LETTERS FROM LITTLE FOLKS,

Otago Witness, Issue 1895, 16 March 1888, Page 35

LETTERS FROM LITTLE FOLKS,

Dear Dot,— l am so glad that the little girl at Arrowtown likes her teacher Mr Field so much. He was our teacher, and we all liked him very much. My sister Dollie says he was grand. Our present teacher is very kind to us too, and he teaches us to sing some very nice songs. Our pupil teacher, Miss Todd, has got two months' leave of absence, as she is very unwell, and I hope she will come back again all right.— Annie M'Kay (aged 9 years). Bushy Park, Loug Bush, March 7. Dear Dot,— Our school has opened again. We have had six weeks' holidays. I huufc rabbits sometimes. I havo got eight or niue traps set. I havo got four rabbiting dogs and two sheep ones. We are busy harvesting now, and we have a good lob cut. My father has a reaper and binder, and also a reaper. My uncle met with au accident last Thursday. Ihe horses bolted with him and he just had them about stopped when they bolted again, and he lost his footing. He fell o2 and broke his wrist. —Yours truly, J° nN - Stirling, March 8. D.EAB Dot,— l am going to tell you about the Hokonui school picnic, which was held on Friday, February 24, in the school ground. Mr Sfcarbuch very kindly took the trouble of gathering the" money to buy the prizes. We had a lot of nice prizes— cakes, sandwiches, tea, lollies, pears, plums, and apples. First of all a lot of tea and cakeß was handed round, and then a "boys' race came off. My brother Jack got a knife, a pencil case, and a popgun. There was a girls' race, but I did not get anything, as I was last in the race. The girls and boys had to draw for prizes. I got a beautiful chest of drawers. My sister Mary got a box of toy furniture, and my brother Willie a preUy knife and fork and spoon. There was jumping for tho boys, and they had a three-legged race. They also had hop, step, and jump and running high leap. There wa3 tug-of-war with the boys twice, and also between the married men and the single men for lib tobacco. The single ineu beat. There •were a great many people present. The Scotch' reol was danced by some ladies and centlemen in the afternoon, but I did not like that at all. At about 5 o'clock everyone went home, but before they went they gave three cheers for the school committee and three for the ladies. There was a ball at night, but I was not at it. I heard that there were a great many people there.— Yours truly, Janet Scott. Wylies, Hokonui, February 25. Dbah Dot,— lt is very warm weather just now. We have got a lot of apples this year, but a lot of them have been blown off by the ■wind. We have nine dogs and four pups. We went up to where the men were harvesting on Saturday, and the cook gave us something nice. I go to school, aud am in the Third Standard. Mr Gloss is my teacher. I like him very much.— Yours truly, Nellie (aged 10 years). Deab Dot,— We are having very fine weather up here just now. I go to school, and am iv the Fourth Standard. I have got a pet cat named Topsy. I have also a nice big doll, and a dress is going to be made for it of pink and blue muslin with white flowers on it.— Yours truly, Nettie Whitakeb (aged 8§ years). Dipton, March 5. Dear Dot,— l read the letters in the Witness every week, and like them very much. Igo to febool, and am in the Fourth Standard. My

birthday was on the 22nd of February, and I got a present of a nice book from my mother. I have had a friend from Oamaru staying with me for a few weeks. We had six weeks' holidays, and I went to Duntroon and Kurow. — Yours truly, Janet (aged 10 years.) Livingstone, March 8. Dear Dot,— l was at the^ Flower Show on Friday afternoon, and I enjoyed myself very much. I read the little folks' letters every week, and seeing that only a few have been written to you lately I thought I would write you one. I gob a very large wax doll at Christmas. Would you please give me a name for her ? She is to be dressed as a bride and hung up. We sent some things to the show and got four prizes —Yours truly, Kate Mcc (aged 12 years). Cavereham, March 10. [I think Lady Mary would be a nice name for such, a doll as that.— Dot.]