THE ORPHAN AGE NEWS LITTER.
church and the prayer meetings; in
the assembly room. One evening
there wax an interesting stereopticon
lecture down hi the church illustrat
ing ilie Pilgrim *■ Progress and a g« «id
ly number of village people were
pt esent.
Yes, this peasant visit to the Ko
diak Baptist Orphanage will ever be
remembered. No one knows how
much good the visit has done us. We
are encouraged and inspired by the
earnest efforts of the workers here
and their sincere Christian lives to
continue our labors to the westward
with reuewed vigor.
The work of the Kodiak Baptist
Orphanage is indeed a worthy one
and deserves all the support that can
be given it by friends in the home
land. We were sorry to leave these
good people and yet we were glad to
take passage on the little gas boat and
return to our own field of labor.
Dr. and Mrs. Newhall.
While January Ut was a clear
bright day the '2nd was very stormy
and quite cold. The boys took some
mail over to Kodiak. They started
home but could not muke it so went
to Mr. li. Morrison's ranch on For
get-tne not Island where they were
kindly welcomed* and cared for
They reached home about noon the
next day. The cold snap continued
for some days. The night of the 1th
pipes froze and burst at the Winch
Dormitory, and Miss Hines lost her
house plants.
No snow, but intermittant cold
rains made skating everywhere, walk
ing; very precarious, and teaming with
unshod horses an impossibility. We
had plenty of cord wood, but it was
back in the woods. How to get it
out and up to the houses was becom
ing a serious problem, especially as
the fuel at hand was nearly exhaust
ed. Our missionary team had never
bt*eu shod though this was their sev
euth winter on Wood Island. Our
neighbor Mr. Morrison, who is an ex
pert horse-ahoer, came to our rescue,
aad“ Whoso ” and “Marcy’* walked
out proudly in their first new shoes.
Home wood was hauled, but there
was neither sledding nor wheeling
till snow came later on. In the
meantime the old wagon, which has
been in active service for more tha;i
fifteen years, like the Deacon’s “ won
derful one-hose shay ” simply col
lasf»ed. When snow did at last come
the sled which though not as old as
the wagon, though more rotton fol
lowed the example of the wagon and
fell to pieces. Our foreman, Wm.
Robertson, built a new one which is
very substantial.
The second day of February was so
bright the bear could not help seeiug
his shadow, so went back to his win
ters bed for a six-weeks beamy sleep.
This must have been something of a
disappointment to Mr Harold Mc
Craken of Columbus, Onio, who is in
this part of Alaska on a hunting ex
peditiou, not with a gun, but wuh a
moving-picture camera. Mr. Mc
Craken went on the "Star" to Kana
tak on the mainland intending to
mush across the peninsula to the
Bristol Buy side, but rough sea made
landing very difficult. Mr McCraken
was landed expecting his bed and
baggage would be put ashore with
the next boat load, but it was so
rough the boat did not return with
another load. The steamer went on
leaving Mr. McCraken to shift lor