The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25

hfs imagination. /.
But few men know when they are
well %off-until their wives tell them.
The goose that lays the golden egg
no longer has an attraction. The
egg Is too small.
Trouble with some people is, they
work hard TO make money and even
harder to spend 1t.
Never make an excuse for a. duty
unperformed. To Go so is to admit
your own weakness.
1t is the fashion now to 60 over TO
France to get a divorce. They grant
'em while you wait.
Why 60 to all the trouble of telling
a joke yourselfP 1t is much easier to
laugh at the other fellows.
A man who can be bought and sold
ceases SC &c q man. He is OH d par
with the fellow who buys him.
Mary Jane says 1t is no trouble at
all to overcome the shortage In paper
stock. Cut out the cigarettes.
A busy man a always find spare
time to employ advantageoIsly. It'll
only the loafer who has non to spare
A candidate, once nominated, be-
comes both a man of parts and a part
of a man-according to your point OF
view.
1t takes years to climb the ladder
of success, but only a few minutes
and and one fool move to hit TIT
bottom again.
One serious drawback to being a
favorite son is the certainty of going
back into the darkness of ECLIPSE
after the campaign Is over.
The republican hen has laid It's egg,
the democratic hen Is due to drop on'
shortly, and In due time we will hatcf
out u real live chick in the way Of
new president.
An Illinois professor quit his job a.
a teacher and accepted one as janitol
of the building at In increase Of sal
airy. A case of Drawn being more
valuable than brains.
We hear SO much from the adherents
Of one candidate about the ~rottenness
Of all other candidates that we won
der how they can consistently vote
for the winner at election time.
Most men can pay two or three
dollars for a hotel meal and not bat
an eye. but it pulls like the devil to
cough up fifty cents for a good home
cooked supper at a church social.
Gold complexion powder is the lat
est Paris fad, and Is expected to make
its appearance locally any day. 1t is
quite within the reach of all-only
twenty-five dollars for a tiny box.
The farmers are missing a golden
opportunity. They might invite the
candidates to give a practical demon
stration of their love for the lords Of
the soil by aiding in the harvesting
Of their crops. What candidate
would dare refuse?
When one candidate begins to take
the lead the others join forces in an
attempt to shove him of the mat
And when he has been properly
squelched they continue their pleasant
pastime of cutting each others
Threats. It's a great game.
Because Of the shortage of print
paper the circulation Of the Congress
sional Record Is to be limited to one
copy for each senator and represent
alive. Good as far as 1t goes, but
why not make a clean sweepq Bunk
Is expensive In any quantity.
Notice, will you, that In the selec-
tion Of candidates the views Of the
women are very carefully considered.
She goes to the conventions, makes
speeches, gives her opinions Of the
planks to be incorporated in the plat
form, and gives the impression gen.
orally that without her good will no
candidate can be successful at the
polls. The days are past when women
cit meekly In the background and
obey the dictates Of their lord and
mngtoy. She Is some lord and some
hnnonf NOW.