The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-26

Congress, like the sunshine, has its
periods Of obscurity.
The tendency of prices, we note, is
up one day and up the next.
And still, there are times when the
works of a good worker are not always
good.
Honesty Is always the best policy,
provided one possesses either honesty
or policy.
The man who speaks well OF others
need never worry over what people
think of him.
And who Is Americas smartest manP
That's easy-there are forty or fifty
million Of him.
A young swain writes in to know
how best to win a girl. Don't try
let her win you.
Only eleven more months now until
we have two live ones in captivity
Bill and Woodrow.
There are some, we suspect, who
object to the term thigh cost Of liv-
ing" They only exist.
No, we can hardly charge the profit
eer with sticking like a leech. The
leech sometimes lets 60.
Charity Of course should begin at
home, but 1t is not always that we
find charity In the home.
The modern photographer, Of course
removes all facial defects from the
picture-but only from the picture.
The wise man makes his choice
of a wife, and the shrewd wife allows
him to continue to think that he did.
We still have some hope left. The
league Of nations Is operating SUM-
GENTLY to break into print occasionally.
What to do with It's presidents
doesn't seem to bother the nation
quite SO much as how to escape from
its presidents.
It's sad but true. Now that warm
weather Is with as We can, no longer
make the excuse that 1t Is too cold to |
20 to church.
The cable Is q great institution.
Without it we wouldn't know wheth-
er Europe is n~sughtier than US or we
n%aughtisr than them.
Some day we may elect . congress
whom we won't feel like cussing three
hundred and s~ixty-iiye days In the
year. Yes, some day.
England and France should not wor
ny over what to do with the Turkish
empire. Mexico Is just as bad and IL
isn't bothering us . bit.
Some people neve see their names
In print because they never tell the
editor anything that ought to DO In
print. Tell 1t to us and well tell 1t
to others.
Cleanliness Is noted by q few people
but filth is seen by everybody. Let's
oil get busy and clean up this town.
A little by each means much In the
aggregate.
No, WI have no objection to the
other fellows "also running" for presi
dent, provided they are discreet and
keep q safe distance In the rear Of
our choice.
A hook and line, a lin can full of
bait, and q shady spot at . good fish
hole looms up az an important duty
Dol to be pleasantly performed. Mo-
tiou iscarried.
There Is a difeaence In mankind,
but In n respect we are NEARLY al Of
the same mind-that which we have
ceased to admire we seek to discard.
In Africa women are the property Of
their husbands, or a par with his cat
tie. If she ceases to be attractive to
him or falls to bear him children he
beats her to death II he feels like 1t,
while ordinary beatings are merely
an incident Of the day. In civiliaa-
tion we employ . more refine d meth
cd Of cruelty. II We lose our love for
for them We lash them with our tom
CUES, or get . divorce, or an adinity.
In time, however, mankind May learn
70 seek the cause OF family discord
and apply the proper corrective rem