TOWN TALK
Mr IKvyer is i.i usual health this
winter.
Rev. H. Gustafson just returned
fro n Norton Bay. — Rev. Ost of
G xovi i made our village a call recent
ly —Misha I vat toff made a hurried
t ip he e. —Considerable travel this
winter. The good trails are quite a
drawing card.—Miss A. K. Carlson is
kej t quite busy looking after the sic k
Kri' Johnson spent a day or so in
ourtovvn recently. Mrs. Eric Johnson
came later. She thinks more of Unal
akleet than of Nome.
David Panipchak an.d Aaron paneok
are doing co .siderable freighting this
ye :r —Past assistant missionary,
Karl Hendrickson, is expected to
arrive on one of the first boats. He
will stay here for some time.— 'll
the motor boat owners of this village
are pu t t i n g forth every effort to
conq er their engi; es this spri: g —
cranky things engines we mean
The caribou hunters returned a
few days ago They report a hard
trip. A goo lly number of caribou
were obtained.
Our faithful mail carriers of winter
with their faithful dogs give us far
better service than the boats of sum
mer.
Mr. Steinhauser, our merchant, is
doing good business this winter. It
will pay you to give him a trial even
if you have to come a long way to do
so.
The lads who burned the bunks
ia l22miie cabin’should be prosicuted
to the fullest extent of the law as an
e cample to others who are not awake
to the fact that it is a grave offense
to destroy,or in any manner make
the cabins unfit for use.
A teacher has asked for the follow
ing kinderg irtin song which we print
with explanation.Should be sung to
a lively tur.e.
JACK FROST
Oh! Jack Frost is a roguish little
fellow
When the wintry winds b e g i n to
bellow
I le flies like a little bird thru the air,
And sieves thru the 1 i t t le cracks
every where.
le nips little children on the nose,
He bites little children on the toes,
lie pulls litt.e children, by the ears,
And he draws from their eyes the
big ro nd tears.
lie makes little girls say Oh! oh! oh!
A .d !ie makes little boys say ho! ho!
ho!
but wheu we kindle up a great big
fire,
T! en j.. k Frost is compelled to re
tire
Soup thechini! ey skips the roguish
fellow,
While all the children clap so merry,
For he makes little girls say Oh! oh!
oh!
And he makeslittle boyssay Ho! ho!
ho:
i him Line-Children wave arms lo imitate
a ; ird living. Fourth Palms quite close to
gether Children peeping thru Fifth Take
hold of tip of nose. Sixth Point to toes.
Seventh fulls both e.trs. Eighth Index
fingers to eyes.Slowly w.thdrawing at same
tone forming r.ngs with thumb and index
finger .Nineth Oh !oh,oh said as in p a i tv
with hand clasped i n front and
shoulders forward. Tenth Wave right arm
above head and sing joyfully. Thiiteenth
Right hand waved upward Fourteenth All
clap merrily.
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Lowest temperature-44 below.