The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-11-12


No, we are not infallible. But u
critics are.
Now let's all join the Good Ameri-
can" party.
Many a man of brains is short on
common ense.
Deprive a book worm Of his book
and only a worm is left.
A smile costs nothing, but a crouch
Is an expensive luxury.
No, brother the world Is not all bad,
You and us, for instance.
Yes, the gentleman from Ohio was
elected. He was also defeated. i.
Some men are always ready to lis
ten to reason-of their own brand.
In this country every man is his
own master-until he gets married.
OF course some people never make
They can't find any to tit.
And still, it isn't every king who
goes toheaven by way Of a monkey
bite.
Many a brave man feels his courage
slipping away as he enters his front
door.
When you are ready to meet fortune
half way Just keep on going until you
get to it.
An admiral has been chosen regent
of Greece, and here is hoping he con.
tinues to float.
Necessity, they say, Is the mother
of invention. But 1t is not always
the father of failures.
When a fellow moves away nearly
everybody hates to see him go-except
his next door neighbor,
The election is thanks. 1t
will be four years before we have an
other one-many thanks.
The world was made for all people
but there are always a few who do
do not want to divide up.
True, civilization may be ~degenerat
ing, but that's no reason why you
should wait for it to catch up.
In st. Louis In one rep preventative
district the voters elected a negro to
represent them in the legislature.
Keep moving, brother. Other peo-
pie are too busy getting there them
selves TO get behind you and push.
Don't feel peeved, brother, because
your boy knows more than you did at
his age. He has you for a teacher.
OF course, when a man and his wife
disagree on politics, the mar has a
legitimate right to change his mind.
Yes, we have laws in this country
to fit every crime, but in the culprit
has influence the crime seldom fits
the law.
This world is full Of people who be-
lieve In the ffty-6fty game. They
want the first fifty in advance and
the other on delivery.
Oklahoma elected the first woman
to congress. She is a Republican, UNI
married and has been conducting a
successful restaurant business.
When all other means Of eyading
the law have failed, booze amer
might adopt the expediency of kidnap
ping the prosecuting alto rneys.
Ohio having trotted on two favori-
te sons, the rest of the country came
nobly to the rescue and d ecided which
was the favored of the fuvorites.
Our office devil is a SC rely puzzled
youngster. He says he can't just de
eide whether we were electing a presi
dent. or deciding the fate of the league
OF nations.
IT'S said that antnropologists are
making onother effort Is: locate the
original Garden Of Eden And If they
lind Eve at home here's hoping their
eyesight won't suffer.
This country has produced some
great works or fiction in past years,
but nothing to compare With that In
dulged In by city mere hants In ''ex-
planning" their reduct ion in prices.
III we ever have an other wal we
won't need an army. We have en-
ough speed maniacs II this country
TO ride right and eK terminate any
enemy-just as they do old people
and litils children.