The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
szr. aush As santa claus.

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aThia hero, t.hrIatmaas com;nn ronna
pretty mid,linp rep,i,r 2ave,v vea, y sa;d
Mr. Milo Rosh' a. uav. ~, ! m - ! u "A
"a Z sf4Iler i knowad hs - I'm = pannsv,san I y
II whalr,3 i WAS : vonny man I,sa,;as,
Toni r. t,a. stata NO uao + moor R,a M
seat Nt fool i ever aean 3 NM chor ,,,a M
ra,na-Jerrv Tntcta,l "a o. sn,, M -
these here amatocr loa,.,s That ;nat uorry
att FOR fnn. hnt 4 rer,lar nroyaasional 4
fool Didn't know rnnnph to acha uhans
he was hnrt. Conldn,t q, scratched >
match on q grindstnn-not II ha triad
4.Weil. this Jerry uot F. into Ma heaa
that he was pood-lnoktnp Tbonoht ha
was ! ree'lar An HolIer--whopyer ha
was Cor a notion The woman was all
thinking abont him FINALLY ha acc,,oo.
IL On, soft IN Ina anma oal + wao sort ),
shining mn to- was soma waak than
5days myse!f. or wonldn,t,., hpon took
IA by that Gal. Evenchoo,v + soe n ,hroo
that cal.
zone Christmas did IJncla 5paleo5 ,r,vio.
ger. who war tfa f.ti,ar a tho 1os, oiy.
4 sort nf ahindv and asL.a ;r' -.
!ueiphbors went and 10 did ,bia bors
Jerry, AMI = nassei .of othar folka mns,ivs
FOOLS. The cal. ,Jernsha was there mak.
inc bigger fools of most ~ :em II,
Svonpoer lnaonla indn,aod = % r;sna na.
times 81 more a. lpss intallecchnna,
character. snch ma hnnt-tte-slinnpr. IA
ippnba zen. ana s,ch wl,ila tho moro al.
5derly folks nlnped old sIp,l % and drun.
hard cider in the kitchan mis- larry
;was all tho time oattinr \ ,w;vt ma . NJ
Jernsha n his iool way-a.cnr,;nn m
his mustache and ga.atrikino attitoods
Old 81 Hooker finally strnck nm with
fiddle mnsic and wa aancad.-tr;nnsd&
the light bombas, ic TOE was what Jerrv
said. / could u, knocked him down
And mostly he trimmed n with Jarnsho
too-he got four dances and pot ona
"Tnen the next thing on The nrcoram
was the ais;rihntion Of the Christina.
presents In the nhst thev,d Ind !.
Christmas tree Init no that wonldn,t do
for Jerusha this time To tell INA truth
that gal was inst ahont as foolish as
Jerry. didn't sea # then bnt 7 seen If
later. Woman. thv nama il tlavaItv nh.
serves the poet-and he hit r. nrettv
near right.
.No, nothing wonld do for .Eernsha
this time but a Sandy Cla,,s-reo,lar
live tomfool, with pack and whiskers
a-playi0g he was Sandy Clans. .Nr
Bush saws Jerusha. ann, r;no like .
Maltese cat--.AJr. Rnsh will, v,m honor
us by being our Santa Clans, .sarten.
w. says /; ii is yours 10 command, inst
like that saws. beg,nninq to catch nm 10
Jerry's ways.
"Well, they got me nv mack and my
whiskers. and 1 mt ,em ON. and thon
saws ,Jerusha. won viii find ! Ladder o,,t-
side to get rp to the chimbley with,
.Wot,' says 7. have ] got to cums down
the iim-dzzled chimbleyY, .Of conrsp,
says she; .alI SANDY Clauses do. Thcif iffre
is out. Our chimbley is large. tits ali
for the phildran vn,1 knnw Ar prsb
Don't you love children. Mr.. Bush?,
sYes,' says lust like that-.yes. Zig,
wiggle 'em, / love children. .bnt Pm mn
chimbIey-swab' Then that there Jerry
butcher come up. his elbows sticking
out, and saws he: us YER Sardy clans
balky. Miss Jerusl,a? LET ma be YER
Sandy Claus, I love 10 mako tannv Tho
little innorcent children Then / goes
out into the night, ready TO back down
into a volcainer,
"The bore OF that there chimbley WINS
not large. but by SHINING nv mack nm
on the hack Of nv neck and folding mu
whiskers and holdinp ,pm un1ar ny
chin. i managed to oct startrd soot
got In nv ewes. and I was forced 70 unit
many remarks which would have tit tho
occasion. for fear it wnnld also pet IN
nv mouth. Them remarks I sa;d ;n.3
wardl,, however, and thew app,ied to the
rhimhley. to the idoit Jerru tia aa1
and the haplpy. inherent chillren which.
/ loved. ;' 3
II calculated that I'd gone rootiny and
scraping down that hole q abont five INN
dred feet. whenT s1onnpd as.rodd,a Tof
something 7 felt ahont and found Il ~
be an iron rod. which seemed f. ., haan
put in by the man wot bn,lt the ,hinu m t.
hold the sides tooathpr i hustod IN
bu, nv pack was catched i Triad \ - :,
swing oYer like . man getting otf Il. i
hossback but there wasn't ,room Nv