F @ E O U R 1 S ¥ P Jk X 1) ix I E I*VOLUM E I I I . C A R LISLE , P a ., F R ID A Y , S E P T E M B E R 23, 1887. N U M B E R 7.
T H E K O A 1) TO W E A L T H A M ) H A P P I N E S S .
The road to honor and w ealth , boys,You all w ould like to know,
The secret in a nu t-shell lies—J u s t pay your way as you go.
D on’t borrow of your churns, boys,A nickel now and then,
The debt w ill keep increasing,A nd be dollars.w hen you’re men.
J u s t practice self-denial, boys,A nd keep your Conscience clear,
I t is the road to happiness,A nd w ealth, too—never fear.
D on’t go in debt to rum , boys,‘Twill hold w ith iron grip ,
W hen once it fastens on your th ro a t You can ’t give it the slip.
D on’t le t tobacco chain you,And keep your brain im pure,
‘Twill steal aw ay your pennies,A nd keep you always poor.
So. keep your courage up, lads,A nd ligh t old S atan down,
l i e ’s w aiting ‘round the corner—B ut ju s t g reet him w ith a frown,
H e ’ll s link and quail before th e eyes,Of pu rity and tru th ,
A nd tu rn h is cow ard back on you,If you’re a proper y o u th .”
— Selected.
I S T H E F A R M IN G W H I C H O U R R O Y S I .E A R N I N T H E E A S T O F A N Y B E N E F IT
TO T H E M T
“ I t is a ll nonsense and tim e throw n away to teach In d ian boys to farm in the ea s t,” said an In d u stria l teacher of an A gency school to a Carlisle em ploye who chanced to be v isiting a certain A gency in the northw est.
“ A h !” said the v isitor, “ I should like to hear your reasons.”
“ W ell,” said the In d u s tr ia l teacher, “ farm ing in th is country is so d itleren t. Returned pupils cannot pu t into practice w hat they learn on an eastern farm. The character of the soil here is not the .mine, and we m anage
th ings in a way th a t farm ers back east never heard o f.”
“ I presum e th a t is tru e in regard to some th in g s ,” said the visitor, “ b u t do you th ink th a t it is im possible for them to ad ap t th e ir E astern farm education to the w estern soil and w ay s?”
“ I th in k they never can ,” answ ered he.“ I see you have a very excellen t fa rm here
in connection w ith your school.”“ Y e s ’m ."“ I s e e the boys take hold of the w ork m uch
in th e sam e way I ’ve notice hoys in th e east perform th a t k ind of labor.”
“ Yes, I th in k they do.”“ I suppose th e seed m ust be placed in the
g round here, m uch the sam e way it is p lan ted in th e e a s t.”
“ Very m uch the sam e w ay .”“ A nd as the p lan ts grow, the weeds have to
be kep t out, as eastern farm ers keep them o u t.”
“ C erta in ly ."“ I see your boys cu ttin g and hau lin g in hay,
an d I see grain stacked in the field, and the w ork seem s to be done as I ’ve observed E as te rn farm ers do i t .”
“ A ll you say is true, m adam .”“ I don’t know m uch about farm ing, bu t 1
should say you certa in ly have m ade a success of it, h ere .”
“ Yes, indeed. Our farm is the best of any in th is section of the co u n try .”
“ W ho ta u g h t the In d ian boys (o do th is w ork ?”
“ I did. 1 d id ,” said the en thusiastic teache r.”
“ W here did you get your farm ing ex p erience .”
“ I was raised on a farm in New York s ta te .” The v isito r was m uch su rp rised a t th is reve
la tion , ami had no m ore to o iler on the sub ject..
I f ho could use h is eastern farm education in m ak ing a good farm, why could not an In- dain ?
W e w i l l leave t h e readers of (he I n d i a n II in,l*kr to judge for them selves w hether or no t our C arlisle boys, now on farm s in Bucks
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, P R IN T E D E V E R Y F R ID A Y , A T T H E IN D IA N IN D U S T R IA L SC H O O L, C A R L IS L E , P A . , B Y T H E IN D IA N P R IN T E R BOYS.
