THE ORPHANAGE NEW
1ETTER.
A Christmas Surprise
Concluded
I hen it was ()1<1 Santa's time to
tsitk and he soon had every one roar
1 Mc' with laughter at his funny joke*
Someone asked Santa what made
him so fat, an. he said he ate plenty
of ' Kiernuk'*, which in Alaska,
means wha'e meat. He certainly
was a jolly c.’d Santa, and everybody
w s happy before he got half through
with his speech. If ‘ Kietnuk"
makes a Santa Claus as jolly as this
one. we want him to eat plenty next
year before he comes.
By this time the little folks were
impatient to see what was on the
tree fot them, and Santa obligingly
t ailed to his helpers, and began to
distribute the presents. There were
dolls, hair-ribbons, collars, books,
names and many other pretty and
useful gifts for the girls; while every
boy received a knife from his good
friend, Capt. Keen, who must have
seen Old Santa before he g<jt here.
There were also toy pistols, h *rns
and whistles for the boys, anil it was
not long after all the presents had
been distributed until the noise
proved too much for the older folk,
aud the boys were left in full posses
sion of the assembly room, w'here
they proceeded to use their various
noise makers in regular boy fashion
We wish to acknowledge the re
ceipt ot the following generous
list of supplies from the Church at
McMinnville, Ore. ; 12 sacks of po
tatoes; 1 box sweet potatoes: 1 sack
carrots; 1 sack pumpkins; i s.u k
prunes: i sack beans; 1 sack rais:ns;
1 crate cabbage; 1 barrel canned
fruit; 16 boxes of apples; 1 case can
ned corn, and 1 sack clothing.
THE CHRISTMAS
DINNER
I.ast Summer when the vol «.■
ashes fell. Willie almost despairs f
being able to raise any more > k■
ens, but thanks U» his good :r
those that were already hatche at
that time grew and thrived and • \s
days before Christmas h« went u; «
the chicken house and picked ■ nt
enough tine young roosters for the
dinner.
After the excitement ami e:
tuent ot the free in the Assend >
room, it was only a short time until
the dinner hell rang and we all wint
to the dining room, where all *
in thanking God for the loud given
to us.
Then the dinner was served «:;>!
such a dinner. Four great chi' ictn
pies were brought in and place at
♦he head of the four tables ' ur
chicken pies cooked as only Airs
Campbell can cook them, and so
large that everybody receive l such
generous helpings they could u • tat
lilt* delicious cake and fruit >nd
candy which followed, so these were
saved for Innch in the evening
WANTED POTATOES
Our potato crop was a failure
From ground that ordinarily w aid
have yielded 40 bushels we g"t e lit,
and nearly all small.
We would be thankful for na
tions of potatoes from friend; ■ ■ ng
the Pacific Coast. Au ordinary -i/ed
barrel will hold at least three -des
The freight ou the barrel frou -eat
tie to Kodiak is #3.00.