Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1910 — PERT PARAGRAPHS. [ARTICLE]

PERT PARAGRAPHS.

rpHERE may be room at the top. but the fellow up there is pretty apt to think he is occupying all the space. It doesn’t matter at all to a man how much a woman doesn’t think if she is pretty and lets him look at her. Plenty of money would be a good thing to have, but who ever had plenty? We are all quite willing to help the other fellow—at his expense. The only way to be brave is never to think of being afraid. The devil may have claims on every man, but even the most straightforward refuse to acknowledge them. The only way to suppress some people is to place them in a cold storage house. The way not to keep a secret is by getting into a pickle with it. When you call a man’s bluff the answer is sometimes swift and sudden and overpowering. Lots of us are too busy loafing to have any time at all to work. Silence is said to be golden, and it is also said that money talks. Still, we don’t find any free silver.

why are the western prairies so flat? Because the sun sets on them every night Why is it hard for a goat to be good? Because it is always born a little wee kid.