Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1902 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow Into the air, It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. Almost every man thinks his business leads him a dog’s life. When a train is behind time it is sure to have to stop at every station. It is a lucky thing that every man with a bass voice is not a bass singer or there would be too many for the demand. Girls in small country towns think they keep closer in touch with the fashions than anybody else. A jprinter uses his rule as much as a woman does her hairpin. , It always looks pathetic to see a big splendid man with no mind to speak of. We call attention to the amount of Spitting men do by pointing to the cement walks on a cold day. It will never get over seepiing strange that anybody will voluntarily eat railway sandwiches. Some girls can’t talk to a boy without giggling every few minutes. When we know we have to get up real early we never get sleepy till just about getting up time. A man will eat an apple and throw the core on the floor. A woman will lay the core up somewhere. How do you like to see a man wearing a stove pipe hat and a celluloid collar? •SbZWbPeople will say of a woman “She fainted away” when the truth is she did not faint away and could not if she tried. No matter how well dressed a young man may be, it looks bad for him to eat with his knife. We wish we could see some one who could go away from home and come back without trying to tell a lot of stories about it You needn’t try to dodge a chronic story teller by walking fast. He will head you off. Nature is kind. When we get old we can see others who get childish, but never notice it in ourselves. We know men who grow eloquent over reciting their grievances. Almost every man likes to say “I am independent” but very few are. Some men who pretend to tell the truth for truth’s sake, tell it merely for cussedness. ./ The more you find about some things the less you think of them.