Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1901 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

.v • I »ho» M arrow into the air, It fell to the earth; I know not where. Longfellow. Some men aeem to have nothing to do but joet stand around waiting for street parades. There is nothing to some men but an air of mystery. Some folks are so patient and forgiving that they make us tired. A girl may look beautiftil at the opera house and be as cross as a bear at home. To be real swell no man ought to wear patched shoes. Walk around the square any time and almost every kid you meet with its mother, Is teasing for her to buy something. * Many a good man is spoiled by living near some little town. More men comb their hair so as to hide the bald spot than yon would naturally think. Nothing looks much funnier than a man wearing short trousers and big tan shoes. Srtmebody has a kick to make on his neighbors every day. Even women bate other women who are boss in their own families. A man poliiioian is bad enough, bnt heaven save us from a woman politician. Say what you please, a man with a long white beard and blue overalls looks mighty fanny. Boys ten years old discuss, in season "quarter baoks and half backs’’ as glibly as old soldiers tell war stories. A girl never forgets to keep acQonnt of how much she is losing In weight. If we wanted to make a living easy, we would want to be a Negro and join a jubilee conoert company. The ones who leave the theatre first and interrupt .every body are apt to be the people who have the least to do. A great many people are exceedingly poor readers. Almost everybody is fall of affection at times. Or.e thing may be said in favor of boys, they never have fancy pictures taken, with boquets and books in ’their hands. We are glad to see a mouse . trap In a fine house, because misery likes company. The very best flavored peaches are the clingstones. The biggest hickory nuts have also the thickest shells. As long as boys act “smart,” they may be said to be still young. Everj 1 man says be is not worth much, bnt he does not really think so.