THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
Long-wood School
L.onltided
voied for Taft except Alexandra
I.oweil voted for Bryan.
The stomach is tlie kitchen of our
hody sometimes we eat too much and
our stomach aches like anything.
If we want a healthy stomach we
must not drink whiskey or beer.
In onr new manikin t heir are many
pictures of the stomach.
It shows how the stomach look^
when we are not careful what we eat
and drink, and it shows how the
stomach looks when we drink beer or
whisk v. It nets sore and leolo
ugly instead of nice pink. Fverv
night f t;o to s. bool.
Sometimes we choose what man
we are to study about in our new
History. U'e like Daniel Boone
Andrew Jackson, and President
Roosvelt.
President Roosvelt is going to
Africa for a lion hunt. We all hope
he will couie back safe.
Your friend,
Thomas Devine.
Wood Island, Alaska.
To the Readers of the News Letter.
Dear Friends,
I live in the cottage at the north of
the Lower Lake. The Greek Church
! not very far front us. It is very
pretty with the golden dome. The
roof is painted green. There is a
nice green field where the church
stands. In the summer the field
looks very beautiful with many kinds
of flowers.
There are many spruce trees around
our house. The violets and blue
flags are thick inourii Id in summer.
Last summer we found two bird's
nests in that field. I here were \er\
pretty blue eggs "i'll brown spots on
them.
In the summer when the berries
are ripe we do not go very far aftc.
them. I here are many kinds of bet
t ies htre.
We have two nice gardens. One
It irden is where we raise potatoe
beets, carrots, kale, anti rutabaga
and the other garden is where w
raise cauliflower, cabbages, radishes
■inti some potatoes anti turnips. It'
this garden we have some strawhet
riesanu two Utntls of currants, re l
ami hlat'k.
there r» n large hay field on th
south etui t>l li.i island. It is a a
prettv p'ttce In the summer wile
my father and brothers go to tin ti
the grass we go with them, to lie ;
rake the hay when it gels dry. t
think it is great fun to tike t -
hav. And sometimes we p.ay ■ t
roll oil the hay.
There art- five cows on our plan1
Ihiec me black and one is red uiid
one is black with white late and leys.
The skating was not ninth goo.!
this winter, because the ice was cov
ered with snow and now the snow is
ail covered with water.
1 go to the Public School. 1 am
in the highest grade in achool. I
study Arithmetic, Physiology, Gem;
rarity, Spelling. Reading, and Ills
tory. And sometimes painting ami
drawing. 1 like to print pictuus
very much.
I learned about South Amera a.
and about tile Andes Mountains ami
about Spain, Prance, Russia, Kng
laud, Italy and other countries of
Europe.
I am very sorry to bear about the
earthquake ill Italy.
Your friend,
Alary Pavloft