+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _GRIT._ Grit iz a good thing to hav, but yu dont want too mutch ov it. I hav known folks who had so mutch grit, that they didn't kno when they waz whipt. This dont pay. I like to see a man who aint afrade to fite a wind-mill, when she iz in phull blast, but i dont kare to see him do it, for a wind-mill iz a hard job to thrash, and they dont kno neither when they hav got enuff. Grit and spunk, are two twins, and their mother iz Courage, and their father iz Bravery. I have seen grit, and spunk, and even courage, that didn't hav a bit ov bravery in them. Bravery allwuss ackts from a principle. Grit may be rite, and may be rong. It aint very certain, or partiklar whitch. Gritty men aint allwuss luvly, they are too mutch like sandpaper to handle, allwuss reddy for a skratch. I like grit in everything, except mi hash, thare iz when i kant bear it. Giv every man yu meet a good big haff ov the turnpike, but if he insists upon the whole ov it, the religion ov the Billings family iz to arbitrate the kase at onst. If a man smotes yu on one cheek, turn him the other one if yu like, but dont let him smote that. This aint fair. _ARGUMENTS._ It iz az diffikult to define a sukcess, az it iz to ackount for the meazles. * * * * * Coquets make better wives than Prudes do, but thank the Lord, thare iz better ones in market than either ov them. 28 Days. FEBRUARY. 1875. Q.--What's yure opinyun ov Rats? @ @ @ A.--Poor. @ @ @ [Illustration] _Now having arrived at the offiss, He goes in for nonsense, and noize, And strives to git hold ov hiz papers, Before the rest ov the boys._