pretty birds' eggs. I would like to preserve some eggs, only I
don't know how. I would be glad if some correspondent would tell
me the best way.

I have no pets but cats and kittens, and there are so many of
those that mamma votes them a nuisance.

GEORGINE D.

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POULTNEY, VERMONT.

I am ten years old, and my uncle Charlie takes YOUNG PEOPLE for my
sister Daisy and me.

I have a pretty kitty named Dusty, Carlo, a big dog, and Petite, a
canary.

We are going to camp out at the Lake in July. Last summer we had a
tent, but we are going to have a cottage this year.

H. M. C.

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ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

I am seven years old. I am living with my grandma in the country.
I have thirteen children. They all eat at one table. Minnie,
Flora, Daisy, Tally, Mamie, Allie, Lulu, Jennie, Lillie, Annie,
Pinkey-Ketto, Harry, and Johnny. My papa likes Daisy best, but I
like Minnie.

I have a pet cat named Chubby, a chicken named Drabee, and a hen
named Coachee. Uncle has a horse named Dolly, that eats sugar out
of my hand, and always when she goes by the window she looks up
for a lump of sugar.

I made a little pie a few days ago, which was said to be very
good.

My papa reads me the stories and letters in YOUNG PEOPLE, and I
thought I ought to write a letter too.

GRACIE.

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STANBRIDGE, CANADA.

I am seven years old, and I have a sister twelve years old.
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE was a Christmas present from our grandpa. I
read all the letters in the Post-office Box every week, and I like
them the best.

I have a pet dog I call Nestor. He is a spaniel. And I have a
bantam hen which has five little chickens. I have also two dear
little kittens that I found in the wood-shed.

I am going to school this summer, and I like my studies very much.
On my way from school to-day I stopped and picked some
strawberries. They are just getting ripe.

JANET M. G.

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TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

I am a little girl six years old, and I am going to write and
spell this letter all myself. I have three brothers, but no
sister. The youngest is a baby one year old. We have a puppy named