Everybody's Friend, Or; Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 132 "Affurisms: Chips" (1874) - Billings, Josh | WIST Quotations
Iz it charity tew giv tew a thankless cuss in need? certainly; jest az mutch az it would be to save a drouning cow. [Is it charity to give to a thankless cuss in need? Certainly; just as much as it would be to save a drowning cow.]
