The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-27
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Highland, Brule Co., D. T., Feb. 18th 1875

Highland. Brule Co., D. T., Feb. 18th 1885.
Editor GRAPHIC:
The impression has goneabroad
that Brule county is located in Highland and we
would beg a little space in your valuable paper
in order to correct these erroneous ideas. 1t is
quite true that the wealth, culture and social adj
%vantages of Brule county are ell, or nearly all,
confined to Highland, but a kindly sympathy for
those unfortunate people who well more or less
remote from our confines, prompts us to state,
publicly, that there are some townships and viii
lagos of minor Importance that lie outside our
borders, a fact that has, evidently, mover gained
credence in the sea-board cities. 1t is our ear
nest desire to bring those unfortunate INT
ties into public notice, in order that they may be
enabled to realize something on their desolate
claims, md should they succeed in doing SO, we.
take pleasure in informing them that. with the
proceeds, they will be able to purchase a compile
of acres in Highland. where they can hereafter
support their families in ease and atflucnce. Our
citizens, have been urged, repeatedly. to publish
n catalogue of the attractions and advantages to
be found in our community, for the benefit of
travellers and capitalists, but after devoting two
weeks to OUT vigorous climate without exhaust
ing the subject, it was unanimously decided that
the people were not prepared to enter upon q
work Of such magnitude. However, any reason
able questions en- this subject will be cheerfully
answered through the columns of the GRAPHIC.
Our Agricultural Syndicate continues to hold
its Friday evening sessions IN University Hall,
vulgarly known as No. 5. where subjects of local
and national Importance arc discussed with an
eloquence and profundity that never fails to i'm
press the august assembly brought together by
THE Intellectual attraction. They evince a COM
mendable pride in their Youngest Born, which
has received tho dignified title of Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. 1t was, perhaps. in honor OF this
precocious youth that it was resolved sometime
since to give u grand banquet under the auspices
of the Syndicate. For several days our fashion
able circles we're agitated by a continual 7utter
OF excitement which eliminated on the evening
of tho 18th in the most brilliant social event of
the season. The banquet was held in tie assem-
bly, room of the Syndicate, and precisely at seven
p. NJ. the doors were thrown open to the guests.
The carriages Immediately commenced to trans
fer their freight of lovliness, and at an early hour
the hall was thronged with the representatives
of our most prominent families. A food of mel
low light poured down from astral burners ar
ranged in geometrical figures on the wall. Ar
tlstic decorations and appropriate notices
greeted the eye on every side. while a magnificent
vi ALlStlChs III uOW1uBO outlines, occupied
the foreground. Musical selections by our best
v%ocalists came swelling up the aisles, and awak-
ened again the memory Of our childhoods sunny
years. The festivities were marked by the same
freedom from formality that characteristics all
our entertainments, and makes them peculiarly
enjoyable. During the banquet the following
toasts were proposedby e. f.. Hiatt, chairman
of tho Syndicate. LIST. Our Young LADIES'
A score of wanted-to-be-married men Jumped to
their feet and wildly swung their arms, but the
eloQuence of our veteran citizen, A. D.. Ward
soon,Gonrlnced them that he had forgotten more
ofthe subject than they ever knew, and they
were content to utter an emphatic amen, End,
Our Old Maids" Found no indicator, hut a
couple of old squatters from over the line ear
nestly enquired if they could be put on track of
some. They were informed that there was moth
ing OF the kind in this part of Dakota and their
features again assumed an expression of intense
longing. Srd. Our Schools" Response By
our popular Superintendent, Z. L.. Drury, who
dwelt on the progress of our schools while his
eyes spoke volumes to some of our promising
students. 1t would be a pleasant task to Gnu
merate the beautiful toilets worn by the ladies',
but where all were lovely it would be unjust to
discriminate. The entertainment was cnoclu-
ded by a grand march with variations, when the
brilliant assembly gradually melted away to
dream OF pleasures yet to come.
The last of our School Institutes for tho season
was held at No. 4 on the 18th, and now the people
are awaiting with intense interest the revolution
in educational matters that il boundto follow as
soon as our discussions are noised abroad,
QUILL.