W e have ano ther very in te restin g le tte r from Mr. Seger, w hich is fu ll of news about Carlisle pup ils a t Cheyenne and A rapahoe Agency. The le tte r w ill be p rin ted in fu ll in the October Morning Star.
Price:—lO c e n ts a y ea r.(Five cents ex tra for every change of address
after once in the galley.)
Address I ndian H elper, Carlisle, Pa.Entered, in the P . O. at Carlisle as second class
m ail matter.
S fiT The I ndian Helper is PRINTED by Indian boys, but EDITED by The-man-on-the-band-stand, who is NOT an Indian.
The I n d ia n H e l p e r is paid for in advance, so do not hesita te to take the paper from the Post Oilice, for fear a b ill w ill be presented.
P h i l a d e l p h i a .
T he Carlisle exh ib it in the g rea t In d u stria l P arade, a t P h ilade lph ia , on the 15th, seems to have taken people by storm .
The whole affair was a success from beginn ing to end. As th e In d ian s passed by the gazing m u ltitude th ey w ere enthusiastically cheered on every hand .
The leading papers of P h ilade lph ia say it was “ The m ost s tr ik in g fea tu re of the parade .” The Press has on the first page a large p ic ture of our boys stand ing in line, and follow s w ith th e encouraging words th a t “The In d ian s found a w arm spot in the hearts of th e spectators. The scenes of life on the plains, the w ild, uncivilized garb and painted faces of the b raves were noted w ith g rea t in te rest by th e crowds, b u t the represen tations of the same Ind ians, robed and in th e ir r igh t m inds called forth long and steady applause. I t was, how ever, the lads from Capt. P ra tt’s Carlisle School,m arching in uniform w ith the firm step of veterans, w hich w rought the people up to the greatest p itch of en thusiasm . H andkerch iefs waved and the gloved hands in the B ellevue’s boxes clapped tum ultuously as the dark -sk inned , bright-eyed sons of the p rairies m arched past w ith heads erect and shoulders squared .”
W e made a good im pression and it will work good for the whole Ind ian people. Wo m ust not feel proud of the great p raise vie have received, b u t keep cool, w ork along qu ie tly and show by our behavior all the tim e th a t we are in the rig h t w ay, an d are bound to earn a respectable place w ith th is people who have tried to crush us down and ou t of existence. Boys! G irls! I t a ll rests w ith us, w hether we succeed or not in w inning such a place.
binging Teacher'. “ W h a t tim e was th is piece w ritten in ?
No response from In d ian class.“ W h a t tim e?”Still no answer.“Tim e, T IM E ! D ont you know tim e? In
w hat tim e was th is piece w ritten?A longing, earnest, anxious look a t the
clock was the only evidence the teacher could gather from the class of new-com ers before her, th a t they understood the question.
Persis B igliair says in a le tte r from Q uaker- town, N. J ., w here she is liv ing and do ing n icely in a good fam ily : “ W e d ry peaches every day. W e got two barre ls full before you
got one I fu ll of subscribers.” W e hope
our little w hite friends will not le t Persis b ea t them . There are 7000 readers of the H e l p e r , and if every one would send in O N E new nam e, w e’d beat P ersis yet.
A le tte r from Joseph Scliweigm an, Rosebud A gency, says, th a t he is now following th e sam e business th a t h is cousin P e te r D ouville is—clerking in th e store. W illia rd S tand ing B ear and Jos. Guion are hau ling h ay fo r them selves. H e says the C arlisle d id n ’t stay in E sth e r Side Bear very long, for she is w earing Ind ian dress again. The most in te resting item of hjs le tte r, how ever, is th a t he and W inn ie have now a little g irl baby, w h ich wc are a ll pleased to h ea r about.
