I am poor, and I am glad that i am, for i find that wealth makes more people mean, than it duz generous. Woman's inflooense is powerful--espeshila when she wants enny thing. No man luvs tu git beat, but it is better tew git beat than tew be rong. Awl kind ov bores are a nuisance, but it is better tew be bored with a 2 inch auger, than a gimblet. "Be sure yu are rite then go ahed;" but in kase ov doubt go ahed enny wa. Sekts and creeds ov religion, are like pocket compesses, good enuff tu pinte out the direction, but the nearer the pole yu git the wuss tha wurk. The rode tew Ruin, is alwus kept in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense ov it. If a man begins life bi being fust Lutenant in his familee, he never need to look for promoshun. I hav got as much munny as sum folks, but i hav got as much impudence as enny ov them, and that is the next thing tew munny. It aint often that a man's reputashun outlasts his munny. Dont mistake arroganse for wisdum; menny people hav thought tha was wise, when tha was onla windy. The man who kant git ahed, without pulling others back, iz a limited cuss. Woman will sumtimes confess her sins, but i never knu one tu confess her faults. Thare is onla one advantage, that i kan see, in going tew the Devil, and that is, the rode is easy, and yu are sure tew git thare. Lastly--i am violently opposed tu arden speerits as a bevridge, but for manufaktering purposes, i think a leetle of it tastes good. XL. AN ESSA ONTO MUSIK. "Musick hath charms to sooth a savage. To rend a rok or split a kabbage."