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ftroai Its i Former Day School Teachers. Temecula. 'alifornia. February. 4th. lyoii. 1 can hardly believe that it is the month of February, the grav* is so jjreea and the Sowers are Mooming and birds so plentiful ami fill the air with their beautiful songs. We have our garden all planted but we are rather late with it. we have only had some lettuce from it and might have had many more thing? if we had planted early, but were so busy fixing up the place as it was all run down that we just let our garden go until we n«»w had everything done, so we are now quite comfortable and have everything convenient, wish you could drop in and see for yourself. Lat Sunday we were invited to a friend's place that own an orange grove and who gave us a iar^e grain sack nearly full of the nicest oranges you ever saw: they are so ?»eet and juicy much more so than any we ever had in Pine Ridge. F. MRS. I J. W. LEWIS. Wittenburg. Wis. Jan. 22. lwr». The Clglala Light. Pine Ridge. S. D. (•ent'emen: 1 inclose i" cents to extend my sul»scription to the Light one year. There i- no paper who»e ar rival is mnr- warmly welcome by tlx than that of the Light. We have a nice little school here, fille to overflowing, and everything istunning smoothly and harmoniously. We have just finished making an an nuity payment of each to these Indians -the Wisconsin Winnebagoe*. The s.vioiogixt w««uid find material for study among these Indian-. They are scattered over a large part of the state, here and there in groups among the whites. yeneraHy on small home steads. and yet they are proliablv as depraved, and as i»ackward in civliza tion as any tril»e of Indians in the United States. Very truly. S. A* M. YOCXC. 4L ^SWTHK 4 KII^AI^A UIIHTW^ Monderson, S. D. Mr. Keith butchered a fine beef last week. Mr. Park and family and Mr. Julian and wife visited at No. 9 on the 11th. Lillie: in the sewing room)—Sallie Holy rock can't sew. Housekeeper: old enough to sew. *he is long ami fat. »he is not Yes. but But Mary tho." Mr. Simmons has a tine billiard table now. around which the boys en joy their pastime very much. .Messers Tull-en and Holland recent ly went to Gordon for supplies and to have some blacksinithing done. A number of Indian families around No. ol»scrved the eclipse the other night, and the sch»»ol children ex plained the causes to their parents*. It is not very pleasant to l»e awak ened in the middle of the night by the squalling and Hying jnuiltry. but such was Mr. Park's experience the other night but when quiet was restored the sctrse revealed five of his choicest white rocks dead and the Coyote slinking awav in the moonlight. An official in the land office at Washington relates how Dr. Whipple. fo* a long time Kishop of Minnesota, once undertook to holil religious ser vices near an Indian village in oi.c of the Western States. It appears that the bishop's effects were scattered about th*- "lodge.** and. when ab»ut to go out asked the chief if it were safe to leave them while he went to the village for the service. "Plenty safe." grunted the Indian: "no white man in a hundred mile* from here.** Little Kbene/.er: "What's all dish yer.wha't Ah heah "bout de sassage comin" on ten a hole an" den goin* back in again w'en he sees "is shadah?" I'ncK- Mosr: "11'wan away, chile wid you ig'ranee. 'Tain no sassage. Hit's a groun' hog." Little Kbenezer: "Well* ef sassage ain" groun* hog. den Ah don't kat»«r whut is! Washington Life.