Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1911 — PERT PARAGRAPHS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PERT PARAGRAPHS.

fpHERE are lots of soft snaps, but while you are wasting time hunting for one you might be making good on a hard job. 1 It is a saddened politician who discovers his whilom plum tree in full fruitage of a lemon crop. Be charitable, l'ou don’t know how soou you may want a handout yourself. ' j ' ~ 7 l This is a weary world, but can you blame it when you think how long it Has been running round? Telephone your wife about company an hour in advance, even though you have to kill the extra hour by goiug twice around town before going home. Some men’s idea of getting even consists in telling their wives what sort of women they will marry next time. Earning a living looks easy to the youth whose father has earned all the living the young man ever had. If we only had all the money we have spent foolishly a great big piece of foolishness would he pulled off immediately. Plenty of men are capable of turning a sharp trick, hut few have the self restraint to keep from boasting of it. It certainly is discouraging to break your neck to do a man a favor and then find he was paying a man a salary to keep that thing from being done. ~

Ma Had Been Talking Before the Children.

“Say, Johnnie?” “Say It yerself.” “Do you know what a gold brick la?” “You bet.” “Well, what is It?” “Pa.”