Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1901 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow Into the air, It foil to tliu earth; I kuow not where. —Longfellow. A story Isn’t half as good after the fellow who tells It laughs fit to kill. The only way some men can tell that they dressed up, is when they have on>uTi. When a town gets to patting on city airs, some folks have "dinner” at night. You can’t tell the business in a building by the sign. The firm may have moved. A man does not really enjoy married life till be helps hi# wife get ready for an afternoon party. We ar j ready to believe almost anything of a fellow who will carry cigarette papers. About the only boast some men have is that they never wore glasses. We observe that there are lota of reception committees who use bad grammar. Some men’s only virtue is that they never get drunk. In the summer time, you hardly pass a town that hoe not some committee at the depot, wearing reception committee badges. A man who moves in from the country may be recognised by the way ho sits on the back porch on Sunday morning blacking his shoes. Any man with any kind of a fool new religion will nave some followers. Even neglecting mowing the lawn In season will show soon in the increased amonnt of work It takes. The way to burry spring along io to go and buy an extra ton of coal after it seems that winter is over. When a carpet Is new, how we watch to keep off every bit of sunshine lest it fade the carpet, and how little attention we pay after it is worn out somewhat. Keep your troubles to yourself and everybody will feel sorry for you, but tell them and everybody will laugh. Folks always compare the way they acted when engaged with the way other folks act when they are engaged. The wonder grows where the Sunday papers get all the rot they print. Nobody enjoys obeying church rules. We hardly ever take any stock in It when a man tells us that he tolls us secrets that ho ddes not tell others. Lots of beautiful arms are not the property of actresses. They may be at work over a wasbtub. -w-w. The man who wears linen trousers always turns them up below. Streets in a small country town seem to be full of strangers when there is a wedding in town. ■ww ■ The bigger the town, the more loafers there are. •wwA newly married man seems to like to carry a market basket. Nobody believes that young people have as much to talk about as they pretend when they are out walking. A man who pretends to know everything merely succeeds in making himself laughed at. You cannot tell the importance of a man by tne size of the mourning hie widow wears. The reason some people can loaf to much is because they do not pay their debts.