The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-10
The Will Moolx West.

! The following is an extract from q let
ter written to the Nashua Qa.) Time,
signed Satan" We publish it as show
ing how big lie drummer can tell ant
to what extent his Imagination viii drift
when he is dead broke and got his skin
full of whisky. AS literary production
! it knocks Herbert Spencer flatter than 6
pancake. Read what the poor deluded
cuss says:
Chamberlain, d. t., Nov. IS
TO the Editor I'aaes As have been
somewhat negligent of late in my cor
rcspondence to the Times, | will endeav.
| or to attone by writinga long letter this
| morning, especially RS | find consider
able more of surplus leisure, and pros
poets exceedingly good for lots more,
| than expected to find last Saturday
when | made my triumphal eatree into
i this land of cowboys and jack rabbits,
and hay stoves. A business trip com
/ PEELED me to come to Chamberlain last
Saturday. came! | am here yet, and
judging from the slight irritation of the
atmosphere | am quite liable to camp
| right down here and stay until about six
weeks from next June, for the most ter
rifle ''bliZzrrd" which has swept this
| God-forsaken desert within the memory
of man is now holding high carnival in
| this section. Even that species of genus
homo known as the oldest inhabitant'
gazes in awe struck wonder at the whirl-
| ing. freezing mass of driving snow, and
| with a hollow groan sinks into his lair.
One of that class of traditional liars,
| with more hardihood than his compan-
ions, came into Wright's S hotel here this
| morning, and after ejecting mouthful
| of tobacco juice upon the polished boot
of a Hebrew drummer. commenced
| 'Sho! Why, d--n it, this don't begin to
| be as bad as it was the first winter came
out here long S. Why gentlemen
-" He rccled and fell with duh
sickening thud to the floor, and when we
picked him up his spirit had winged its
| way into the awful presence of it's max
er. 1t is an awful day and no mistake
The wind, is blowing from five to six
thousand miles per minute. including
stops. and what makes it more uncom-
| Portable, it blowing from all directions
at the same time. The mercury last
evening fell with such force that it stove
in the bottom of the thermometer and is
now several miles below Cairo. About
two dozen commercial travellers are here
at the Wright House waiting for the
| fearful storm to abate. We received the
pleasant intelligence this morning that
six dead" engines were in the snow be-
tween here and Mitchell, and that all eff
| forts to move trains in this direction
would be abandoned until the wind
should die down. The most of the guests
are amusing themselves at Dakotas
great pastime, the noble game of Stud
poker. | amused myself at it very
short time last evening after l returned
from church, but it didn't seem to
''amuse" me near so much as it did the
sanctimonius looking individual who
dealt the cards, so quit didn't quit
because was mad, but | thought I'd
better keep fifty or seventyfive cents for
chewing tobacco. The landlord is now
cyeing me rather sharply. but with lha,
serene and unaffected gall which only tho
tru'y innocent can assume, contentedly
pose my dainty feet upon his mantal
| eggs twice day. | am bound to live
high If hevei' !:y M dime. Chamber
lain is without doubt the dullest town il
the west. If you want to see a dcae
town, A God-fnrsaken town. A towr
with the boom just !lnoched clear piz2l,
end upwards out of Il. come TO Cham
bcrain In the belief that the hIil. &
St. p. road would be built across tin
great reservation into the Black Hills
Chamberlain spread herself and put o,
more style than city of 10. 600 of popu
lation could support. The compan,
built its road to Chamberlain The iro
rails of that great highway nestle clos
and lovingly upon the banks where tn
muddy, shifting current of the Missoul
rolls, but to that corporation fhe drea
fat of Uncle Sam has gone forth. Thu
far shalt thou go and no farther" and a
that point for years the road has ended
Until such time as the road sh all eros
the noble rcd mans domain and make
straight shoot for Rapid City or Dead
wood. or the Bad Lands or some othe
seaport out there. Chamberlain must cor
tinue to be an awful example of collapse
expectations. The town, however. has
few important industries which do no
seem to langush much. Saloons. dane
houses and gambling halls may have sui
fered some from the depressing effects q
hard times. Still they manage to keel
to the front of the procession. wis
, Frank Wright was compelled to drin
Dakota water for few weeks 1t is III
candid opinion that by the time he ha!
swallowed a few quarts of it and shortl
! afterwards had heaved three or fou
yards Of the lining of his stomach out c
his mouth he would naturally alter hi
views about prohibition. But water a
beverage doesn' trouble the averag
Dakotaian very much, Our hotel clcr
, is one of those literary cusses which
would do you good to meet with. Il
wears blue shirt and has but one ey
He informed me contidentally this morl
g ing that this locality was the formt
r stamping ground of Mr.. Hiwa,ha, who's
exploits have become immortalzed l
Longfeilow's verse. He claims that |
1 can prove that the Missouri river at tn
a point was the identical stream aud sp,
a to which he refers in the line, "On IL
shores of Glitch G,lmeeI' In the gre
= struggle for my daily bread and oleoma
garine hits bit of information will vel
s likely prove Of vast importance to me.
@ SATAN
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