The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22

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All lies are white to the people who
tell them,
The wisest of men are the mes who
say the least.
Some men go up in life like a rocket
and out like a dud.
Some men achieve greatness through
the wisdom of others.
The fellow who has push and pull
never needs to be showed.
If exercise is the road to good health
some Of US ought TO live a Thousand
years.
The pen is mightier than the sword
but most of us use a pencil or a type
writer.
A few people live for self alone, anc
the public is quite willing to let it g
at that.
They spell it ''trinitrotoluol," they
call it INT, and if they are wise they
let it alone.
Beware Of the man who claims tt
be without fault-nothing within his
reach is safe.
People are so nearsighted these days
that beauty of the soul seldom appeals
IN thp modprp pve
There is a wocld of JOY in the
straight and narrow path, but who
wants the whole earth?
No one hat is aver big enough tC
cover the brains of an entire commun
ity-your W excepted.
Some people are content to drift
through life at the pace at which
other people push them along.
A congressman, says our Office devil
is a fellow who pulls down a good sal
airy whether he earns it or not.
In fashionable society it is consider
ed immodest for a lady to expose her
ears. Further, We ed sayeth not.
No man is ever quite as foolish as
he appears to others. He possesses
wisdom of which they know not.
When a fellow buys his first car he
promptly repudiates all the harsh
things he has said about motorists.
Why are men taught to step of
with the left foot first? We invariab.
" kick the cat with the right one.
The things that must be done
should be the ones that are first done,
There is plenty of time for the rest.
1t may be true that all men are
born equal, but not all are rocked In
the cradle Of opportunity from birth,
1t is quite often the case that the
smaller the man the bigger the tomb
stone that is erected to his memory
The postofices may be out Of poll
tics, as is claimed, but postmasters
are painfully of the opinion that Their
jobs are not.
People who tell jokes should refrain
from laughing at them. 1t is rather
embarrassing to be the only n to
let out a squak.
Most politicians are willing to sacri.
flee themselves on the altar of their
country, but they generally want the
altar as a souvenir.
Stand two beautiful women up to.
gether and their respective husbands
will invariably notice the charms OF
the other fellows wife first.
The human body is like a highly
elastic piece of rubber. 1t can be
stretched to great lengths, but once
broken 1t is beyond repair.
Every freeborn citizen of the United
States may aspire to the presidency,
but to most of us the job is not worth
the trouble Of going after it.
Buying expensive clothing does not
always constitute being well dressed.
Neatness, tastiness and harmony in
blend are more essential than price.
The + ilipinos are anxiously await
ing the dav when the United States
will grant them their independence,
which leads a fellow to believe that
some people are SO contented as
when stirring up discomfort. Inde-
peadence for the Filipinoes will mean
renewed .;strife. disfnterigation, and
Instrumentation to some foreign pow
err.
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