The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-25
TIE EDITOR ON HIS TRAVELS.
WHAT lie Saw on His Trip to Ohio.
Funny Experience in q Sleep-
ing Car.
P~ainesyille. Ohio.

Dearly Beloyed:-
1t was with mingled ~feelings of pleasure and
regret I'VE BID hdieu to orr many Kimball friends
Oh The beautiful Tuesday morning of the stn
aIist ttnG started on our long journey of Lion
mics to our old homo, in what the late lamented
Garfield always called. Gods county, where
have been passed both tho swsetsst and The sad
desthours of our life. 1t was with regret md
pleasure, we say, for one always regrets to leave
Few made friends even for n sl,ovt visit to old
orss, no matter how great t,.o anticipated plaas-
ure.
The r,te to Mitchell was made on t;:ro md VIZ
at once, upon Tho trnin's arrival there, mazda u
bee Inc for the Sanioorn Iouse-the house Of
sood things to eat and blac&-cyed waiter g;rls
With banged hair. VS. w@re Raoa getting away,
with n part of one OF that hotels excellent din
i1ors and alter we had Finished, paid Our bill led
itore pay sor1asimes-whca they aro obliged TOT
aa'. lighted y cigac, We met the ever genial and
sm.i!ns Join 3. White who WIS at Mitchell on
l nd bat1ness. Ey-tIe-ray it was told to u. con-
fdcntiti that John spent two hours ono dsy
wilhelm that town oil pretty girls. in Carrying On
a hanGker,hief Irritation with = dummy d.ess,s4
IN q sealskin saaue aud scoop shovel hat in one
OF thc h.iun Ut. show windows, JOHN set IN tho
Cigars II we t7ouidn't say anything about it SO
please don't say who tod you 500
hceaEd the cars once mora aid we sped on orr
way towards the iEant. reaching ,1ar,born In time
ior s''ppor at the Clark House. This hotel ia
orc Oh the bestlf not tine very best we ever had
Iha pleasure OF stopping at in a town of tho size
81 5nnporn and IS fully equal to tho hest hotels
IN towns Of 1909 inhabitants. 1t was a trear m,
t'iat cold night to step into the warm ard nicely
H'"Ll-ated dining room OF the Clark HOUSE, and
sltdown 10 n table laid with o cloth of snowy
"hiteness spread with glistering silver AID tasty
inajoiica and queens ware, fully in keeping with
the splendid supper served to tho hungry travel
ers, TO which they did ample Justice,
A fletprr was attached at Ssalhu,n in which wa
mad u birtfi engaged and after removing our traps
Tlto the Car we made for the smokers rstrcat in
emo OF peace Or war. the smoking car, where we
matte several pleasant acquaintauces and was
asked mary questions IN regard to wonderful
Dakota by gentlemen who had never b,,n far
ttser than the west line of Iowa.
Dakota is II great country said one old gen
uenlan to MS, wiosc keen hlnck eyes sts,ne ON
through his glasses in striking contrast to the
snow white lair and beard, wonderful country
i supposa:''
Oh. yes" VIC replied. I'VE raise great things
there, greatest wheat. greatest oats, greatest veg
etalales arc tlie ]tyro.stest crops in every thing,
$50 I've heard, 30 Iva head. must be pretty
cold though eint it,"
We'll, little cold sometimes We answered
him" but the climate is wonderful in some r-
spects" ane as we spoke we happened to think
we had a copy of Pro. Willis last Iadex in orr
vailsa ond retarsicd to the sleeper ard brought it
III. Unio.dinG the rapar We showed the cid gen
tie1lan the GLOWING paragraph The Index rs
turns thanks to Mr.. E. G.. Ansiin for a bog of
luscious strawberries, grown upon his farm a
couple miles south of town. They were ricked
yesterday" After reading tho item he laid tho
paper down and says:
There's another greatest crop you raise there
too, mint tlierey'
WHAT'S tliat!'
"Liars."
We returned to tho sleeper for fear wo might
do the old man bodily injury. forit always makes
US mad to hear anybody call ua editor a liar. o..
pccially Bro. Willis
III wSs night, a phenomenon occurring seycr
times q week. Outside ii was as dark as a mock.
ct. ia the sleeping car people slept-or tried it.
Some of them slept like christian men mud
worne:,. peacefully and quietly ard swectly,
Others slept like demons, malisnanlly, hiLeaus-
iy, nendishi.. as though ii was their mission ia
keep everybody else awake. OF these, the n IN
IN lower number three YVES the boss Nhe /, il
came to n squire snore with variations. Won
wanted to count lower three in with "a full
hand and a pocket full of the stuff. We never
heard anything snore like him. 1t was u , most
systematic snoring that was ever done, wen or
one of those tournaments OF sroriDg, sleeping
car. He didt.' { begin us soon as the Lamps were
turned down and cserybody was j.. bed: Oh, no