Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1902 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. If we see a girl handsomely dressed, we always feel sorry for her if she doesn’t know much. No odds how stingy a man is, he sees it and remarks it in others. We do not believe that people are half as well satisfied with thbmselves as they pretend. A good way'to meet an argument when you are cornered’is to tell the other fellow that he doesn’t know any better. The younger generation gets up a good deal later than the old folks. In view of that fact what will become of us in about another generation. Beware of people who tell you of everything they hear. They will also tell what you say. You can never get used to any kind of hot weather. Lots of people go buggy riding because somebody else has saved up the money. You can’t tell by the looks of the front room in an ice cream parlor how the back room looks. Most of us enyy bankers because we always think they can use all the money they want. Some men cannot bold a job because they always want a better one. If you tell your troubles too much, after while folks will not believe you. A girl never knows anything for sure. . Lots of women have gold thimbles so they can pul. out every<bi'; of their sewing.

No matter what business you are fn, there are so many improvements that it keeps you poor keeping up. How would you like to belong to a band that has to practice on hot nights? The less there is to eat, the more it seems to take. Coinpany is usually a nuisance. It takes a child that knows no better to turn a grindstone, voluntarily. People say runaway marriages are always u failure. A man whe lives away out of town always says he does it for exercise, and nobody believes him. Any hot day you are liable to see somebody bored with two much company.