The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-06-15

Howard DemCcrat:-A personal letter
from Riciiland county. Wis, the writer's
old home, says: Had several hard
frosts; froze the corn and potatoes to the
ground; had to replant; cut worms are
taking the last planting; oats were
frozen down, and much of the winter
wheat was badly winter killed; some of
the rye was headed out and suffered
badly in consequence; some have cut it
for hay; farmers are discouraged"
A peculiar accident happened in Sioux
City Saturday night A woman out after
dark looking for her children stumbled
and fell head foremost down a hole dug
for a telephone post. The hole was I
feet deep and 26 inches In diameter,
Fortunately a neighhor heard the wom-
ans cries and, catching hold of her IN
kles, eXtricatcd her from her peculiar
p%redicament. The was seriously in
jured.
The well known English statesman,
Mr.. Balfour, maintains that the princi-
pal value of the newspapers lies in its
advertising function, rather than in its
news gathering or its discussion of cur
rent issues. He said in arecent address:
"In the newspapers capacity rs an ad-
vertisiag agent it is, after all, of the
first Importance to any civilized society.
inasmurh as it brings together those
who have something to sell and those
who have something to buy. Some gen
tlemen laughed when | mentioned ad
vertising, but in my judgment the for
cign correspondent, the parliamentary
reporter and all the other machinery of
communicating information to the pub
lie really are Of no more Importance to
the community at large than the power
Of communication by advertisements"
The shallow wells about town put
down last year and the year before have
never shown the least signs of failing,
notwithstanding TIE prolonged drouth
of last summer and up to this spring.
In fact the ground al! over the town ap-
pears to be thoroughly saturated with
water, so much so that 1t is exceedingly
difficult to make the cisterns hold water
and still more SO to construct new ones,
as the artcsian water teaches into them
before the cement sets. As several time
noted il these columns, before tie arte :
sian well was put down anu the lake in
existence, water to any extent could not
be found iii Kimball at a less depth than
22o feet. Now a we'll can be obtained
almost anywhere AT less than 30 feet.
The veins undoubtedly come from Tie
artesian lake.
The Klmball fifteen and twenty-yea T.
old "kid" ball nine came down Saturday
and crossed bats with our twelve and
llfteen-year-old kids. 1t was indeed
amusing to SEE the big Iubbers trying
their very best to Guido the little fellows
and then for them only 10 succeed by
one run shows plainly the superiority of
the PlankintOn ball players. considering
weight age. Where did you grow that
ffteen-ycar-oll pitcher, Tinan?- Plan
kinton HERALD,
klmball has always been famous for
its ball players and you shouldn't feel
badly, Tom, that it is still raising 'em
That "ifteen-year-old pitcher" referred
to is Albert Wentzy, but he is only four
teen years of age instead Of fifteen. You
might have mentioned one of the nine
year-old kids the boys had with them
and that the little fellows had to pay all
their own expenses in Plankinton and
carry their can water to the grounds
Our kids can not only skin yonr kids
PLAYING ball but teach them mannor
besides.