Dick. We all love him dearly. He shakes hands. We say, "Shake
hands, Dick," and he puts up his right foot. He is just as sweet
as honey. He is white. We used to live on a farm, and my sister
and I used to go after the cows on Dick. We carried a long whip.
Some cows would lag behind, and we would say, "Bite the cow,
Dick," and the dear little fellow would lay back his white ears
and just bite her awful hard. We are going to have a cabinet
picture taken of him.

GRACE H. (9 years).

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SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.

I am five years old. I have a blue terrier--Wax. He plays
hide-and-seek. Mamma covers his eyes with her hand, and I hide.
When I say, "Coop," mamma lets him go. Then he rushes all round,
standing on his hind-legs to look on tables, and peeping under the
couch, and looking upon chairs. When he finds me, he begins to
bark loud, and tries to bite my toes, but he has very few teeth.
He is old.

ROGER GRISWOLD PERKINS.

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ALBANY, NEW YORK.

I am a boy who have recently come to the city from the country. I
have a young Skye-terrier, and he gives me much trouble by running
away every time the hall door is opened. Then I have to run after
him. As he can run the fastest, it is hard work for me, but fun
for him. People must think I have two dogs, for when he goes out
he is a blue dog, and when he comes back he is mud-color. When we
give him a good washing, he is blue again. He likes to play, and I
would be lonesome without him.

DWIGHT RUGGLES.

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

I saw in the Post-office letters one from a little boy who had two
Maltese cats, and one of them was very fond of pea-nuts. I had a
beautiful black and white kitty, in Centennial year, that would
follow me round whenever I came from the Exhibition, begging for
the sugared balls of pop-corn I always brought home with me. I had
another kitty afterward that was just as fond of candy. They are
both dead now, and I have no pets. I am nine years old.

FLORENCE OZIAS.

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