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From your little reader,
ARTIE R. H.

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VERGENNES, VERMONT.

My home is in Madison, Wisconsin, but I am visiting my grandmother
in Vermont, near Lake Champlain. Next week we are going to the
mountains for a ride, and to enjoy the grand view.

The Reform School is located here. It is for boys and girls. They
are well taken care of, but I'd rather be a good girl than a
reform girl.

My mamma and I are going back to Wisconsin in September. I shall
be very glad to see my little cousin Harry and my dog Gip.

I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much, and all the boys and girls that
write letters for Our Post-office Box. I am seven years old. My
name is Helen, but they call me

PUSSY K.

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NYACK, NEW YORK.

I am a little girl nine years old. I have read all the numbers of
YOUNG PEOPLE, and like them very much. I have two pet kittens and
a big Newfoundland dog. We call the dog Beppo. I have three
brothers, and one sister, whose name is Edna, but she is not the
one who sent an answer to Wiggle No. 12.

KATIE M. G.

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SEA GIRT, NEW JERSEY.

This is a splendid place to find land and water turtles. I have
several, which I feed on mushrooms, meat, and insects. Soft-shell
crabs are liked very much by water turtles, if they are very
fresh.

I would be very glad to send some pressed arbutus to Carrie
Harding, but it has done blooming for this year. I would like to
exchange other kinds of pressed flowers with her.

I tried the recipe for doll's cup-cake sent by Bessie L. S., and
liked it very much.

DAISY VIOLET M.

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I noticed Sidney B. P.'s question about feeding and caring for
young mocking-birds. Blackberries are good food for them when they
are about three weeks old. The yolk of an egg boiled hard and
mashed fine with a boiled Irish potato is also good. Feed the
birds about every hour, and after they are through eating give
them about a tea-spoonful of fresh water, which you will have to
pour down their throats.

When the birds are very young they must not be put in a wire cage,
as they will injure themselves fluttering against the bars. Put
them in a small box,