The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-07
Ambition will not bear a halter.

Ambition will not bear a halter.
Also birds of a feather fall TO the
same hunter.
Many a self made man is tailor
made as well.
"Say it with dollars" and you are
sure to be heard.
The man who is true TO himself is
never a traitor to others.
Every procession has a head and a
tail. Where do you march?
Beauty is as beauty does"-and
beauty does as beauty pleases.
A slim princess never imagines that
some day she will be a fat housewife.
Perhaps some people prefer to be
miserable because time doesn't fly so
rapidly.
Don't worry over the troubles Of
tomorrow. It's the successes Of today
that count.
Tell your troubles to your enemy.
1t Is the greatest punishment you can
infict ucon him.
Many people are blessed with good
dispositions and cursed with an ina
bility to retain them.
Some Of our worst citizens are very
strict In their observance of the Sab
bath day. They are In Jail.
That conference on universal disarm
ament will soon be in full swing now.
We hope the rope Doesn't break.
Just because all education Is not
found In the schools some ''selfmade"
men get the idea that none of 1t is
there.
OF course, If short dresses and bare
knees remain in style the north can
always drift south for the winter
months.
There Is only one thing that pre-
vents the average wife from saving
money. She can't save what she
doesn't get.
Some men never take their wives
out to dine In public. But possibly
they don't want to suffer from the
comparison,
Look into the home life of the fell
low who claims that nothing ever
worries him. Possibly his wife is
earning the living.
An honest effort that ends in fail,
ure Is better than no effort at all. 1t
supplies the experience that paves
the way to future success.
Some people are always preaching
about the wickedness Of this world.
But perhaps the subject is too entic-
Ing for them to see the better side.
When we hear a fellow boasting
that he never changes his mind we
quite agree with him. 1t is difficult
to change something that does not
exist.
Don't become discouraged because
the world fails to accept you at your
own valuation. The Lord knows you
as you are, and the rest Of us don't
count.
Ii the coming winter proves to be
as severe as has been predicted we
are in danger OF losing our crop of
coal baronS. They will all become
princes.
A big city judge declares that ne
will not have any members Of the
ku klux khan serving on his juries.
But that, however, may be only a
case OF judicial safety first"
Pancho villa says that neither the
United States nor the Mexican govern
ment a take that Ascending Chica
60 banker away from him. At any
rate we are inclined to the belief that
neither of them villas long as there
are any pickings fer Pancho.
Some means should be found of put
ting the unemployed back to work a.
gain before the winter sets In. If
there is any work the government
wants done 1t should begin now. The
same is true Of the states and the
municipalities. Every public i'm
provement thus started means work
and food and clothing for an increas.
ed number of people this winter. The
unemployed are not looking for chart
ty. They want wotk.