M r. Lewis Johnson, Tuscarora, who cam e from W ay land Sem inary, W ashington , to spend his vacation here and learn som eth ing of p rin ting , left T uesday to resum e h is studies in th a t In stitu tion . M r. Johnson proved h im self in every way faith fu l, agreeable and elli- cien t. H e learned to se t type an d mancmivro the presses, besides th is gained several pounds in w eight. H is m any friends a t Carlisle w ish for Lewis, success in h is every undertak ing .
A dam M etoxen, H enry Russell, H arvey Townsend, Ota Chief Eagle, H en ry S tand ing Bear, W alte r C arrier, Otto Zotom, Lilly Cornelius, Jenn ie Dubray, F ra n k D orian, W innie Conners and Lorenzo M artinez, re tu rned from farm s th is week to a ttend school here th is w inter, w hile 34 boys and (i girls w ent to the country to go to school w ith w hite ch ildren .
Talks and Thoughts, edited and p rin ted by the H am pton Indian hoys and girls, h as come again, i t is always welcome and read w ith in te re s t.
Cool, these m orning!I s i t In d ian Sum m ers?Too m uch C entennial!Plow m uch do you w eigh?The G ym nasium is growing.W ho tried to cu t th e card, last week.R egular calisthenics have begun again w ith
th e girls.
The G irls’ Q uarters are w hite w ashing on th e inside.
Q uite a p a rty of boys are going to Y ork tom orrow to help celebrate.
Is your tim e out on the H e l p e r ? B etter renew quickly , so as no t to lose a paper.
D ennison W heelock will take subscrip tions for th e H e l p e r or & tar from boys or o thers on the grounds.
M r. S anno ’s cows know w here to find good grass, bu t th ey are no t very welcome a t the place they go.
The L ittle Boys' Q uarters have gone up fast th is week—one h a lf of the brick work is done to second story.
Bruce H aym an is h a v in g a good tim e am ong friends in M illville, C olum bia Co., Pa., w here he once lived for a w hile.
Miss N ana P ra tt resum ed her studies, yeste rday , a t Metzger, from which she lias had a y ears’ unavoidable in terrup tion .
W h a t the young In d ian girl, whom we left la s t week crying on the banks of a little stream in Dakota, did, when she got over her cry , w ill be given n ex t week.
A nnie K ow uni, E m ily Leon, and Seichu A tsye helped t o count the I n d i a n H e l p e r s th is week. They are little g irls, but they can coun t a hundred as quickly as anyone.
M iss Long-ley,tvho has been v isiting a t Capt. P ra tt’s for a few weeks, yesterday resumed her duties as teacher of draw ing and pain ting a t Carlisle’s popular young ladies’ In stitu te .
M rs. H erb ert Johnston , of P h iladelph ia , is spending a few weeks a t the C am pbells’. Our pupils rem em ber Mrs. Johnston better as Miss H eysinger, and those who know her give her a hearty welcome.
H en ry K endall, one of our Pueblo young m en ol' promise left Carlisle yesterday to en ter the preparatory school of R utger's College. T h is . is a rare opportun ity and no doubt H en ry w ill do his best.
A new order w hich takes some tim e o il'o f w ork hours and pu ts a little more on school w en t in to elleet, Tuesday m orning. A boy or girl who only has to work four hours, ought to get on EAST in the line of study and reading.
The Mornint/ Star for October w ill contain C apt. P ra tt’s E ig h th A nnual R eport.
W ilk ie .Sharp,Billy N orkok, K ish K aw kitis, H arvey W arner, B ertha N ason, M aria A nalla, J u lia Long, Ju iia Logan, paid th is week for H e l p e r an o th er year. W ho n e x t?
O neof our girls w hodoesn’t understand very well, was asked to w ash the store-room win-" dow. She washed the stove, instead, bu t m ade a good job of it.
