The midland journal., 1907-02-01
TALES AND ENDS.
BY ALLEN PAYNE.
WRITTEN FOR THE MIDLAND JOURNAL.

WRITTEN FOR THE MIDLAND JOURNAL.
Thorns and briers cover the hills on the climb
10 fame.
Some men are so big in their littleness that it
overbalances the lttleness of their bigotedness.
The doctor may give you pill but it takes the
stonecutter to present you with a tablet.
Some bachelor girls were never intended TO be
bachelor maid.
when some men have drafts against them it
takes their wind.
Every ghost should know its own epitsph
The whiskey soak eventually takes to bier
1t takes the man with the hoe to get the rake
IF.
Women plant kiss and the first thing some
men do is to get their foot in it.
Since creation men have kept women in the
lark. Didn't Adam come before eve.
The saloon keepers best friends are all Smiles
Some folks air their conscience just about as
often as tAey wash their feet
Man builds his castles so often upon sand
There is good grounds then for his not being sat
SIZED with his lot
Everything some men touch turns to gold
except their friends.
When man sours on a thing he begins to bet
his sweet life.
So many folks forget to close the coal hole in
front OF the door of opportunity.
The first thing'the devil does when he sees a
,ot ball player coming down the road is TO get
Iut the gridiron.
More men have been raised in the backwoods
who have not been ashamed OF the family tree
tnan many of those raised in the garden OF
culture.
The cat may have seven lives and still have
line chances out of ten
Some men get threadbare in mending their
ways.
One of the worst faults man has is the art of
making up his mind and not doing the same
thing with his enemies.
Don't spend the future in thinking OF the past.
Death may be only stepping stone but woe
unto the man when it's birthstone.
It's bad for man that when just as he reaches
the top the bottom falls out.
Broken fragments OF love are always sharper
ahan two edged sword.
There are few hen-pecked husbands who do not
have TO scratch for living.
Even if friend has wheels in his head do him
good turn.
The cup that cheers will eventually make ones
purse look hollar
You can't fool all the people all the time but
you can be fool for all the people all the tine.
The drinkers excuses
Crushed hopes
Broken promises
Hurt feelings
Stiffened conscience
Cracked finances
Split among friends
After all arn't these lame excuses?
Men who keep their wives in.the dark usually
have the same kind of heart
Death is no respecter of persons though 1t has
made many man respectable.
Troubles seldom come single. Perhaps that
accounts for some folks imagining Adam was
tempted with pear.
Women often bite their'own lips because they
are compelled to swallow their own words.
In the trip up life's stream so many folks forget
the paddles
What pity the cronic fault finder did not dis
appear with some of the lost arts.
The one legged man has often to take the blunts
of the wored.
Mans days are numbered. With women it's
all hgurs.
Men go through this world a trot that fail to
beat some other fellow in q walk.
Don't expect to hood wink your wife in taking
night cap.
woman with graceful carriage usually wears
her best rig.
Some folks are fabricators because they appear
to be ashamed OF the naked truth.
When it comes to q fat job 80 many of our
chances look slim.
There are folks. who drifting away on the sea of
imagination. have been washed ashore ON the
sands of reality.
Love in three rooms is often worth as much
as love in a castle at nat rate.
1t used to be dog tied In the rear of q cart.
Now it's catastrophe behind the automobile.
why is it that some men who have many
mouths to feed also include those of the saiooD
keepers family in the category.
b, something is good advice but don't try to
bee too much else strike hornets nest.
The chicken hearted man often has his goose
cooked.
The new P, B. & w. railroad
depot at Wilmington was opened
to the public on Monday.
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