Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1902 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow Into the air, It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. Considering how much better one feels, we wonder that a fellow does not get shaved oftener. The dirtiest people there are wil say that it is each a good thing to take an occasional bath. Did yon ever feel as if you hated yourself? Some people think if they acknowledge a fault is is all they need to do. A good many men are so contrary that when they find some one who agrees with them they will back out. Some people will eyen kick if a street parade does not come up to their expectations. Did you eyer apologize for something and then feel sorry for it? Some shows would draw better if they gave no street parade. A second-hand store keeper usually looks second-handed himself. We draw the line on a man who wears ladies’ gum boots. Did you ever notice how many men there are who whistle and cannot carry a tune? There are some lines of business that almost require a man who doesn’t know much. Artificially curled hair shows just as much spuriousness as any other deception. Some girls are so queer that they look better in their every day clothes than when they are dressed up. The inclination to swear crops out in the numerous by-words. We would like to call a convention of all the | loafers just to see if we could’t get them into a row. How people acquiesce when a real mean man dies. Some men die and are never missed. Will you be? A man wearing a stove pipe hat and saying “them” for “those” hasa right to do it, but he looks awfully funny and we cannot help smiling. Loafers all say they will not bother you but did you ever see one who did not bother? When a stingy man dies, what satisfaction there is that he cannot take along any of hie wealtn. A woman may wear her mother-in-law's picture for a breast pin, but we never saw a man do such a thing. Somehow a man who can do nothing but make a speech does not impress us.