The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-06

Some people never borrow money,
Nobody will lend 1T to them.
The friend In need often looks good,
but his money often feels better.
A stiff upper lip is as ~commendable
as a loose tongue is Objectionable.
The fellow who laughs heartily at
bum jokes is seldom without friends.
The beauty of a woman is In her
womanhood, and not in the drug store
When the people speak there is so
much noise it is difficult to be heard.
And still, a sweet faced girl gener-
ally reminds one of a girl with a sweet
face.
Pushing a lawn mower is the best
Of spring tonics. Everybody needs it
but you.
People who hit the high spots when
young often spend their old age in the
low ones.
The fellow who is unable to obtain
credit is not bothered over his inabil-
ity to pay.
Another week has passed, and we
find ourselves richer, poorer, or In the
same old rut as before.
Never mind the sins of the other
fellow. He probably considers them
mild compared to yours.
keep in the middle of the road" is
ancient advice, but today 1t is only
the road hog whQ does 1t.
Some people come into this life with
a wall, go through 1t with a growl,
and slide out with a snarl.
Golf is becoming quite a popular
pastime for people who don't know
how to play anything else.
The brainiest man in this town
would probably be the last one to
look in a glass to find him.
The fellow who recognizes the good
ness Of others Is merely responding to
the same qualities In himself.
Some men are continually finding
fault with their wives in order to
minimize their own transgressions.
The devil knows his own. but we
strongly suspect that he Is averse to
an intimate acquaintance with some of
them.
The market Is full of recipes for
reducing flesh, but the best one we
know Of is running a country news
paper.
Don't beat your rugs, IL Injuries
Them" reads an advertisement, Quite
true of some Of the rugs one buys
these days.
Some young men enter che door of
matrimony in fear and trembling.
If they were experienced they might
bolt right on through.
And yet there Is one advantage In
keeping prices up a little longer. We
can wear last summers suit without
being termed too cheap.
When a political crook feels his hon
or besmirched he Is strong for a sweep
ing Observation-Disclosures the inves-
tigators are deaf, dumb, blind and
dead.
Europeans like us, and they don't.
They like us because we have plenty
of money, and they don't like us be-
cause we are showing an inclination
to hang onto 1t.
Newspaper editors learn many Sec
rets they are not supposed to know.
But don't worry. They also learn to
forget tho things 1t is not best for
them to remember.
One Of the embarrassing situations
inherited by President Hardi ug from
the former occupant of the White
House involved a claim of the Nor
wegian Government for ll,O0l,O 900
kroner. Several Norwegian 81 lips
were requisltioned by this gove, n
ment during the war, and have bee n
sailing under the American nag evel
since, but the former owners say they
have resolved no payment for the use
Of the vessals. The United States
has informed Norway that 1T is quite
willing to arbitaate the matter, and
doubtless 1t will be settled ,Vith salts
faction tn all noncerned