The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-18

A clear thinker is a clean thinker.
What is so Impractical as a "prac-
teal" joke?
Never ask a fool question. You
NAV be taken for one.
All women are born beautiful-iD
the eyes Of their mothers.
The modern woman never denies
her age. She paints 1T out.
Faith, hope and charity-but the
most expensive of all ie charity.
Nobody seems to mind the long
time between strikes-when they are
long.
Put those weather strips on your
doors and you will put less coal in the
stove.
Every man has his hours OF weak
ness. but most Of them lengthen them
into days.
True, love may make the world go
round, but 1t takes a bunch Of cointo
keep going.
TT IA eastern question Is moving
westward. Washington is a good
place TO halt.
ANY fool can offer criticism, but 1t
takes brains to get into the class OF
the criticised.
Cold weather may be depressing,
but not SO much so as the people who
talk about 1t.
A man may have a spotless reputa-
tion because It's black all ever and has
no room for spots.
Our birth rate exceeds our death
rate by $4,000 a year. And Teddy
not here TO rejoice!
In the opinion Of many people 1t
will take a lot of lighting to restore
peace to this world.
The fellow who doesn't think"
saves a lot Of trouble for himself and
infiots 1t upon others.
Many people become charitably In
clined when there is a newspaper at
hand to herald the fact.
The nations of the earth will not
stack arms as long as we continue to
make arms to be stacked.
If gossips only got paid extra for
overtime and Sundays, there would
be no poor scandal mongers.
Seek not to lift the veil OF the fu-
ture. Your coming sins might scare
you in taking the back track.
There must be something enervat-
ing about war after all, since all our
great generals are fine looking men.
Modern parents are likely to wear
out pretty early trying to prevent
their daughters from thinking they
are old fogies.
The doctrine that all men are born
equal may be all right, but the fellow
who depends upon 1t to keep up with
the push gets left.
Too many youths on being told that
they have promising talents, think
they have a license to go through life
on promises without performances.
If you have not learned to save In
youth, one Of two things Is certain a.
bout your old age; your children or
the county will have to support you.
III we simply can't curb our fighting
instincts, let's compromise by declar-
ing war on Mars. Then We could all
die in peace before i~nventing a meth
cd Of attack.
1t is probable that not n time In
a hundred did any man ever make a
few extra dollars that some extra de-
mand wasn't waiting to take 1t away
from him.
The wonderful Improvements in the
postal service make 1t easy for the
bandits to operate without fear OF
loss. The money shipments 60 out
on schedule time.
We don't blame congress for not
wanting to remain in session while
thu disarmament meet Is buzzing .
long. No one cares to be completely
overlooked and forgotten.
There's q big TODD over the fact
that China is unable to pay the paltry
4. oOO. 600 they owe Us, but In the eyes
~ some Of our noble 'to-doers" 1t IL
eminently proper to cancel the bill
,o,a IN debts some other countries
owe ".