Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — NOT OVERLY SERIOUS. [ARTICLE]

NOT OVERLY SERIOUS.

Women think more of flatteiy than men, but they believe less of it.—Elmira Gazette. A soldier with a kicking gun must learn to Are and fall back.—New Orleans Picayune. It Is human to err, and it is human for your wife constantly to remind you of it. —Cape Cod Item. Woman used to sweep everything before her, but this season she sweeps everything behind her.—Elmira Gazette. The busy men of the world are the best men, provided they are busy with their own business.—Richmond Recorder. Thebe are times when forbearanoe ceases to be a virtue, but never when you are bothering somebody else. —Somerville Journal. It is easy to tell when a man is flattering your neighbor, but it isn’t so easy to decide when he is flattering you. —Somerville Journal. Some people make home the dearest place on earth, while others are never satisfied unless it is the very cheapest. —Richmond Recorder. Wire —“Do you remember, Harry, what the sermon was about this morning! 1 " Husband —“I should say so. It was about forty minutes too long."— Boston Courier. Overheard at a wedding: “It was a case of love at first sight, was it not?” “No sight about it. She got on the blind side of him from the start. ”—lndianapolis Journal. In regard to modem languages, it is said that the Chinese is the most difficult We find this out when we try to explain to our Chinese laundrymen that a pair of socks are missing.—Texas Siftings. The secret of perpetual motion has never been discovered, but any one who has ever watched a hired man on a hot July day when the people were all away has come pretty near the Becret of perpetual rest.—Somerville Journal