Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04

They arrived early this morning n
expected a man living north of town
TO meet them; they expected 10 VISIT
the man living north of town. We don't
blame the man living north or town
for not showing up.
II an unmarried man complains to
his girl of the hot weather she makes
him an iced lemonade, but let him COM
plain after he Is married she will
tell him he ought to be thankful he
hasn't a corset on.
Every day we meet n man who is
certainly fifteen years older than we
are, and he says: When men become
as old as we are, it makes a differ
ence,' etc. And we don like him to
talk that way.
Bill Moore is always telling how he
worked like a slave. and that he has
worked so long he can't quit. We LAY
worked a long time too. but we'd have
no difficulty in quitting If we had a
ChanC
1t is said that when a man tells the
same stories day after day. it is a sign
he is growing old. All men, whether
young or old, tell the same stories day
after day.
We don't know much about running
a newspaper; sometimes we are dis
posed to believe We don't know as
much as critics who were never in the
business.
\ man takes more credit to his sex
when he walks the floor one night with
the baby, than a woman takes to her
sex, when she supports the whole fam
lily.
People do fool things for years and
( know it. We never heard anyone de-
fend the habi Of drinking intoxiCants,
yet how many people have the habit.
There are 50 many ways of killing Il
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of you friend, and another is being
( perfectly frank" with him.
How much charity there is for the
thoroughly worthless and useless man,
And how sharp the criticism of the men
who are decent and useful!
Pick Up a few bits of information
every day. take care of your health and
live a long time, and you Will know a
whole lot before you die.
Why are farm hands so scarce One
farmer gave this solution today: W.
pay them SO much that it takes hall
their time to spend it."
Il frankly confess" said q either
to an editor, that I hate you, not be.
cause you abuse me, but because yor
have not praised me-"
Almost every neighborhood has it.
~neighbors who come in just at mea.
time and sit and watch every bite yol
put in your mouth.
80 go >SA-AGAAAiAS tli"h II IlS AI
of business there are more things thai
must be done at once than in any Other
business on earth.
Perhaps one reason the women out
live the men is hat they are so self
sacrificing at meal time they don't get
enough to eat.
People give lots of excuses IN IRE
GREETING" a party invitation. but there
Is only one reason they do not go:
Don't wan to.
An Atchison man said today: Il was
awake half Of last night owing to the
heat, and awake the other half owing
to chiggers."
This Is what a corset does for a far
woman: Take 1t off her and put her
In a Mother Hubbard and she looks Ike
her mother.
Subject for discussion at the mex
meeting Of the Shannon Literary so
ciety: Resolved, That a man Is usual
ly guilty
Everyone who has had his share Of
LIES responsibility and cares has
deep hatred for that word viva
Cious.'
Every young man is full OF
schemes" Every old man has tried
n lot of scenes and lost confidence Fl
them.
If you have a scheme, keep it or
ice until cooler weather. Don't Civ
people a chance to turn 1t dowI
now.
When people long for someone who
understands them. they mean whc
Understands" them as their mother
did.
When a boy shakes hands he uses
his left hand, and when he Is giver
a nickel he forgets to say thank you
When a friend offends you, he us
ually says he hasn't one anything
that the trouble Is, you are peculiar"
Was today so bad? Yet at one time
II was a Ear off tomorrow, and you
lay awake nights and dreaded 1t.
The a who makes loans at a bank
should be a man of correct judgment
TO say nothing of iron nerve.
A properly appreciative man meets
a new reason every o for being
grateful hat he is not a woman.
If a man owns a small horse, you
can make him mad by referring to II
as a pony" in his presence.
She" other women are always say
ing OF another woman. who is devoted
to her husband. lis a fool"
Ever notice the majority Of people
who ride on he cars look as though
they could afford the trip?
When a poor man gets hurt. how his
kin squirm around. trying to get rid of
taking care of him.!
Put a fence around every daughter.
but make 1t several bars higher IL
she Is impulsive.
The tendency lately has been very
decidedly toward a little less work and
s. little more pay.
We are all anxious to be on the safe
side. The trouble lies in finding which
Is the safe side.
If you must exaggerate, clothe
your fault with grace by exaggerating
the good points.
The guests MAJ like pie, but II the
hostess hasn't any pretty forks, they
will never get it.
One OF the easiest things In the
world Is to be an acceptable long dis
anc friend.
You can't Always pick out the man
who is making money by the way he
spends Il.
Sometimes what you pay for isn't
very good. but what you get free is
worse.
Mems legs are pulled so much, 1t is
a wonder they are not taller h a they
are.
A compliment Is like a big fish story:
Should not be taken seriously.
Even the dog that attends to Its own
business Is admired.
When a man Is very busy, how a
| loafer initiates him.
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