The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Do something yourself.

Buck up, work up and get there.
Alas! Peace to the ashes Of peace
Yes, a lazy duifer Isl man. but-'um
Good roads and horse sense are twir
brothers.
Pigs lis pigs, but some have only
two feet.
Health, wealth and cussedness are
modern triplets.
Even one tieeting smile is wortl
a whole year Of crouch.
The wise man listens when Others
speak. The fool hears only himself
| Villa must be getting dippy. He
has completely forgotten to die again
| Upon second thought this is even a
better town than we thought Tie to
it.
Bullets, like JOY riders. never stop
to take stock Of the damage they in
tiict.
| If he'll is paved with broken prom
ises it must be great place for poll
ticians.
In this great land OF ours all men
are equal, but many are not willing to
admit it.
VIII it go into history as an investi-
eating committee. or as an inyesti-
gated one?
But the pessimist, you know, sees
an opportunity after the optimist has
grasped it.
These are the days when every self
respecting egg insists on an individual
price ticket.
The higher the price of the hat the
more the woman raves and the more
the man cusses.
This is a hard day for the neural.
If the partisans can't kiss him they
want to kick him.
Promises, explanations and excuses
have a certain value, but it is very
uncertain at best.
Yes, we are quite neutral, until it
pleases MS to become otherwise. And
we please when we please.
At the Allied Bazaar in Chicago a
lone fresh egg sold for s55. Must
have had chicken in it.
We can't just refrain from men,
tioning Carranza again, but he is
worth only line or two at best.
Then, TOO, deliverance from the
vitriolic tongue of the gossip would
be welcome to many a lacerated soul.
The sure road to the eye, the mind
and the pocketbook is through the adj
vertising columns of your home paper
Incidentally, it is more profitable
togo out and get a thing than to
howl because it doesn't come your
way.
Some day we will open up our heart
and tell the world how much the
people love you. But it will be after
you are dead.
This angelic world is full of men
who cXtol their virtues, but few are
ever wiling to admit that they are
rotten TO the core.
When an old duffer with a million
marries a young girl with Il pretty
face the devil pronounces bis blessing
with "a wink Of the off eye.
If you turn your children loose and
let them run wild in their young
days they will most likely come to
some bad end. The same rule applies
to your poultry.
Advertising is like patriotism in
war time. 1T is irresistible, and
draws the people right into your
store. BE patriotic, Mr.. Merchant,
by being an advertiser.
Many newspapers are running beau
ty talks by noted women. But since
the ladies of this community are not
in need of the artificial article we
have no space TO waste on dead sub
| ject.
Just 10 satisfy our own curiosity we
asked a well known citizen who he
considered the best people in town :"
The best people in this town, or
community, he said, "are those who
believe in the town, who work for the
Improvement Of the town, who speak
a good word for the town, and who
spend their money IN the town. :"
Are you one Of our best citizens?
The young girls on the farm who
tind their pin money scarce have an
excellent opportunity for having full
purses all OF the time by devoting
spare time To poultry and eggs. Fifty
good laying hens properly handled
should bring in a profit OF about a
hundred dollars year, and the car
ing for these birds would not be any
great task. 1t would be pleasant
work for the idle moments Of each
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