Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1902 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow Into the air, It fell to the earn; I knp,*' not where. —Longfellow. Woman is called the “weaker ves«el,” yet a woman psn bold a crying baby all day and not complain aa much a? a man boKI&g hour. Half of the time when people tell UB a thing in confidence, most of the town already knew it. All the consolation Borne folks have is that “it is a long lane that has no turn.” It takes about as long to rip up a dress as it does to make it. If you want to stir up trouble just tell a man in a small town that his town is too small for all trains to stop there. A man is never beat in a law suit that he does not regret that he went into it. People who placard wedding party trunks usually do it because they are crazy to have their trunks deoorated. If women keep on wearing corsets lower and lower they will soon not need any bustles. It always surprises us that our eh - mies have any friends whatever. Ever notice how a bit of gossip will cause people to stand in confidential groups? It seems to us that we spend fully half our time in expecting things that never come. There are so many small men. So perverse is human nature, that when a man goes to a barber shop on Saturday and finds the barbers idle he asks why they are not busy. We always wonder, when we see a big crowd anywhere, how it ever gets home. We know one good thing about not having much for breakfast, and that is, it gives one a mighty good appetite for dinner. Everybody hates loafers. We oall attention to the fact that every busi* ness man in town tries to arrange it so there will be no place for them to sit. Some day we will leave town and then come back, just to see if anybody will want to shake bands with us. Every man wiU tell you that when his word is out he will stick to ft. We all kick too much. Girls have less sense than anyone else. They admit it themselves. The best time to do a thing is the very first chance we have. People who complain all their lives of ill health usually die of old age. A man will even swear about being dunned for a subscription to his church paper. Whenever a person prefaces his re** marks with, “Now, don’t pay any attention to me, but this is what I think,” it means that unless you do listen to him he will think you are an old fool.