dy cut out nicely,
but at last it was done. A little girl showed it to her father,
and he thought it was a big live spider, and gave it a knock which
sent three of its legs flying, but I soon mended it.

EDDIE W. H.

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DEEP RIVER, CONNECTICUT, _May 19, 1880_.

My sister subscribed for YOUNG PEOPLE for my Christmas present. I
learned the song "I am the Lad in the Blue and White," and now I
am learning "I am the Lad in the Cadet Gray."

I caught two baby trout out of a brook with a cup, but papa told
me to put them back in the water, so I did. There are lots of
violets here now, and our rose-bushes are budded. For the last two
weeks the air has been very sweet with apple blossoms. I was
eleven years old yesterday.

EDITH P.

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PINE RIVER, COLORADO.

I live in Southwest Colorado, close to the Ute Indian Reservation.
My papa has a store, and the Indians often come to trade. These
Utes are not bad, like the Utes who killed Mr. Meeker. We had six
wild geese, but a bad dog killed one of them. Some time I will
write more about the Indians here.

HATTIE J.

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BONANZA, IDAHO.

I like to read all the letters from the children in YOUNG PEOPLE,
and I thought I would tell about my puppies. They bark if any one
comes in the room. One catches another by the tail and growls, and
the other jumps around and barks. There are three of them. Their
mother is sick, and coughs up blood. I wish some boy could tell me
what to do for her.

The snow is eighteen inches deep here yet (May 8), but it has been
over six feet deep here this winter.

F. M. G.

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MILLS CITY, MONTANA.

I am always glad when YOUNG PEOPLE comes. I like all the stories
very much. We have two buffaloes, ten cows, a little calf, two
horses, and a little colt; and I have two cats, a dog named Rose,
and some chickens of my own. We have beautiful house plants, and
flowers growing in the garden in summer. I have two sisters and a
brother. My oldest sister is at school in Bismarck. I am eleven
years old.

LAURA B.

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

I have a pet guinea-pig, which came across