The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25

Take time by the forelock. brother,
or it will take you by the seat OF the
pants.
AS a step in the direction Of pre-
paredness, just how do you pronounce
~"soviet?"
A Bolshevist? Oh. he's just a cheap
imitation Of nothing trying to pose as
something.
No, Willard Is not entirely without
fame. He is another living example
of a has-been.
It's no trick at all to get rich these
DAYS. The chief difficulty lies in
keeping out of jail.
In the absence Of any other desig-
nation. the peakable Turk still
remains unspeakable.
What thi'.k YOU is the most odious
word fttingly applied in the English
language? "Protiteer".'
There yet remains, however, one
effective means of curtailing the high
cost of living. Stop living.
Fun stomachs and settled govern
ment evidently GO together else wi y
food to prevent Bolshevism.
When a fellow brags Of having a
mind of his own, it is generally done
during the absence Of his wife.
With Bolshevism stalking at our
door, tie horrors of war seem to
be equaled only by the perils OF peace
Yes, brother, it is quite true that a
man is only as old as he feels. we
challenge you to a game OF marbles.
II we spent less time wondering
how other people are going to live we
perhaps would live a little better our
selves.
The kaiser. after all, may take hope.
If banished to some remote island he
will not have To worry much over
grocery bills.
If you buy it in this town you keep
both the goods and the money at
home. Which is a point we'll worth
considering.
1t is a base SANDER to even suggest
that women are wearing gingham
dresses now because cotton is about
as expensive as silk.
In the delectable days Of July and
August we may speak of the sunny
suns of summer with a full redliza-
ton that they are sunny.
And how, we wonder, will the an.
Gent scoffers cover their confusion
when they side up to a bar and call
for the despised soft drink?
The earth, they tell us. is becoming
more infiammable each day. Only In
spots, brother, only in spots. Some
countries are still very wet.
No, my hungry friend, we will new
er be able to coax" prices back to
normal again. We are laboring at
the wrong end of the critter.
"
After all, a victorious war brings
its disadvantages. When the map OF
Europe has been readjusted the child
rem will all have to have new geog-
rdphies.
When a fellow is young he wants
to- be old, and when he is old he wants
to be young, and when he is half way
between the Lord only knows what
he wants.
Now that the Big Four have "made
the world safe for democracy" let's
have a few Big Somebodies make the
United States safe for the people who
want to eat.
Soap box orators are continually
| telling us that nothing is impossible
In America. Quite true! Ever the
sky line is possible in this insane
maria for boosting prices.
The drys are satisfied. The
vets are dissatisfied. But o
about the class OF out cltlZens VINO
are wetter than dry and dryer than
wet-how do they take it.
DO pennies count? If you don't
think so, hand them to us. The extra
cent put on letter postage during our
participation in the war yielded the
government the tidy sum OF sllo'OOO,-
600.
Under the nationwide prohibition
law churches may still use wine Tor
sacramental purposes. But OF course
we would not think Of insinuating
that the churches may look forward
to a rapid increase in membership.
Time was when we used to take
periodical raps at Rockefeller for
boosting the price Of oil. But, say!