Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot tin arrow Into the air. It foil to the earth; I know not whore. —Longfellow. Almost anybody nowadays carries a fountain pen. It looks nwfuily funny to see a man get all exoited over u llsli. Nothing'makes a man look cheaper than to ohaßC a street car half a block and then to have it stop just as lie gets on. A wedding party looks just as funny in Chicago as at home. You can tell by a person’s clothes what kind of a hotel he is apt to patronize. A man who keeps up with the styles in overcoats usually does not pay his debts. The trouble with fire proof buildings you can’t tell about them till you burn them to try them. Yon can’t tell how big a fool a man can make of himself till you see him drunk. Did you ever figure how little ice a fr.llow from a country town outs in a big city. A hoy’s Nigger shooter is always out of repair and needs attention. It seems a sort of pity for any' girl to get the declaiming habit. Don’t yon know thAt by too much zeal for a oanse may drive away a good many reasonable people. No woman is so homely that she does not try to deny her age. It is surprising what faults we can find with a person as soon as we don’t like them. If a girl gets married too quick, folks talk about it, and if the courtship is carried on too long, they talk too. Ask any man for change for a five dollar bill, and he only laughs at you. It is too had that dudes and preachers wear white ties. Half the people aie in trouble a good deal of the time buying wedding presents. While women do most of the church going, have you ever noticed that men invent most of the new religions? Lots of people make fun about things just because they don’t know any better. People, whose highest ambition is to get enough to live without work, rarely ever get enough. You judge folks by the people who visit them. Do you enjoy breakfast? When a new band is organized in town, the boys do not talk about much besides band instrument pricelists. When you get out of humor with anybody, it is generally your own fault.