Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1901 — Our Man About Town. [ARTICLE]

Our Man About Town.

I Discusses 1 Sundry (™d j Other I Ma,,ef *

\ A man we heard of the other day expects as much as apything to die this winter. He has made all the nepeasary arrangements with the undertaker for his funeral, and with the tombstone man to erect a monument after bis death. He is perfectly healthy now, bat he has his mind made up to pass in his checks this winter. We do not know whether he is prepared with a fan and a linen duster or not, as we do not know which way he expeots to travel. V Before the snow came, a man In this town wished that it would snow and cover the ground all over out of sight, for he said as long as the farmers can see a bit of ground, they will nokcome to town, but they will Stay at home and work. The result is, that business is very dull as long as the farmers do not come to town, which is true of any country town. V At an afternoon reception the other day, there were 145 ladies, and 143 husbands were at home swearing. Two of the guests were widows, which shows how popular receptions are among the tnarried men. **# •

A doctor in this town says that the longest and coldest and hardest trip he ever made in his professional career he never got a cent of pay for, and never expeots to get any. That seems to be a part of human nature. The more you do for people, the less you get for it. • * » It would not be a bad idea for a certain Rensselaer man to put a night lock onto his wife. When a man complains because h s meals are not ready on time, his wife always blames the woman culler who staid so long, and whom she followed clear to the front gate begging her not to go so soon » * *

Every once in a while you see onr girls come out in a new walk For a time a certain stride will prevail, and then all of a sudden there will be a change, and another style takes its place. Just at present the walk affected by a lot of women seems to be a sort of limp, as though it might be the wearing of tight shoes. A young doctor, to whom these remarks were addressed, smiled broadly. There is a secret back of the new walk as yon term it, he said". Here comes a girl in a short dress. Yon notiee she has the limp; yon will also notice that there is a slight protrnsin on one of hbr legs. Well that is caused by a shield worn under the stocking and indicates that the girl has been vaccinated. That’s why she limps; that’s wljy ail these other girls limp when they walk. Yon know girls nowadays object to being vaccinated on the arm, as it leaves a spar that doesn’t look well when an evening gown is worn. Now yon know the secret of what yon oali the new walk.