The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-11-19

People VINO ny nlgn uOn always
have wings.
Any one can have a good time, if he
only thinks SO.
And still baseball would be all right
if 1t were all right.
In these days brains are an asset,
but Drawn is a money getter.
The fellow who waits for tomorrow
lives on The crumbs Of today.
But these, professor, are the days
when higher education means lower
pay.
Big fish are like big offenders.
They are easy to hook but hard to
land.
They probably call it hootch because
the name is on a par with most of the
stuff.
No. it is not always a misfortune to
be born a fool. Charley Chaplin
that's all.
Time, tides and railroad trains wait
for no man, but bill collectors and
yamps do.
When doctors agree to disagree we
humans begin to wonder which one
is the doctor,
When "A fellow gets rich quick the
next thing he wants to do is TO get
richer quicker.
Hitting the pipe Is a dangerous prac
ice with most people. But it doesn't
bother the plumber.
It's quite possible to work hard and
still take life easy. 1t is all in the
way you look at your job.
Forget your troubles three hours
each day, and in time you will won
der what has become OF them.
A fellow gets a lot Of sport out Of
keeping tab on his neighbors until
they begin to keep tab on him.
Great minds in this town do not all
run in the same channel. 1t would
be a raging torrent if they did.
OF ourse we don't expect you to be-
lieve all of the brilliant and learned
things we write. We don't ourself.
And still, there is a certain similar
ity between a pipe organ and a cob
pipe. 1t takes wind to make 'em GO.
No woman of spirit wants a man
whom other women do not admire.
She would have no opportunity to
crow.
The man who passes up an oppor-
tunity is generally the one who kicks
the loudest when the other fellow
getsi it.
We quite agree with the editorial
nut who remarked that "Mr. Harding
will be the handsomest president since
Wilson,"
A brother editor opines that ''some
girls grow more beautiful as they get
older" But perhaps it is more al
hesive in advanced age.
An exchange coughed up a good one
when it said that 'any man who Is
engaged in business Is a fortune hun
ter" But 1t wasn't original.
A town that is worth living In is
worth trading in. Home town boos-
tiers will keep this fact in mind when
doing their Christmas shopping.
OF course, II you are in affiuent cir.
cumstanoes and Of a generous frame
OF mind you might drop a chunk of
coal in the Christmas stocking.
Occupying the presidential chair is
not altogether a bed of roses. A fell
low has to do so much squirming he
wears out a lot of perfectly good pants
They move rapidly when they move
at all down In Mexico. General Obre-
gon was recently elected president,
and.the opposition wants to unseat
him before he Is elected.
In New York high society 1t Is con-
sidered quite immodest to expose an
ear to the vulgar public gaze. But
men do not object to this harmless
Gaze. Short stockings and bare
knees are much more o their liking.
Political writer's in the daily press
have assumed the task Of construct
ing q cabinet for the next president.
And yet It can hardly be termed
ssloye's labor lost" A lot Of people
can say that they also were mention
ed.