. He is a good jumper. He
can jump a very high fence.

My father has been a subscriber to HARPER'S MAGAZINE ever since
1859. I think I shall take YOUNG PEOPLE as long--and longer too.
My brothers take HARPER'S WEEKLY. The illustrations are so pretty!
My brother Abe, who is six years old, says he is going to be a
"picture man," like Mr. Nast, when he grows up.

Have any of the correspondents a tame crow? I would like to know
how to pet one.

"LONE STAR."

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WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

My brother has a young pet crow. When it is hungry it "caws" till
we go out and feed it. The other day it ate three mice and a mole.
It can not fly yet. I have a dear little kitty, and if it goes
toward the crow, the bird will open its mouth and hop away
sideways. I like to make Wiggles and Misfits very much.

ANNA M. J.

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

I caught a dragon-fly the other day. It was three inches long, and
its wings spread five inches. Its head was transparent. I have a
cat named Lion. My brother takes YOUNG PEOPLE. I like to read the
letters in the Post-office Box.

CARE G. DE M.

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MILTON, VERMONT.

The last of April, when I went after May-flowers, I brought home
some frogs' eggs in my basket. They looked like hemp seed in lemon
jelly. In about a week each egg separated from the main part in a
little ball. It took two weeks for the pollywogs to hatch, but
when they did, it was very comical to see them swimming about. If
we scared them, they would run to their balls, or homes, as we
called them. I put them in the brook, and afterward when I went to
look for them, I could not find them. I suppose they had developed
into little frogs, and hopped away. I brought a toad home last
night, and put it in the garden. It dug into the ground until it
was nearly buried, and this morning I could not find it. Perhaps
it got homesick--if toads ever do.

ALICE C. H.

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SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA.

I live one mile from a little village on the east bank of the
Neuse. I have three cats, but they have no pretty tricks. I have a
goat too. Her name is Philadelphia, but I call her Phila. I have