The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-08-17
AUGUST GRAPHlCs.

We're on the homestretch of summer.
Tyndall has struck a big artesian well.
Plankinton will lay $500 feet Of water
mains.
Better q slip of the foot than of the
tongue.
Mitchell has done gone clear crazy on
base ball.
The chestnut is for the man who takes
the shell off.
Many farmers have already COM
menced their fall blowing.
The hail which fell here Thursday
night last did no damage.
1t is poor business to waste your
breath whistllng for yesterdays breeze.
If meat exhibits The sign Of turning
put it at once into a hot oven for half an
hour.
A very'heavy rain fell Thursday night
last. Considerable hail fell but did no
damage.
People who don't get on in the world
are generally those who leave everything
until the last minute.
For a burn or a scald, make a paste Of
baking soda, apply Immediately and
cover with a piece of soft linen.
F. G. Smith has all the advantages Of
modern water works on his premises
whirligig, or whatever you call it. and
all.
Canton talks Of fencing in a tract of
land for a half mile track, fair ground,
base ball park, and q place for q good
time generally.
A green girl from the Emerald Isle
used soft soap for lard in cooking in a
Grand Forks household. Came near
killing all the family.
The G. A. r. flag, appropriately
draped, hung from the headquarters of
the Post, Saturday-the day of General
Sheridan's funeral.
F. c. Smith and Fl. T. Wilson have
both tapped tho water pipe on First
street and conducted the water to their
residences respectively.
The Chinese must go-from Grand
Forks. The city council have imposed
a $50 license upon laundry men not citl-
zens Of the United States.
The NJ. E. Sabbath school will meet
at their church at IL o'clock M. IS usual
on Sunday. Let everybody come and
bring bibles and song books.
A speedier and cleaner way to remove
the skin of new potatoes, than the com
mon practice of scraping with a knife, is
to use a stiff scrubbing brush.
An excursion train bearing two car
loads of Plankinton's good little boys
and girls passed through Wednesday
morning en- route to Chamberlain.
The negotiations of Joe %Svejkovsky
for the Warner building fell through
and Joe will move into the Getchel
building. New shelving is now being
placed in the store.
L. A. Stewart moves his house in
from his farm this week and will reside
in town hereafter. He will move it on
to his lots in block 1, LIST addition, and
build an addition to it.
Where do all the pins go? If you
watch a woman's mouth closely when
she dresses the children, you will find
out where all the pins come from, and
it must be where they go.
England Is said to have one COW to
eight and a half persons; France one
COW to three and one-third and America
one COW to one and two-third persons.
America is ahead on the cow.
A leap year party was held at the res
idence of Mr.. Douty, 3 miles cast, last
Friday evening. About fifteen couple
were in attendance. The ladies did the
honors in a manner most becoming.
When two who are friends,
meet on the street, they smile right
there. When two men, who are friends,
meet on the street, they step into the
nearest saloon and smile. The latter
method is the most expensive.
Mitchell has gone daft on base ball.
AsiCc from a regular association with
three mines, merchants, doctors. law
yers, insurance men, bankers-and every
one else pick up mines and run the dia'
mond for glory and perspiratlon.
Mitchell has suffered another disas-
trous fire. The packing house of Jos.
Roster burned to the ground Monday
noon. Loss about sl4, O00-including Is
bull pups; insurance 50, 700-on the pack.
ing house and contents-not the pups.
Armour Chronicle: The old well
which was dug by the railroad company
two years ago, is full of fish. Thoy arc
small sinners and must have raineC
down. Frank Brown brought us a few
which we have IN a jar, on exhibition.
Matson has several of the finest views
of Main street and the artesian lake ever
made by any photographer. Call at his
gallery and get one or two for YOU
friends East. 1t will give them n better
idea Of our busting little city than
letter.
The Chicago. Milwaukee 4 St. Pau
will sell round trip tickets to the Ma
tioual G. A. R. encampment at Colum
bus, Ohio, at q through rate of one cen
per nile each way for the round trip
Tickets on sale Sept. 7th to 9th good tc
return until Sept. 21st.
Those who claim to have watched tn.
wild ducks on the artesian lake closely
assert that they are catching the young
fish, and the mud hens are at work a
the same business only more so. If thiI
is the case the council will endeavor t.
remedy the evil in some way-possibl,
allow the ducks to be shot.
The choir aud ali others interested il
the concert are requested to meet at tn,