Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. Probably nothing pleases a boy more than when his girl has a boy friend from another town visiting her, to go to the train with the visiter and see him off. If people are rich, that ought to be enough without being smart or good looking. A new house keeper can be told by the frequency with which she dusts her house. Nobody likes to hear folks say they do not care to go to a certain play because they have seen it played so much better in the city. A girl never comes home from visiting that she does not carry some slips of flowers along. Boys in a small town are considered “dressy” who are not even noticed in a bigger town. Frequently men will mention a debt they owe you just to keep you from asking for it, still they do not pay you.