of pickles mid have plenty iu the root
cellar to eat fresh
Kroui our potato patch we dug
nearly ltKt sacks anil if they keep
well wo will have enough to last till
new ones are ready next year.
With this supply of tish, meat,
p datoes and other vegetables, togeth
er with the milk our cow s give, and
the winter’s supply of butter we have
packed, we feel that we have no
small part of our food problem
solved.
In order to 8 ive flour wo mix mid
dlings with it. The combination
makes go d bund. We also use a
yn id deal of corn moil. A n sorry
to siy that ii number "f tint children
d> not like Cltii bread. However,
»'i mid the war oontiimo much long
er, mid wheat tl mr becomes dour,
these h 11110 orer-particular children
ill iv bo very glol t*. get n piece of
Kn.4 corn bread to eat.
Ij'ingwood School opened Sept .'Ird.
with Mr. and Mrs. I,. <x. L’olsom as
teachers.
1! ix,.a of uood servioabla clothing
Were received from the churches at
Winchester and Arlington, Mass
\Vt> had mi addition to our Minion
family a few weeks iigo in Anton
mill Freda NovikolT from I'yak. A11
t m in eleven years old and Freda is
ei^lit There is no School at I'yak
s i their father brought them here
ttiai they might have tho ml van t
ii i»es "f our school. Anton is a sturdy
hoy, full of mischief. In looks he
favors his father, who is u Russian.
Freda takes after her mother. She
is dark and has a heavy low toned
voice.
Father Herman
In speaUilig of th« exploits of 1* a
tlier Herman liim disciple, Ignatius
Aligiaga, mii Aleut, adds, “\es it
was ?i hard life that Appa (grand fa
ther) lived, and no one can imitate
liis life”. S mie people asked the old
man: “Father Herman, how ran you
live in the wood*! a loin ; ’ He answer
eel, “No, I Hill not alone there, (hid
in there as he is every w here, i lis h *ly
Angels are tin re. ean any one !».•
lonely with them: With whom ean
a discourse he more pleasing, with
men or Angels': ()f course with An
gels. ”
II** love«l tli»* poor »ibus#*«i mi<l mu
fortunate \leuts ns his own ehildren
Here are a few lines of hi* letter t..
YanofsVv, the Miumgrr of the llu*
Xian American Company that <•!•■>• rI\
illustrate the warm love of Father
Herman ft r the natives: “I the ..
ole ilienl servant of the people of this
country sti'i their nurse, standing!"
fore you in their behalf with tears i f
blood write to yon iny request: Be our
father and protector. We are m
aepuainted with eloquence, hut with
dumb and childish tongue say. W i
away the tears of the defenceless
orphans, cool the fevered unhappy
hearts, let ns understand what con
solation is.”
The old m»n conduced hi* l>*o >n
accordance with the dictates of his
eon science Hn always interceded
for those who were unfortunate to
fall from grace of those in power, 1m
defended the wronged, helped tins
in need from his own poor worldly
possetsu ns, and the Aleuts of hoth
sexes as well as children (locked to
him (or advice and consolation.
Tii be Continued