The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-08-01

Sioux Falls exchange says: "The
drouth in the Black Hills region is most
serious. Tie grass is all dried up, and
it is estimated that q thousand carloads
of hay will have to be hauled into the
country this winter" The above is in
main correct, the principal thing about
1t not pleasant being that all this hay
will Of necessity be brought in from
Nebraska, while there are thousands OF
tons in the eastern portion Of our state
which cannot Gnd market at any price
all of which is another argument in
favor of an east and west railroad
through the state to any point in the
Hills.-Times, Deadwood.
W.. l.. T%horndyke. with whom We
wrestled, tumbled and scrapped from the
depths of horrible mud to the purity OF
heavenly ozone, for a number of hot
newspaper years in this ere bailiwick has
formally announced himself as q candi.
date fer the legislature from his county
in C0lOradO-where he is still publish.
ing a newspaper in the cause of human.
lty and supporting his family by saving
wood. Personally we do not approve o.
spelling a good newspaper man by Civ
ing him an office, but there can be but
little question but what the average
state assembly would be vastly improved
if it were so thickly packed with news
paper men that the laYmen would fal
out of the windows. The Larimer coun
ty Republicans should either seni
Thorn to the legislature or pay hin
what they owe on SUBSCRIPTION.
An exchange tells Of an amusing letteI
recently received by an eastern bicycle
firm, The letter reads thusly:
dear sirz-I live on mi farm neai
Hanlin kansas and ime 81 years old ant
just a little sporty. Mi neff0o back il
Injlanni got himself a nu bicickle ant
sent me his old n by frate and Nv,
learned to ride some. its piles of ful
but my bicickle jolts considerable. 4
Teller cum long Yesterday with one tina
had HOllar lnjy rubber tires stuffed VIII
wind. he let me try hizzen and MI. i
ran like a quishen he tole me you sci
injy rubber just the same low much is i
agOin' to fix mine up like that fellow
mine has all irren wheels. do you puncl
a hOllar hole through the !njY rubber o
will j have to do it miself? do p0u sci
it by the yard or peace or how do yol
stick the ends together after you ge
done. ii your iGjy rubber is alread'
hollar will it cum any cheaper empty
i got awl the wind | want out here il
kansas and welcome. i will pay cash.
BbeneZer Y. JenseX.
pS. how much do you charge for til
dOOdad you stuff the wind into the mi
rubber with and where do you start.
When j. 4. Klingaman lived on hi
farm three miles south of town he use
to bob into the GRAPHIC Office abou
every other day at this time Of year wit
samples oil grains and almost everythin
else growing on she place-that is, whe
he had anything worth exhibiting-a
he frequently had-and sometimes ha
not. Well, as we were about to remar
if the genial marshal of Waterloo, lows
should chance to visit his farm thes
days he would need a druy to bring i
all he would like to show. His tenan
John Mckee, escorted us over the place
few evenings since and filled our bugg
box with a line OF vegetables the like
which, we dare say, Joseph couldn
equal III all Of Iowa. There's an acre
!, onions, some OF which weigh six pound
. The big aTtesian we'll near by flow
through the door yard. but no irrigatio
Of any kind has been found necessar
this season. There is also a field of cor
about 40 acres on the farm which, a
this time Of year, is as fine as can t
seen anywhere.