Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1879 — Human Thorns. [ARTICLE]

Human Thorns.

There are certain disagreeable people in this world who seem to take a special delight in annoying others by reminding them of things they would willingly forget. They are human thorns, forever torturing their fellowmen for the sake of torturo. Has a man met with misfortune in his business, they are forever recalling the fact. Has a man in times that are gone wandered into devious paths, they ai e forever reminding him of it often by congratulating him that that is past. Has a man blundered, they are forever telling him what “might have been.” When the Thorn is of masculine gender, there is one way of getting relief. He can be knocked down and taught manners. When the Thorn fs of the feminine gender, the case is different and not so easily disposed of. Bat Causeur hears of one such scourge in petticoats who got her deserts the other everting. It was a little partyv where some score ofpeople were gathered together. The Thorn sat nefir a young man who, in days gone by, had been guilty of • follies that Cost him dearly. He had put them all behind him. But the Thorn took occasion to recall them, in -a subdued and confidential tone. The victim, who had bqen subjected to the same torturo before, spoke up so that all could hear. “ Madam,” he said, “for five years I have been trying to forget all that. You have been trying to remember it. You have succeeded better than I. I congratulate you.” subsided-—Joetoi • Transcript. »