t soft dark eyes shut, and his chin
comfortably settled in his beautiful feathers. We have made
"Tombolas," and they are very funny. We are so glad you are
publishing this paper; it is just what we needed.

JENNIE R. BUSH.

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PORTLAND, OREGON, _January 21_.

My brother Henry and I have just picked a bunch of willow "pussies"
for our mamma.

CLARA TEAL.

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PALMYRA, MISSOURI.

I am six years old. I see a good many little girls write letters to
YOUNG PEOPLE. I like the paper first-rate, and so does brother
Will. He is a big boy thirteen years old, and can skate. We are
having a very warm winter here in Missouri, and not much ice.

GERTIE COURTRIGHT.

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GALT, CALIFORNIA, _February 4_.

The other day we had a snow-storm. It was the first time I ever saw
snow. We have a large garden, and there are a great many birds in
it. Last summer there was a bird's nest in the ivy, and now the
little birds which were born there are coming back. We have
beautiful flowers in California, but I would like to see some of
the Eastern flowers. I am eight years old.

GENEVIEVE.

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SAG HARBOR, LONG ISLAND.

I am ten years old, and am visiting my grandma. She lives by the
sea-shore. We had a hard snow-storm the other day, and the tide
came nearly up to the seats of our boat-house, and the next day it
was away down to the eel-grass. My aunt teaches school in the
village, and the tide was up to the railroad track, so she had to
ride home. What makes the tide so high and then so low? Grandma
says the day it was so high the wind was east, and the next day it
was west, and it blew very hard.

BERTHA A. F.

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BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

I could not tell you how happy YOUNG PEOPLE makes my brother and
me. We can not wait for the week to go by. We haven't any pets
except our little brother Maxwell, who is three years old. He is so
funny and full of mischief that we would rather have him than all
the other pets in the world. He talks as funny as the baby that
wanted Daisy to come back, but my brother Jimmie and I can always
understand every word he says, even when mam