The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
OLD SETH kINMAh.
Ths Famous Hunter TELLS Some Inter
eating st~ortes--IIts Trip 10
washington,

"a kOSAy COMPANY Wu0 SaGiOACd
about old Seth Kinman, the famous Cal
ing room of the International hotel last
evening, says alta California. Seth
was in the best of storytelling moods,
and perhaps many present enjoyed the
entertainment more than the hero of the
moment, who, as he recalled the ancient
Incidents, appeared to bask in the
ancient rays of long ago, when his eye
was keener, his step firmer, and his
hair o little darker than to-day. Old
Seth was born in Union county, Penn
sylyania, Sept. 20, 1915, consequently he
is now a little past 70. He is fully six
feet tall. His hair is long and white,
and his full beard the same. His eyes
are, however, remarkably bright. and he
Is unusually active for one of his adj
vanced years. His features are those of
: typical hunter, bronzed and wrinkled,
but rejecting the glow of health. He
kwas dressed in a long buckskin sack,
heavily fringed and neatly embroidered
with green silk around the collar and
about the cuffs. He wore pants of the
same material, and his feet were incased
in m~occassins. His head was covered
with a high white sombrero.
When Buchanan was elected president
Seth made up his mind to go to Wash
ington.
"You see," said he, using his index
finger to emphasize his remarks, II
kinder thought, after the long rassel I'd
had on the borders fghtin' bars and
Injuns, that I'd like to take a furlough
and go to Washington. Wall, 1 picked
on the cheer business as a purity good
racket, and at it l went. I'd done favors
for Col. Buchanan, who had command
Of old Fort Humboldt in other days, and
one day l told him my scheme. He
says: Go ahead, Seth, and I'll go to
Washington and present the cheer
Well, to make a long story short, we
got thar in due time, and the day was
sot for presenting the cheer. We all
marched into the east room. There was
q big crowd of starchy-looking people
thar, | tell you. 1t kinder kerfummux-
ed me at fust, cause l want used to no
SIGH crowds as tibet, But l Strengthened
mp and waited for the colonel to begin
his little piece. Wall, after it was all
over, old Buck he got up and shuck me
by the hand and made me feel to hum.
Bimeby all the women crowded around
me and begun cuttin' off relics in the
shape of strings from my clothes.
They got SO thick after awhile that l had
to skin out Darned if l warn't scerter
ern ] would be if a hull pack of bars
were on to me The cheer was made
Of buck horns. l had my old fiddle tibet
I made outer a mules skull, and Buck
asked me to give him a tune, and I did.
Oh, / had a good time thar. That was
IN 81.
when Abe Lincoln was elected
made up my mind I'd give him a cheer
too. Iknowed him, foIhe and my father
ct together into the Black Hawk war.
When | started to Washington l took an
Injun along to exhibit him. Igive shows
on the way. That darned Injun p~etered
out on my hands at Oswego, N. Y. The
people fed MIN SO much that he fairly
busted. You could have cracked tleas
upon his stomach when he croaked.
Well, Old Abe got wind O me and sent
for me-. Christ. Lloyd, who was clerk
of the P~ennsylvany house of representa-
tives then, went to Washington with me
from Harrisburg. I said to him, Now,
old man, I'm goin' to present this cheer
to Abe myself, / don't want nobody to
waw-waw for me this time And | did.
Old Abe he was just tickled to death,
too. He shuck hands with me, and on
the sly he took me outen the east room,
an gave me a pull at some nice OLD
bourbon. Then afterward I showed him
old Gotten Bale that's the name of my
old Kaintuck rifle. and he took it up,
sighted it at an imaginary bar, and said
Seth, thet's the kind of artillery I was
raised on. Then l brought out my
fiddle, and he sot me to playing. and ]
give him Gray Eagle old Zip Coon,
Gal Of a Leg and the .Arkansaw
Traveller He Jest roared all the while,
Poor fellow! / was in Ford's theatre the
night he was hit.
Eyes, / gave a cheer to Johnson, too
I met him in Browns hotel shortly afte,
Old Abe wal shot. He treated me hand
somely. Thet cheer was made outen s
grizzly bar. 1 had it rugged sos the heat
O. the old grizzly'd pop out from under
when you sot down into it, and show it
teeth. johnson was pleased with it
and wanted to know why l had fixed tn,
head in tibet way, and l told him it wa.
to keep the office-seekers from gittin
near him. 1 played the old fiddle fol
him, too.
'.An' I give Hayes a cheer, also. l
was made of elk horns. didn't 90 tt
Washington to give it to him. I pre-
sented it at Columbus, o., when he wa.
guv'nor and gust after he was nomina
ted. Some big-wig wanted to know i
he couldn't make the speech, andI said
No, sir, ye can't. I amt much posted
on grammar nor Webster, but id eff
can't make Hayes understand me- An
| did, too, for after he was elected Ii,
'pinted me to an agency in Idaho undel
Guv nor Ballard. Wall, / TUX sick il
gittin' thar, and had to come to Cali
forny. l was allus sorry I didn't ri
into she place, too, for / heerd after
ward that thar was thunderin' big steal
ms in that are agency. Nh. Haye!
didn't ask meto take anything, l got al
1 wanted afterward.
This was the last chair Old Seth pre-
scented. He now has at the Interna
tional two chairs, one made of ell
horns and the other of whalcbone. Til,
first he intends presenting to CLEVELAND
next spring.
sits the last cheer / ever did Make,
said Seth, with evident satisfaction
"lt's the boss, and don't you forget it.
He is a great entertainer, and loves t
spin his interesting yarns.
Diminishing O Bore.
Did you ever come to a dead standstil
for want of something to say and thel
while taxing the brain for some subjec
of attack, would feel a wave of silenc
growing between you and your guest
like n Of those widening circles caus
ed BY throwing a pebble into a stream