named Charlie.

LILLIE C. L.

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GRANVILLE, OHIO.

My papa subscribed for YOUNG PEOPLE for my birthday present. I am
just getting over scarlet fever, and I look forward eagerly every
week for my paper, for my playmates are afraid to come to see me,
and it is the best young friend I have. I am eight years old.

MAY A.

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PORT REPUBLIC, MARYLAND.

I saw the letters in YOUNG PEOPLE about pets, and thought I would
write about mine. I have two dogs. One is named Topsy and the
other Frank. But best of all is my horse, named Ella. I am eight
years old.

"LITTLE BROTHER."

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I live in the northwestern part of Minnesota, in the town of
Detroit. I think I must be one of the most northern subscribers to
YOUNG PEOPLE in the United States. This winter has been very
severe. The snow staid on the ground nearly five months. We have
no spring here, only a winter and a summer, with a very short
autumn. Two years ago I saw a flock of Bohemian wax-wings, which
are very rare in the United States. I would like to know if any
other correspondents have ever seen them. They are pretty birds.

Some honeysuckles and blue, white, and yellow violets grow here in
the woods.

JAY H. M.

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CRUGERS, NEW YORK.

My aunt sends me YOUNG PEOPLE, and I like it very much. We have a
squirrel round our house that is pure white, but its mother is a
common red one. We think that is very odd. Our gardener calls the
young one a dandy. The squirrels and rabbits in our yard are very
tame, and do not mind people a bit; and a little wren builds its
nest in the horse post by the stoop every year. We never frighten
or hurt our wild pets.

PHILIP P. C.

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TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE.

I am very sorry we had to leave Frank Austin so soon, and I hope
we are going to hear how he went back to his mother and sisters. I
think if all Young America had as much pluck as Frank, there would
be no such thing as "fail."

I caught a little rabbit a week ago, but it got away before I had
made a cage for it. I have a turtle that weighs about ten pounds.
But my best pet is a large dog named Andy