The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-08-06


Cheer up, and you will cheer the
other fellow.
Some people are always seen, always
heard, and never remembered.
The fellow who Is most convincing
Is often the one who says nothing.
All roads OF industry lead to wealth,
but most people take the back track.
Some people seldom have car trou-
bles. They use brains as well az gas.
A clean table cloth catches the
grease spot and a dirty one catches the
flies.
Throw your money TO the birds, If
you must, but be sure they are not
human buZzards.
What a pity a slogan concerning
whatGov. Cox kept "us out of" can
not be discovered.
Even the most hardened old repro
bate may be expected to rerent In
time-when he gets caught.
The price OF coal, we are told, is TO
be high this winter. But why kickp
Ifthere is none to be had we won't
have to pay forit.
When a politician coyly remarks
that he Is in the hands of his friends
1t is time to begin delving into the
records Of those friends.
Why lament the fact that you are
not rich? If we had a million we
would always be wanting something
that 1t would take two millions to
buy.
An anonymous writer who hasn't
reached the age of polite discretion
remarks that paint doesn't have the
same effect on an old face that it does
on an old house.
We read much about the upper
crust Of society, Of the middle class,
and also Of the lower strata. But it's
difficult to find any n who admits
classification in the two latter.
Mr.. Harding is from Ohio, Mr.. Cox
is from Ohio, the prohibitionists have
nominated a gentleman from Ohio,
and there are still a few eligibles left
in Ohio. Any more parties to be
heard from?
Sir Thomas Upton is about as spor-
ty a sport as ever sported In Ameri-
can sporting waters. Come often,
Tommy, old boy. You're a sky blue
sport, with not a cloud to mar your
sporting horizon.
We have a certain sympathy for
those estimable gentlemen who
seek to reduce the cost OF living by
wagging their tongues. But W. have
a barrel of respect for the fellow who
really does 1t by welding a hoe In his
own garden.
Tommy Upton again failed to lift
that pewter cup that he has been
striving for years to win with his
yacht shamrock" Tom however is
. firm believer in that old adage elf
at first you don't succeed, try, try,
again."
Some men will 60 from one end Of
the country to the other in order to
tell some other fellow that he has
been nominated for the presidency, a
fact he already knows, when they
wouldn't cross the street to hear a
good sermon and learn something
they don't know.
Strange, you think, that this war
did not produce a single military com
maader whom the people could ele-
yate to the hero CLASSY Not q bit Of
It. The buck private had SO many
friends and used them to such excell-
emit advantage there was nc opportuni
ty left for the officers to Chine by con
parison.
4. O. Richards has announced him
self as an independent candidate for
United States Senator from this state
II would hardly seem like an election
unless r. o. was either q candidate
81 else had some fool primary law for
the people to vote on. We presume
that "Dickp gets a good deal Of satis-
action and amusement out Of these
-xs.,xs.s hnt the trouble IS, that In