Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1902 — Our Man About Town [ARTICLE]

Our Man About Town

m Discusses j Sundry v and ) Other Matters.

One of our citizens has his mother living with him, and It is reported by the neighbors that he is so mean to her that he and his wife will have pie, but never more than two pieces, one for himself and one for his wife, and his mother is compelled to go without this luxury. ***

We heard of a man the other day who changed his name in order to inherit some property from an old uncle. Bat the nncle died without leaving a will, ofr if he left a will he forgot to mention the nephew, and now he is trying to get his name spelled the old way again. V Railroad men tell ns that the brakemen know more about the innermost business secrets of the road than the president. Whenever they want to know any secrets, the brakemen are supposed to keep a sharp lookout and they will have more information than the Encyclopedia Brittanica. #** One of our friends the other day said that he would change bis politics to get out of house cleaning, and he is a rank partisan, too. V People in this town are taking the raw egg care, and we believe it is a good thing. And whether we do or not, they will go on taking it. There are some eggs, however, that we would prefer not to take. * * * A young man we heard of the other day bought a diamond for his girl. In a few weeks he brought it to one of the jewelers and sold it at a discount. One would have thought it would have been cheaper to hold on to it for the next engagement. V* One of our acquaintances is reading a book entitled “Like Another Helen,” and yet he is a man who would no more be guilty of failing to recognize the good qualities in his wife than the needle would vary from the pole. His wife wants him to read something else, because her name is not Helen, but he says that is why he likes to read it. V The boys tell a story on a young man who had a couple of girls out b Q ggy riding, not long ago, and he was driving a colt hitched with an old horse. The colt had never been hitched before, and they say he had his hands full, but we have seen other boys out buggy riding with horses that were well trained, and they had their arms full. The story is going that most of the boys wonld rather drive old horses. V

A newspaper man asked a subscriber for some money due him on subscription, The subscriber said, “O, yes; that really ought to have been paid long ago.” With that he took a twenty dollar bill out of his pocket and said, “Just give me the change, please.” The newspaper man has not collected the bill yet. Can you think of a meaner trick to play on a man ? V*

We heard of a man the other day of whom it is said he got his wife under false pretense, because she did not know what kind of a chump he was till after they were married. V

A man was telling a story the other day, and several of the listeners had to leave before it was finished, as it got to be train time. A wag standing by, told the apologizing auditors not to be cast down as they would get the rest of it the next time they came to town. The question now is, whom was he slamming ? V

We heard of a man the other day of whom it is said he is so mean that the neighbors are getting ready to throw up their hats when he dies.