St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-12-18
Santee Notes.
From the December Vermont Missionary.

MOTIFS, one OF the teacnerS at oantee,
writes:
"The little boys and girls are very
cunning and bright in their remarks.
Bot often it is the way in which they
say a thing that makes it so bright.
One day the little girls Of the Birds
Nest, their home here, were making
considerable noise. Their matrCn
came out of her room and shaking
her head at them said, There's too
much levity here After while,
when they had forgotten to be quiet
and the noise had begun again, one
of the little girls hoped up into a
chair and shaking her head solemnly
said, Girls, you levity too much.
you Ievity too much
This year we are trying to make
our Junior Christian Endeavor socie-
Ties more interested in missions.
They get very Jealous and wish to
work for others when once their
minds are turned toward a certain
object or objects. They have very
little to give, but often the teachers
give them work for which they pay
them a little, and this money they
very gladly send to those who need
it more than they do. We do not
want our children to be selfish above
all things. 1t does US all good, both
teachers and children, to think of our
friends in the far East"
The young peoples secretary, Mrs.
c. L. Smith of Burlington, has quite
a number of Santee pictures which
she will be very glad to loan to
superintendent of Junior Endeavor
societies and Others who contribute
toward the support of Minnie Last.
horse and George Reddish.
The Indian children OF the Santee
Mission have raised and sent $S1
to Kalgan, China, toward furnish
ing the hospital there. Will the chill.
dren of Vermont be behind the Indi-
ans in their zeal?
One morning all the Birds Nest
girls went over to DR.. Riggs home
to see the doll that was to be sent to
China for Dorothy NAPLES. 1t hap
pened to be on the same day
DR.. Riggs was to start for the
A. M. A. meeting at Boston. For a
few minutes they were all very quiet,
admiring its clothes and pretty hair,
when suddenly two or three at the
same time said, That's what DR..
Riggs going clear off for, he going to
take this doll to China, isn't it ?"
The bicycle craze which Santee has
had this last year has even extended
to the smallest and youngest of the
children. The Birds Nest girls had
for long time looked longingly at
the fortunate owners Of wheels, until
one day the idea occurred to them to
have some "play ones" of their own.
a number Of girls procured smooth
sticks about the length of handle
bar and made two small bags, one
for each end, 20 represent cork
handles. Some were not satisfied
with this so attached a rope to pass
around to represent the rubber,
hollow things" Then their machines
were completed, so the next thing
was ito learn to ride" A few feet
apart, they started across their yard,
falling down every once in while,
getting up and carefully looking to
see if any scratches could be seen on
the wheels. The whole performance
was carried out until all became
expert riders. THIS served as a
great source OF amusement for over
a week, the owners of the bicycles
being quite looked up to by the girls
not SO fortunate, and their bicycle
craze" has entirel v done away with
the play horses" of last year,
The scene is in the school room
Teacher. "Tomorrow | wish you all
to bring in on paper your arithmetic
and also language lessons" Pupil;
but she" (referrring to the matron,
won't give us but one slice.
Teacher, puzzled Slice, slice o
what?' Pupil; "SIce of paper"
CLEVELAND, ONO, Nov. 9.
DEAR FRIENDS When Hast wrote
| promised that | would send you
another letter in the fall. We are
fairly at work again and ii seems
good after the vacation to work
In August met my brother and hi,
family on a farm in Wisconsin anC
we had delightful time together TO