The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
TALES AND ENDS.
BY ALLEN PAYNE.
WRITTEN FOR THE MIDLAND JOURNAL.

WRITTEN FOR THE MIDLAND JOURNAL.
Some folks act as if they expected Us sneak
through the Pearly Gates in pair of gum shoes
On the road to Calvery some folks get stranded
in the mud.
Man gets about six feet of earth and grief for
top dressing.
a man should feel happier pushing baby
carriage than running an automobile.
The undertaken not only measures man for
all he is worth but what his estate is worth.
The policeman is one man who should know
what to take you for
When a man begins to set the world on fire
he baZes away in it
When man makes an ass of himself his friends
find him horse of another color.
The reason some people only see the faults OF
others is because they do not shinney on their
own side,
When man gets on Il tare he lets things rip.
Bread cast upon the water will return but with
the drinker it's a re-col.
Society is a smart set in which many get too
smart.
When one alights on you it is hard to arrive
at a conclusion.
Life is one sweet song. You should live how
ever so as 20 enable you to join in the chorus
Narrow minded people SOW seed broadcast
some folks hang fire so long that they become
smoked.
Entrance into society is through gilded hal
and its departure through the back gate.
When the devil gets hold of black sheep, he'll
make it hot as cotton for him.
Some people go through life and through every
thing that pertains to it,
If man is made deathly sick by partaking 1fI
some dainty relish at the table he never wants
to hear of it as long he lives, yet he will
get sick as Il dog over the products of a brewery
and repeat the operation in less than a week.
Being pulled with pride in church is about as
much use as a balloon would be in hades.
Many time cupid wished he was the flower
girl.
woman will claim the making of her husband
even if he is self made.
The man who wants it all does not satisfy all
nor with all he gets
Many men are most successful failures
The man who is flip usually goes with a flop
A man who is of piceful mind is usually whole
souled.
There would notbe so many blacksmiths in
eternity if they had not endeavored tot put horse
shoe on a mule.
When man kicks he wants to jump on you |
with both feet
Still water runs deep and saves people oceans of
trouble.
The saloon keeper usually carries full line,
When folks pretend to raise hell they simply
lover themselves
Men who have cut girl frequently find they
did the job just in the nick of time.
it isn't the drinking that makes one sick, it's
the effect.
tbs far better for to cause tears when dead
rather than when living
In the race of life many are satisfied if they can
just get even.
Most every book agent has a history.
An cid soak finds it hard to erase the past.
love letter has advaHtage-it seldom gets
consigned to the waste basket,
Some folks have found it easier to count their
mistakes rather than their cash
When man wants a bracer he frequently gets bit.
yard of muslin in accident is worth dozen
silk dresses in a ball room.
Man bitches himself to the matrimonial cart and
then sometimes wishes it had been hearse.
Little girls satisfied with ginger-cake man
and after they are raised they crave for the man
with the dough.
Life is you make it and mother has frequently
proved it by the use of paddle.
1t is easier for John D. Rockefeller to find place
in which to lay his millions than it was for the
Son of Man to lay his head.
Men behind the bars fail to place a lock upon
their regulations.