The cooking class has begun in earnest, and w ill do solid w ork th is w in ter. Mrs. Botkins in tends m ak ing bread-baking tno m ain feature. O ur g irls m ust learn to m ake good bread.
| Tiie large boys are indebted to little Tola Rawson, of N orw ich, Conn., and to Miss Cut-
} ter, fo ra handsom e large Cliromo now htmg- | ing ‘‘so litary and a lone” in th e ir capacious
assem bly room.
Calvau Red W olf w rites from his home at Cheyenne Agency, I .T .,th a t he can ’t ge t along w ithout the H e l p e r . W hen he docs n o t receive liis own to read lie borrows E rn ie ’s. B u t if we do no t in tend sending his he would like his ten cents hack. T h a t is r ig h t! Wo will look up h is nam e and see w hat is the m atter.
Miss A nnie Moore, the charm ing young niece of Mrs. Dr. G iven, w ith w hom she lias been spending the sum m er, departed M onday m orning for her hom e a t H o lton near L eavenw orth, K ansas. She will v is it friends oil tiie way there. Miss Moore made m any and lasting" friends w hile w ith us, and is g rea tly missed by all.
R ichard Davis, S taley, W in. Morgan, W m . T ivis, Joel Tyndall, F ran k Lock, Jo h n Lon- drosh, W in .’ Brown, Otto Zotom and K ish H aw kins, left for Lancaster, on the ten o’clock train yesterday m orning, to attend the P ennsy lvan ia Y. M. C. A . C onvention,as delegates from our school A ssociation. J . B. G iven accom panied the party .
Jesse W oodw ard, of W ashington, who has been spending several weeks a t our school with his m other, left for th a t city , on Tuesday, w here he w ill go on w ith h is college p reparation th is w inter. The m utes, G eneva Delodge and M ary P rim eaux , returned , to th e ir old place a t tlie N ational Deaf M ule College, in W ashington. The little g irls sp< nt. a p leasant and we hope profitable sum m er w ith us.
W e are pained to hear of w h a t m ight have been a very serious acciden t to Rev. Dr. Brown, a t h is d au g h ter’s hom e in Iowa. H« was about to leave the re to come east w hen the day before his an ticipated s ta rt, ho stepped through one of those “ v illa in o u s1 trap doors w hich an occasional house has in the Hour. F alling headlong six feet on a hard stone lino; and cu tting a great, gash in his head* it is a wonder, lull, cause for ex trem e gratification to bis m any friends and relatives Mini no bonus were broken or lasting in juries incurred.
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and other counties, who are doing cred it to them selves and to th e ir race, by earn ing an honest liv ing , free from tire support of the U nited S tates G overnm ent, w ill use to ad vantage, no m a tte r where they m ay live in afte r years, th e useful experience they are now gaining.
T here is som ething in spending ones young life in a place where all h is surroundings keeps h im on the m ove in th e rig h t direction C'ON- t s n u a l l y , and w here there is no M E D IC IN E to entice h im away from w hat he needs to be doing, to grow strong rap id ly in the w ay he lias learned to like best.
A long experience in a com m unity of w ideaw ake business people, w ill drive in to an I n d ian boy the spirit o f work and enterprise, and the skill w hich wi 11 sooner make of h im a com peten t business m an, and .farmer, if you please, no m a tte r where he settles, th an any other system ever y e t heard of.
W ho has a better way ?
