Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1901 — Our Man About Town. [ARTICLE]

Our Man About Town.

« * Discusses j Sundry / and j Other ■ Matters.

A woman who left Rensselaer some years ago to reside in a larger town recently returned here to live. She now affects city ways, much to the annoyance of her acquaintances. When everybody goes down town Thursday evenings to hear the band concerts she sniffs at them ami laughs at the people who go. Bince people have found It out, they laugh at her and recall the time when she used to be counted the silliest girl in town, and don’t care if she does sniff. * * • t

The family we mentioned last week of having to move to the oountry to avoid being eaten out of house and home by their country relatives had their revenge at the l*Bt moment. Last Thursday at noon just as the last of their household goods had been loaded on the wagon, a wagon load of their relatives drove up to take dinner with them. Butt they were too late and whether they got anything to eat while in town is not stated. The long suffering housekeeper felt so good over the matter that she hastened to her neighbors to tell the good news. *.* One of the young lady attendants at Sunday school studies her lesson carefully every Sunday morning. But her big brother spl totally declares that she never studies It except on Sunday morning just at dishwashing time, *** One of the local preachers was called up out of bed the other night by some one who asked him if he could officiate at a marriage ceremony. He said that he could and the party rang off without disclosing his identity. The nejet morning the minister took great pains to prepare for the event, but is still waiting for the summons. Some practical Josher was at the other end of the line. * » . * And this reminds us of one of our friends the other night who was forced to get up out of bed to answer a telephone ring at a late hour. When he got to the telephone he said: “I haven’t got any clothes on, so I can’t talk,” and ringing off went back to bed. Some folks are particular that way. * * * One of the high school girls wears a ring with a glass setting worth about thirty cents a bushel on her engage ment finger for a joke Every glil she meets rubbers at that ring and straightway makes mental note of it. Bhe has lots of fun watching the gills rubber. *.* Monticello has a class called “The More Light Class.” Why don’t they put in more windows. • * * A Front street mother started her young son to Sunday sohool last Sunday morning and as he went down the street she could hear the strains of that classical music composition, ‘‘There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,” which he whistled to beat the band. His mother was much worried for fear the neighbors would think she had not properly impressed the boy with the sacredness of the day.