Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1902 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. The same amount of work applied to anything else, that is applied by those who are counted geniuses, would make a success of anything. No man is a hero to his washerwoman. She knows what kind of underclothes he wears. -Of a poor lawyer it is said: “He knows lots of law, but he han’t apply it,” but you never hear it said of a good lawyer. We would rather be poor than stingy. If it were not for foolish people who make funny blunders this world would be dreary. To prove that Prince Albert coats are distasteful to preachers and therefore ought not to be worn, we call attention to the fact that no preacher wears one except on Sunday. * How do you like to have a man with long whiskers whisper to you and stick his whiskers into your ear? When you see a bald headed man with his hair combed over the bald spot, do not think it is accidental. We would like to be a fudge, because then everybody would laugh at our jokes. The way to have a thing told is to enjoin secrecy and tell the right man. We often see loud sleigh bells on very poor horses. As long as a boy copies his father’s jokes he has not been far away from home. We dislike to see a whole family use the same joke. We believe men get as much fun out of talking about a game of cards as they got out of playing it. Every man who is in the same business says his competitor is alright, but he doesn’t know his business. How lonesome a busy man looks when he goes to loafing. When we want to draw a crowd we shall commit some crime. A man who walks too fast is just as funny as a man who walks too slow. Some people waste all their time in little details. It makes an ugly man look still uglier to wear ear muffs. One advantage in having a bad cold so you can’t smell, is that you miss a good many bad breaths. If a man wants to make a fool of himself you may as well let him go. You can’t stop him.