Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1902 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. You should not talk too much. It may be other people’s turn to talk next. When we see how many youngsters there are who are having beaus, we begin to feel old. There is one redeeming feature about getting old. Everybody has to come to it also. Anybody may abuse a man after he has lost his money. A man hardly ever gets so worthless that he does not have a change of clothes/or Sunday. ■ Men go to church on Sunday to see, and the women go to be seen. People who effect too much indifference to the conventionalities are just as conceited as those who put on too much style. Men who play the game known as solitaire may enjoy it, but nobody else enjoys seeing it. After a man gets old he resents every year that is added to his age when you are telling it. People who know anything worth while have to acquire it by hard work. Too many of us count on the great things we are going to do. The way to have friends is to avoid having any opinions. Some people are just naturally such big liars that they are suspicious of everybody. It does no harm to have opinions, just so you do not express them. If a young man makes a mistake we say he is too young to know any better, and if an old man makes mistakes we say he is too old to do such things. A boy going with his first girl believes every word she says. You can train children not to tell too much, but you cannot stop grown up folks.

When you get to worrying about other people’s affairs, just remember that it is none of your business. Nothing is as wise as youth. It is always a puzzle why some women will not tell their age. Why do you dislike paste diamonds when they are just as good? Stop a moment and consider bow many unnecessary things you say in a day. A man takes oft his hat to speak in public. A woman puts hers on.