much crime insolently wears the golden armor ov wealth.
I think thare is jest as much virtue in the world as thare is vise, only it haint been bored for so mutch.
A grate menny ov opinyuns, advanced bi the uncommon learned men now-a-days, may be properly defined as dissolving views.