Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1902 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

! shot an arrow into the air, It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. Some people just, naturally never learn anything, because they will not allow anybody to tell them anything. Every time a man doesn’t know his business he inconveniences some one. I It is probably just as well that we do not get maddest while the victim of our wrath is in hearing. When a man becomes great it is dis covered that he is self made. Some men’s only boast is that they do not go to church to get business. Some boys’ only reason for being proud is that they “know enough to appreciate what their parents have done for them.” Some men are tolerated only because they are well meaning. You can always tell a good teacher, because in any kind of a public meeting he always wants more ventilation. Ever notice how long the preacher prays when he catches you standing. Some people are just naturally hoggish At a funeral is the place to find out who all the relatives are. A preacher has a hard row to hoe. If he accepts a call with more pay, it is said all he cares for is the money. If he does not get a call they say he is no account. We wonder why false teeth can’t be made so they will not have so much of a store look. There are as many kinds of visiting cards as there are styles of women’s hats. When a church quarrel warms, is when you begin to hear things. Nobody caii stand criticism. ww. No matter how rich a boy or girl may be, he or she wants to earn his or her own money. Lots of very nice music comes out of very old looking books. Some folks are naturally always late. / -WzWSSome people turn out so much like you expected them to, that you are

not surprised wheu they are no account. It is astonishing how long things that are not good to eat, will last. Too many people talk when they have nothing to talk about. Some folks are all right when you are not too tired. Nobody thinks he is a meddler, but we all are. When a woman hears of a girl going to be married, she just naturally turns up her nose and says, “Well she is old enough.”