The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-04-08

Hit the pace, or il may hit you.
IA poet is born not made"-but so
is everybody else.
"Give and take'' is good advice, pro
ylded you are the taker.
Universalists believe in a sure thing
with no gambling in futures.
There is one thing about being pro-
American-there are no regrets.
Still another reason why men don't
go back to the farms Is their wives.
You can't make sunshine follow
moonshine. Not the next day anyway
AS long as there is life there is hope
but hope does not always prolong life
No, we can never mend our own
faults by complaining Of those Of 9TH
ers.
Yes its quite true that some people
are totally devoid Of fear. They are
dead.
Truth is mighty and will prevail"
provided a lie doesn't get the upper
hand.
Ii you want a divorce from your
wife let her do the getting. Just tell
her that she snores.
Popularity is not always an evil
dence of brains. The sight Of a pocket
flask works wonders.
Some people find it unnecessary to
search out their own faults. Their
neighbors do it for them.
"Love thy neighbor as myself"
says the good book-.and especially If
she is young and beautiful, say we.
In the absence of food the Russian
~bolsheyiki might fall back upon the
ancient custom Of eating one another.
A drug store complexion can hardly
be tarmed "the blush that won't come
od'-especially if the weather is
warm.
Some men take yociferous pride In
their ability to wiggle their ears, but
tine jackaSs is more discreet in his
egotism.
Just now q hour is more prohta-
BILE in the garden than a dozen on the
street corner-and the corner, won't
miss you.
1t is hoped, In passing, that the
time will eventually come when un-
civilized civilization will again be-
come civilized.
Ii prices do come clear down it will
be an awful jolt for people who buy
1t on credit and then brag about how
much they paid.
OF course, If you don't like to have
the old straw hat cleaned you can al.
ways drum up an excuse for anew one
You have our permission.
Even with the advent of spring we
can't lose the weather man. He'll
soon be roasting us just as gleefully
as he tried to freeze us to death.
Not being harnsssed up in the leag-
ue OF nations, we cal do just as effect
I've and profitable work by ~constitut-
ing ourselves a league Of Americans.
Teddy. Jr. assista OF secretary Of the
navy, is taking lessons In boxing. 1t
will be a long time, however, before
the chip Is the size Of the old block.
Women are going In for kits"
says the London Mail. In that event
we may look for the price Of kits to
soar to the point where the Scotch
can't afford to wear em.
Remember the old days when we
youngsters used to get out behind the
barn and smoke g~rapevinesP If the
worst comes, etc--but perhaps they
will prohibit g. VS.. as well as the
weed.
One means Of reducing the number
Of divorces among the rich would be
TO follow the example of the turk and
allow them to marry three or four
wives. But at that the Turk would
probably object to being in the same
class.
The United States has succeeded
Great Britain as the worll Us banker.
Europe owing US the tidy little sum
Of fourteen biilions Of do liars. The
fourteen billions look bel ter to us
than the honor Of being the W. b.
Unk ,ooo baok'