The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-06-22


sat and looked at them but when they
were fred upon a few times it was diff
ferent thing.
WIN. CoNGDoN.
Strawbe rries.
There are great many strawberry
blossoms this year and think we will
soon have great many strawberries.
don't like picking strawberries because
you have to get up and down so much.
The strawberries here are small but
they are good. The Indians go out
very early in the morning and pick
strawberries and come into town and
sell them. Last summer there were a
great many Indians selling strawberries.
MAY CREswELL.
The School.
like to 60 to school and I like nv
teacher too. There are only nine rooms
in the schoolhouse. We have fine times
playing ball. I study the Third Reader,
geography, spelling and arithmetic.
GEosaE FISK.
Flowers.
We have very nice times picking
flowers in the woods. We can get pretty
flowers on the prairie. We have planted
some very nice flowers, and they are
coming up nicely. We have a very nice
time playing i'll the woods.
ISABEL LENNON.
The Convent.
When was with the nuns in Winni
peg in the convent, we had very nice
picnic. We went about a mile off. We
had very nice time indeed. We stayed
very long time, and we had very
long walk. I was very tired when 90,
home again, but we often took little
walk. would like to stay at the COLI
vent very much if would not get lone
some.
DELPH1NE LENNON.
Fish.
Fish are somewhat plentiful in Red
river. The small fish are caught in nets
set out about twenty feet from the shore.
The top of the net is about six inches
under water and the bottom of the net is
about two and half feet under water.
The 1celanders do most of the fishing,
Some of the Icelanders make fish their
principal dish. The larger kind of fish
are caught by long troll lines that are
fastened to the shore and thrown out in
the middle of the river. The sturgeon
and catfish are the largest fish that are
caught in the river. An Icelander
caught sturgeon that weighed fourty-
seven pounds. I heard a man say there
was a sturgeon caught at the fort that
weighed 100 pounds.
w. J. DICK.
The Seasons.
There are four seasons, spring. summer,
autumn and winter. In spring the grass
begins to grow, the trees to bud and
blossom and everything seems pleasant
after the cold winter. In summer the
weather gets warmer and the crops in
the fields are ripening. We are having
the first of our summer months now. In
autumn we are supplied with all kinds
of fruits, the trees lose their leaves, and
it is very busy season, people prepar-
ing for winter. Winter is both dreary
and pleasant. Snow storms and cold
make it dreary, but tits pleasant walking
or driving on sunshlny days.
MINNIE NIXON.
An Adventure.
One day another girl and I, went out
in the woods to pick some raspberries.
We started early in the morning, and
intended to be out all day. So we got
into good place and were picking away,
when we heard noise in the bushes,
and thinking it was bear, we started
and ran as fast as we could over logs and
bushes, until we were 80 tired that we
could hardly run any more. Thinking
we were near home, we ran on and on
still, but instead of being near home. we
were farther away. So we didn't know
what to do, soon we heard some dogs
barking, far away from us in different
direction. So we started in the direction
where the sound came from, and followed
on until we came to our own house, but
we lost all our berries on the road. But
we were glad to get home safe.
MAGGIE PARKER.
School.
A school is very useful thing. Think
if there were no schools we would be all
like monkeys. Not only that but we
could not earn our own living. wish 1
was educated so that could get situa-
ton.
SEEwARr THOMPSON.
The Horse.
The horse is the most useful of animals.
My papa has fine horse and my little
brother was riding him one day and he
never threw him of. One day my pa
and two other men were out riding.
J: WALLACE MASON.