The follow ing is a lis t of the boys w ho returned to tlie school from farm s, on the 13th:
R ichard Davis, B au tister Itow tsi, George Thom as, K ish H aw k in s,Ju an Cordero, Arrow R. H orse, Joel Cotter, Taw keih H eotyi, W ilkie Kharpe, Rowland Kish, F rancis Ortiz, Joel A rch iquette , Ju a n Chamo, Thom as Me- toxen, H artley R. Bear, Jam es K ariho, Luscius Bird, Odellah, V ictor Tazoski, W in. M organ, Kowice, N orm an Cassadore, Anson G arlick, Jo h n M iller, Calls Horselooking, F rank Jan n ies , M aurice W alker, H arvey W arner, Phillips B. T. W hite , Jim ison K chanandoah,M artinez Johns,T im ber Yellow Robe, W m. T ivis, Charles Wolf, G ilbert Pusher, K irochum m a, Laban L. J im , F red B. Horse, .). B. H aw k, Jesse Paul, N icholas Ru- leau, Robert M ar m an, W allace Scott, Sam uel K eryte, Jas. Cornelius, L ym an K ennedy, F rank Tourew y, Isedro Cordero, Sowcea Ki'n- nery , Otto W ells, Charlie Damon, David T u rley, E m ory Ballou, Carl L ieder, Is.sac C utter, Isaac W illiam s, John H iyi, P ercy K able, L uther K uhns, A ndrew B eard, R alph Nal- tuey, Joe Stew ard, H ugh Sowc'ea, Edw in Y astgum u, P ark er W est, C onstan t Bread, Moses Culbertson, Yaam e, D ick W allace, Casper Edson, Felix I. E . F eather, Francisco Garcia.
The I n d i a n H ki . imor now comes regularly to our exchange table and is read w ith pleasure by m any of our students. There are so m any fam iliar mimes th a t it is like a le tter from home. The most fam iliar nam e to our school is th a t of ,1. If. Given, who lias paid our school a visit. Then there is the M an-on- the-band-staiid , surely all readers of the H udukr are aquain ted w ith him . I t is pleasa n t to read the cam p items, how the students must enjoy them selves in eamp aw ay from tlie rush of crowded school life, if w ilt rest them so th a t they will return to the ir studios and work with fresh vigor.—[H am pton 2'i/k.i and Tliohgliis.
P eter Powlas who w ent to h is Oneida hom e from our school th is last sum m er w rites an in te resting le tte r to M iss F isher, from w hich we take the following e x tra c ts :
“ I believe i t is m y du ty to see to it th a t m y paren ts are cared for in th e ir old age.
L ast week I p u t Id a Powlas, form er s tuden t of Carlisle, and five o thers in the school a t K eshena, fifty m iles no rth of here, after w hich tim e I visited tlie S toekbridges and found Miss Id a C harles teaching in a day school on the reservation . People respect and love h er for her good m anners and friendliness.
Lucy Jo rdan is in a w hite fam ily in Shaw ano. I did not stay long enough to see the other Carlisle returned studen ts b u t in m y hearing it was asserted th a t Joe W iseeoby is c learing land som ewhere on the M enom inee R eservation and Susie P ric k e tt was seen a t church S unday before la s t.”
O ther in te resting parts of the le tter we will p r in t in the October Morning Star.
A Lottor From P eter Powlaa.
H i d d e n T h in g s o n r B o y s a n d G ir l s c u n d o W e ll W h e n T h e y t r y .
1. f say, Sam! A rch St. P h ila ., is one of th e n icest streets in th a t city.
2. Miss W ilson was in Glasgow.3. Use th a t saw, or keep still.4. W here did you get th a t sh irt-s tu d ? You
buy it?5. In some places ou t west the w heat is a
failure.H. One of the busiest little places in w estern
M assachusetts is Lee. P apa said so.7. W hen you tak e off y o u r cap, lay it on th e
tab le or hang it up.8. W here are you going D an? Cellars are
too dam p to sit in.
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(Persons wishing the above premium will please oncloso a1- cent stamp to pay postage-) -
For TEN, Two PiioToanAPiis, one showing a group of Pueblos as they arrived in wild dross, ami another of tlie same pupils throe years after; or, fur tlie same number of names wo give two photographs showing still more marked contrast between a Navajoo as ho arrived in native dress, and as lie now looks, worth 20 cents apiece.
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inch card. Faces show distinctly, worth sixty cents.
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mechanical part of which is done entirely by Indian hoys. This paper is valuable ns a summary of information on Indian m atters, and contains-writings by Indian pupils, and local incidents of tho school. Terms : Fifty cents a year, in advance.
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