Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1911 — SAYS THE OWL [ARTICLE]

SAYS THE OWL

It’s a poor rule that won't work both ways In our favor. It’s the unexpected that never happens if you are expecting it A family tree doesn’t always bear the fruits of a man’s industry. ' ’ Don't bo a small potato if you want to get to the top of the heap. It is easier to take things as they come than to give them up aS they go. The man who invents an excuse is Invariably Infringing on an old pat'nL Even the devil never puts off till tomorrow the things he can do today. The man who is forced to swallow his pride should see that it is predigested. Clocks are wiser than some men. They stop to rest when they feel run down. Charity begins at home, and that’s the reason is is so seldom appreciated. The great trouble with our running expenses is that they are such sprinters. The only man who can afford to be a sluggard is the one who has a rich aunt to go to. We should ail be impervious to gossip. Even a good book is talked of behind its back. About the biggest liar in the world is the man who sends his “regrets” to a five o’clock tea. PROVERBS FROM SPURGEON. To be loved, be lovable. Be hardy, but be not hard. Maybes are no honey bees. Pegging away will win the day. Play not with fire nor ill desire. Father’s fraud drives sons abroad. Buy not silk while you owe for milk. A maid’s best dress is bashfulness. Better be one-sided than two-faced. If you can’t be clever, you can be clean. Better a good groat than abank note. The good wife’s face lights up the place. It’s risky riding when the devil is driving. - - To avoid a second quarrel, avoid the first. Lessons learned In the cradle last to the grave. Don’t get a helpmeet till you’ve got meat to help. And pence to pence, for wealth comes thence.'