The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-11-27
Tho turkey locks around and signs
What is tie use of living,
When Christmas makes Il grab Tor what
Is not dcvoured Thunksgiviug."

Wealherly speaking, we had a regular
old-,ashioned Thanksgiving. The day
was ushcred in with a snaw storm and it
kept it up all day. Nothing like the
record-5reaker of year ago, but just
enough snug winter weather to make
the indonr Thanksgiving festivities all
the more enjoyable. The mercury
crawlad down to zero at night and this
Friday-morning there is three inches
Of snow on the ground.
The weather this week has been slight
ly different from lnst-tiloagh not disa-
grecable so. The temperature began
falling Saturday moraing and by Sun
day there was little trace of the Indian
summer days previous. The mercury
dropped to 10 above several nights this
week, but the days have been bright and
pleasant. no snow and the stock all out
on the prairie. No fin r Thanksgiving
weather could be asked for.
People everywhere should shut their
houses TO the whole pestiferous handcf
travelling agents, pekdlers and the like.
They cannot afford to take the risk of
entertaining n devil unawares. Many
criminal acts. some OF them unfit for
publication, have been performed by
these migratory nulsaGces this fall in
different parts Of tho state. 1t is also a
fact that not half OF their evil deeds get
lilto print, because in many cases the
victims shun puhlicity.-Aberleen News.
Last week the new interchangeable
railroad mileage system went into effect.
BY 1T a person pays fifty cents for a Ger
~ti(icate that entities him to receipts from
agents and conductors for fares paid.
Ii 1000 miles are Travelled within a year
the holder of the certificate gets back all
over two cents Il mile that he has paid.
The certificate is good on nearly all the
western railroads aud the 1000 miles of
travel can be spread over as many reads
as the holder OF the certificate desires.
While South Dakota people were en-
joying Indian summer weather last week
and the spOrtsmen wading the lakes
shooting ducks, this was tho kind of
weather they were having in Ohio:
The Montville corr pspondent OF the
Geauga Republican says: "rhere has
Been much excitement here for the last
three days in regard to the death OF
Ransom Mu.ter. He died a cruel death
lying helpless in the road al Bostwick
all night in the snow storm.
When the writer was back there last
month it was a common s%alutation:
"Well, ! suppose you are going back ia
South Dakota to freeze up for the win.
ter"
One OF our exchanges tells of an agent
for Il new tangled churn who stopped at q
farm house and insisted that his churn
would get two pounds more butter out
of a certain amount of cream than any
other. The lady Of the house, to get rio
OF him, told him that he could com
around next morning and try the churn
and if what he said was true she would
buy. In the meantime she churned the
cream, and when he came she poured
the butter milk into his churn. Ht
churned for an honr and tten told hel
there was no butter fat in the cream
II kno" IL" she said, "for | churned il
last night and left the buttermilk fol
you to get your extra two pounds FROM
The agent was mad. 1t was Il fair test
but that agent will never again attempt
to sell another churn TO that lady.