years old.

I have a cat named Frolic. He is just one year younger than I am.
He is full of tricks. One is this: when auntie is making cake, he
always sits quietly at the end of the table and watches her. When
supper-time comes he waits patiently till we are finished, then
cries for his share. Just to tease him, uncle gives him a piece of
bread, but Frol knows the difference between bread and cake, and
he will not touch a mouthful of anything until he gets his cake.
We had thirteen cats once, but some of them are dead, and now we
have only seven.

MARY A. R.

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PRAIRIE PLAINS, TENNESSEE.

I am a little girl eleven years old. My father was hurt on the
railroad and died, and I and my mamma live with a family that have
no children at home, so I am the only child in the house. Uncle
Henry sends me YOUNG PEOPLE. He is not my own uncle, but I love
him just as well as though he were.

I have a nice shepherd puppy. It is just as cunning as it can be.
There is no school here that I can go to, so I study at home. We
have eight cows. I can milk, and I can strain the milk and skim it
too. One evening I skimmed sixteen pans.

SUSIE H.

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MOUNTAINVILLE, NEW YORK.

I live in the country, and write to tell you how much pleasure the
charming little paper YOUNG PEOPLE gives me. I only wish it came
every day instead of once a week. My little sister Ethel is
greatly interested in all the stories, and begs me to read them
over and over.

Mamma has over two hundred little chickens. I have made a pet of
one of them. It follows me wherever I go, and does not seem
contented without me. We had quite a curiosity the other day in
the shape of a little chicken. It had four legs and four wings,
and was otherwise perfect. Unfortunately it did not live, which
was a great disappointment to us.

FLORENCE C.

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NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

I read so many letters in the Post-office Box from other little
girls that I thought I would write myself. I like YOUNG PEOPLE so
much that I can hardly wait until it comes.

I had some pet chickens. They were so tame they would eat out of
my hand. I had a bird too, but it fell into its bath-tub, and was