DRIED FRUIT.

When a rooster crows, he crows all over.

A _poor, but dishonest cuss_ iz about az low down az enny man kan git,

unless he drinks whiskee too.

Error will slip thru a crack, while truth will git stuck in a doorway.

The man who haz just found out he kant afford tew burn green wood haz

taken hiz fust lesson in ekonemy.

Thare iz only one thing that kan beat truth, and that iz he who alwus

speaks it.

It iz hard work, at fust sight, tew see the wisdum ov a rattle snaik

bite, but thare iz thousands ov folks who never think ov their sins

untill they are bit bi a rattle snaik.

Thare iz a grate deal ov human natur in a krab, if yu don't pick them up

in the right way, yu will diskover it.

I think now, if i had all the money that iz due me, i would invest it in

a saw mill, and then "let her rip."

Take the humbugg out ov this world, and yu wont hav mutch left tew do

bizzness with.

When we say, "such a man haz bowels ov mercy," do we mean tew be

understood that he iz a light eater?

Faith and curiosity are the gin cocktails ov suckcess.

Advertising iz sed tew be a certain means of success; sum folks are so

impressed with this truth, that it sticks out ov their tombstun.

Thare iz this diffrence between ignorance and error; ignorance iz stone

blind, and error iz near-sighted; ignorance stands still and error only

moves to run agin a post.

Economy iz a savings bank, into which men drop pennys, and git dollars

in return.

There iz one thing yu kant put out, and that iz yure conscience; yu may

smother it, but a coal pit, it kontains the charred remains.

The two richest men now living in Amerika that i kno of, iz the one who

haz got the most money and the other who wants the least; and the last

one iz the happiest ov the two.

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