LETTERS FROM LITTLE FOLKS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 51

LETTERS FROM LITTLE FOLKS.

Dear Dot, — I thought I would write to yon, - as we are nob going to school just now. I have to walk two miles to school, and the roads are very muddy in the winter. We are having two. weeks' holidays now. I have chilblains nearly every winter ; please will you give me a remedy, for them. My sisters have two dolls ; please will you give ma name) for them. I am sending you a piece of poetry and a riddle.— Yours truly, Miller's Flat, June 29. • Schoolgirl grandfather's darling. There never was a sweeter lass To wander 'mid the flowers and eras* Than little Nell. She peeps in at my cottage door, And all her pretty ways are more Than I can tell. She stands beside me as I dig, With eyes so round and blue aDd big, . And talks away ; And when ber mother calls her home 'Tis " Good-bye, gran'pa, I will come Another day. And when I go to gather sticks She does not.mind the thorny pricks-* She has such pluck ; She carries quite a heavy load Beside me down the sandy road } Ah, she's a duck I [A cure for chilblains— well, if they are nofc broken, steep the hands or feet in water as hot as you can bear it for five minutes every night and morning. St. Jacob's oil rubbed in will relieve tha itching for awhile. Call the dolls Violet and Daisy.— Dot.] "Dear Dot, — I am living on Denniston Hill, riiave a pet kitten, and my little sister has a doll ; will you please givo me names for them. I have three brothers and a sister, and there are •four of us going to school. We get the Witues3 every week, aud I ljke reading the children's column very much. Dear Djt, this is my first letter, andl hope you will bo pleised with it.— Yours truly,. M. Andrew (aged 11). Dennist.n Hill, Juno 24. , [It is a very nice little letter, and will do very well for a beginning. Call the kitten Fuss and the doll Flos9.— Dot.] Dear Dot,— l have to ride five miles to school, and it is very cold in the winter. My teacher is Miss Street. I have a bhok dog, and his name is Smut. I have also a little foal about six months old ; please will you give me a name for it.— Yours truly, Jonathan Radford (aged 9 years). Waikaia, June 27. [Ib must be cold riding these sharp mornings, Jonathan ; bub never mind, winter is wearing away, and v>e sball soon havesunuy spring with us once more.. Call the foal Captain.— Dot.] Dear Dot,— l was so pleased to see my last letter in the Witness. Tho frog that I w&s telling you about took the influei-za or something and died. lam going to get two more frogs from Canterbury. I g,> to the Mornington School, and lam in the Firat Standard. Dear Dot, I hope you will not take the influenza.— Yours truly, Bbuce Robeutson. Momiugton, June 22. [I hope not indeed, Bruce. It would be very sad for the little folks if Dob followed in the footsteps of v poor froggy— took influe&zj and died. I think you would all have to send a flower for her gtave. Don't you think so.— Dot.] Dear Dot,— We take the Witness every week, and I read the Little Folks' Page. I have a little grey kitten. It won't let ma catch it very often, and when I do it scratches me. lam trying to make it tame. Will you please give me a came for it. My sister has a little black and tan dog ; ifc-3 name is Flora. Ib will "run after you every time you move. Wa have our holidays now. Do you like holidays, Dob ? Good-bye, Dob.— Yours truly, | Dot M'Kenzib. t [ Clydevale, Carnarvon, Balls, N.1., June 25. I [Yes, little namesake Dot, of course I like holidays fo long as they don't come too often. I think Vixeu would be a mosb appropriate i name for your little scratohor ; don't you ? Ib it nob co nice as Flor», bub &till she scarcely deserves such a pretty name as that yet, does she ?— Do p.] Dear Dot, — I have nofc written fco you for a long time, but I will be able to do so regularly now. lam going to school, and get 100 marks most days. I like going to ecbool very much. I go to Sunday school as well, and it i« so nice. I get books out of the Sunday scbool library, and mamma reads them to me, Dear Dot, I never get any rides now, but ib doos not matter just now, as I must learn fast to make up for the time I lost. Now I must close. I send you 12 stamps for the fund.— Youi-3 truly, Johnnie Cobkili.. Milton road, Napier, June 29. [Welcome back to our little family circle, Johnnie. I had thought we had losb you alto* gefcher, when your letter came to hand. You will miss the riding vary much, no doubt, but think what a gloriou3 time you will have when the holidays come ! I am pleased to hear you are determined to make up for losb time, and I am sure you will do it, too. Thaak you very much for nob forgetting the Kindergarten Fund. When the list of names for the next pound appears I shall not be surprised if Miss Kelsoy writes to you herself.— Dot.] Dear Dot,— l often read the little folks' letters, so I thought I would like to write top. I have fouc sisters and one brother; their ntmes are May, Evelyn, Grice, Connie, and Jnck. I ride to school every day. I had a little grey pony, on which I used to ride to school, but she got too flash and used to buck me off, so father sold her, and I h&ve gob another now. Would you .please give me a name for him, Our sohool is in Hampden, and I am in the Third St»ndard. We have three sheep dogs ; their names are Fat, Spring, and Spat k.— Yours truly, Lauiia M. Rood Tikokino, H. 8., June 25. (aged 9 years). [I am afraid little town schoolgirls will quite envy you, Laura, beiDg able to ride to school every day. What do you do with the pony when you get to echoo.l ? Your first pony was a foolish little fellow or be would bare gone along quietly with you, and nob had to be sold. How would you like Quickstep for a name for your present one ?— Dot.] Dear Dot,— We have two terrier doga ; their names are Tiger and Rose. Winter has come on us, bub it has brought hardly any frost, and I think I shall be forgetting how to slide. There is a good deal of anow on the hills, but there has not been any down here yet. I have a nice doll ; please give mo a name for ib. A concert is to be held in aid of the hospital funds on the 24th inst. We have * nice big dog named Rover. He ia my brother's faithful friend. One day my brother gent Rover after pigs, and a boar ripped his leg. We have had him nine years.— Yourß truly, Maerewhenua, July 2. Rosie M'Cann. [Poor old Rover had a narrow escape, Sosie. Was your brother with him when the boar hurt him P As your own name is Rosie I think Violet will be the besb name for the doll. — Dot.] Deab Dot,— -We get the Witness, and I read the letters from the little folks and like them rery much, Wo have six cows, and their.

names are Cherry, Polly, Ida, Lady, Queeny, and Stubborn. We have also got a little black foal called Minnie, and a blaok-and-whito heifer ; would you please givo me a name for her P lam in the Fifth Standard, and Mr Watt ia my teacher.— Yours truly, Harapden, July 3. Beatrice Craig. [Pausy would be a very" nice name for a black-and-white heifer, I think, Beatrice.— Dot.] KINDERGARTEN- FUND. Stamps received : Johnnie Corkill, Napier, 12. ■ LITTLE FOLKS' KIDDLES. 63 f. By Schoolgirl, Miller's Flat i Why is the letter "t " like an islaud ? ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLE 9. 613. By N. E., Berwick :— l, They often go out ; 2, a flea ; 3, nobody knows.