v.9, no.3 (Nov. 4, 1899) pg.7

• Main Author: Devils Lake (N.D.)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: North Dakota School for the Deaf Library 1899
• Subjects: Education; Politics & Government; Deaf > Periodicals; Newsletters; United States; North Dakota; Ramsey County (N.D.); Devils Lake (N.D.); Canada; Dawson City; Devils Lake; Klondike River; Yukon; Dawson; esquimaux; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16921coll12/id/3260

Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. THE icsrorRma: DAEOTii ras-asrosnEiR. 7 \ CHILDREN'S PAGE i , ^^-e?s3sasHsasHS3SH5asasas2sa5a*^Hsiin.-ispj5asasHSHHHsassas«3sS Jack Frost. Do .you know who Jack Frost is' lie comes in the autumn nights and does not make any noise, Imt lie does a great deal of work. He whitens the grass, and freezes flowers and kills them, he makes side-walks and the fences white, lie touches the leaves. Then, in a few days, some of the leaves turn brown, some of thorn turn bright red and others turn yellow. Sometimes he makes pretty pic­tures on the window panes. Have you ever seen any of this work; -Florida limtitidr llrralil. Generous George. Mary. Carl and Edwin were poor children. Their father was dead. They lived near (icorgc Davis. George's father was rich. George had many toys to play with. Mary. Carl and Kdwin did not have any toys. (icorgc was a generous little hoy. He gave some of his toys to the three poor children. May (5th was George's birthday, lie had a birthday party. Me invited Mary. Carl and Edwin to the party. They went. They had a good time.— ( ohrrada lndr.r. What Perry Caught, Perry lived on the sea coast, llis father had a boat. Perry took his father's boat one day and went fishing. He took some lunch in a basket. The sea was very calm. The wind did not blow. Perry rowed the boat out from the shore. He dropped the anchor. The anchor was a piece of old iron tied to one end of a rope. The other end of the rope was tied to the boat. Perry dropped his lish-line into into the water and waited. lie almost went to sleep. Something large floated near. It looked like a box. Perry reached for it with his oar and pulled it into his boat. He looked inside the box. He saw a parrot. It talked. Perry was surprised. He rowed back to the shore. Ho carried the box ami parrot home. His father told him that perhaps the box and parrot fell oil a ship.—- Uabmal .1 /rrma/rr. Charlie’s Birthday Present. Charlie Johnson had a good father. Mr. Johnson loved Charlie very much for he was a good boy. Charlie’s birthday was on the 20th of May. Charlie know his father was going to give him a present because his mother told him as much, lie wondered a great many times what the present would he. One day Mr. Johnson saw a big dog that was for sale. The dog was very gentle and would pull a wagon. He bought the dog and lie kept it at the store where Charlie would not see him. Then he had some harness made foi­lin' dog and he also bought a new express wagon, lie took them all home the night before Charlie's birth­day. In the morning when Charlie came downstairs he saw the dog hitch­ed to the wagon. He was very happy. I Ic threw his arms around his father's neck and called him the dearest papa in the world. Charlie and his dog soon became very fond of each other.— II’™/- rrn Fra ani/Iran tan. The Mice and the Egg. Once upon a time there were three mice. I do not remember their names, so 1 will call them:—First. Second and Third. One night, after sleeping hard all day. they woke up. " Let’s have breakfast." said First. •• That suits me," said Second. " All right! " said Third. So First got a fork. Second a knife, and Third a spoon, aud off they marched to their store-room. When they got there, there was not a single thing to eat. " This is rough ! " said First. Hard times have come." said Second. What will we do now !" said Third. Then they started out to look for something. To their great joy they found an egg. " This is a great prize," said First, but we can't eat it here. What shall we do " We can't roll it along." said Second, for we would make so much noise that the old eat would soon la-round to see what was going on." I have a plan." said Third, ” I will lie down on my back. \ oil two roll the egg on top of me. 1 will hold it fast. Then you take hold of my tail, and pull me home. Then we will all three eat the egg." So they tried the plan. It worked very well. They got the egg home safely. Then they carefully broke it and had a great feast. MirlFujaa Mir­ror. Alaska. Did you ever notice on the map of North America way up in- the north­western part—a country iiame< I Alaska; It looks small but it is really very large, almost twelve times as large as the state of New York. Long ago it be­longed to Russia, but she soon grew tired of it. and in 1807 she told it to the Cnited States for ST.t'ono.ooo. Alaska is a strange country, with few in habitants except Esquimaux and Indians. White people do not like to live there for the winters are cold and the nights so long. From September to April the nights last twenty-two hours, and there are only two hours of daylight, but in the short, hot summers the days are twenty-two hours long, and the nights only two; much of the time it rains and the ground is covered with a deep moss, so we could sec- no farms in Alaska, but we could find big forests and valuable fisheries. Alaska has one of the greatest rivers in the world. Its name is the Yukon. It is much larger than the Mississippi, but it is not as useful because during the long winters it is frozen. Four years ago some miners from California went up this river to the eastern part of Alaska. When they went home, they took a great deal of gold with them. They had found it on tlm banks of some of the little rivers which flow into the Yukon. People soon became excited over it. and others started for Alaska, and. in a short time, became rich. The best gold was found near a little branch of the Yukon, cal­led the Klondike river. This river is in Canada, but is very close to Alaska, and all the country near it. both in Canada and Alaska, is now called the Klondike Country. The people who have gone to the Klondike have built a little town there, which they call Dawson City, hut it is different from the cities you have seen. Many of the people live in tents, and others in tiny houses. Everything that is taken there must lie carried on the backs of horses, and on sleds drawn by dogs, or on the backs of Indians, and the journey is long and dangerous. But the people are anxious to find gold, and this spring many are planning to go to the Klondike as soon as it grows warmer, and the ice in the rivers melts. IllI nod Few Fra.