Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1901 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

J shot an arrow into the air. It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. Some fellows when they get drunk are so good natured about it that they offend no one. As long as a girl tells how old she will be on her “‘next” birthday, she is not very old. We do not see why anyone should want to get drunk in hot weather. Even a widower will take two or three of her relatives out buggy riding when he begins to get sweetLots of girls like to hold the lines when their beaus *-ake them out buggy riding. What would they do if there were automobiles? Did you ever notice how badly you want lemonade when there isn’t a lemon in the house? We notice that quite often the ugliest horse wins the race. - Whenever we see a girl exquisitely dressed in white, we wonder who ironed her dress. If a widower marries too soon, folks say he might have shown some respect for his first wife. If he doesn’t marry at all, they say, “Aha, he got enough of it the first time. When nobody but women call a man “sriritual” we would rather know more about him. Hot weather gets away with the fool fashions. Many a man wearing his coat buttoned may not do it to keep warm. He may not have on a vest. All kinds of music sounds bad on a real hot night. Nothing makes a man feel cheaper than to take out his handkerchief to wipe off the perspiration and to discover that he’s got his wife’s little bit of a lace trimmed handkerchief. A man who carries a fiddle around on a real hot day, loses the respect of the community pretty quick. It is a source of pride to some folks to have known people who knew how to get rich. How do you like to have a man ask you about your stoves when the thermometer registers 100 in the shade?

When men get old, they know of a good many men the same age. The hottest morning last week we saw a man hauling stove wood. It may seem queer, but an ice house is the hottest place in town. This kind of weather everybody wishes he ran an ice cream parlor or a saloon. Well, there is some satisfaction in having the best. This|s the greatest drouth ever known in this country. A man who sells a burglar ajarm may still need watching. It is always more sensible for people to be economical. Old folks sparking always looks very funny.