The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-07-30

Grass widows are seldom as verdant
as their title would indicate.
The averag e mans good story
wouldn't go in a church paper.
A rich girl may be homely, but she
will never know 1t by hearssy.
If a man is both bad and worthless
there isn't much hope for him.
Hit the pace and you'll get there
provided 1t doesn't hit you.
Some men talk loudlyo Of justice, and
roar quite as loud!.y wh1n they get 1t.
Our weary little dove Of peace. 1t
seems, has degenerated into a peace
OF a dove.
In Europe there are not enough
men to go round, but the trouble In
thi, country Is To get them to 60.
Some men are lavish In the extern
sion of praise for work we'll done-but
most of it. Is given to themselves.
The world is full of pep, but ap-
p~arently many people have a consti-
tutional objection Of being called the
world.
Matches that are supposed to have
been ''made In heaven" should STAY
there, The divorce courts jurisdIc-
ton does Hot extend that far.
III the price Of news print continues
to advance we may soon be printing
this paper on twenty dollar bills or
twelve inch boards. It's a merry life.
Every time a fellow mentions poll
tics his hearers begin to think OF graft
corruption, broken promises and a
multitude Of other what-nots. Let's
coin another name for 1t.
A headline advises US that Grass
hoppers Advance" That so? What
is the ~quototion on grasshoppers nowS
And how do they come-in pairs, by
the dozen, or case or barreIY
With both a coal and q food fam
Inc promised for this winter, we have
the rare privilege OF choosing u own
manner Of shuffling OF. We can
either starye to death or freeze.
There was an old woman who lived
In a shoe,
But that was long ages ago;
The price Of a shoe la those glad days
Would not now paw for the toe.
Some one In Washington has ngur-
ed out that during the current fiscal
year IL will cost s47lO per capita 10
run the government. Wonder how
much 1t cost TO lind out how much IT
costl
One industry at least has not felt
the depressing hand OF the high cost
Of everything. The divorce courts
keep right on grinding them out ~
rapidly as the judges can Issue the de
crees.
We, the editor Of this sheet, are a
dead game sport. We're willing to
wager our best and only hat that
Ohio will furnish the next president
Of the United States. Now put up or
shut up.
They tell US that the early bird
catches the worm. Well, that ought
60 be a good argument for some peo-
pie TO advance in defense OF the habit
Of sleeping until nine or ten o'clock
every morning.
Then here's to the chigre,
That is no bigger
Than the point Of a very fne rin.
The bump that he raises,
Is in sight of all gazes,
And that's where the scenery
comes ink.
Judging FROM the good things said
I'm the newspapers about Senator Hard
inQ and Governor Cox since the con-
venfions, we have come to the con-
slusion that it was only by some kind
of miraculous Intervention that each
was not nominated on the first ballot.
One step won't take you very far.
You've got to keep on walking;
one word won't tell folks what you are
You've got to keep on talking;
One inch won't make you very tall,
You've got to keep on growing;
one little s.ad'' won't do IL al,
You've got to ksap 'sm going.-Ex.