ather we hunt wild flowers and go fishing. There is a
brook near here, where I have caught a good many nice pickerel. My
sister has found trailing arbutus buds, which have blossomed in
the house.

B. M.

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NEW HAVEN, VERMONT.

I shall be eight years old next August. I have a cat named Pet. I
have a little saw-horse and a little saw, and I saw kindling wood
for Grandpa Kent.

KENT K.

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DEER RIVER, NEW YORK.

I have four brothers, and we have lots of fun. We have three
lambs, seven rabbits, a pair of peacocks, and guinea-hens, geese,
doves, ducks, and eleven little pigs. My brother Bert is eleven
years old, and I am nine.

DE VERE V.

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C. V. Hess, No. 440 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, writes that
L. H. N., of Lockport, Illinois, can obtain collections of minerals by
addressing him as above.

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JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

I take your paper, and nobody is more happy than I when papa
brings it home. Just as soon as my sister comes back, we are going
to get up a sewing society. Do you think it is a good idea?

"BLUE LIGHT."

If you intend to devote your time to making clothes for poor little
girls like Biddy O'Dolan, your sewing society is an excellent idea, and
we hope you will carry it out. If you stop to look about you, there are
many poor children within your reach whose lives you can make brighter
and more comfortable. You can not realize the good you can do until you
begin, and see the effects of your work.

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MILLIE B. S.--The fact that you take YOUNG PEOPLE through a news agent
makes no difference whatever. "Wiggles," puzzles, and other favors from
our young readers all receive the same attention, and are equally
welcome.

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C. H. W.--Ceres, called Demeter by the Greeks, was the goddess of
agriculture. She was pictured by the ancients holding a torch and sheaf
of corn, a basket filled with flowers at her side, and a garland of
wheat ears interwoven in her hair. Her festival fell on the 19th of
April, the beginning of seed-time. There is a pretty legend that
Persephone, the daughter of Ceres, was stolen by Pluto, who allowed her
to leave his subterranean kingdom only duri