dolls. They all have names, and a history, which I
know by heart. I send you some pressed California flowers and
fern. I am twelve years old.

JEANNIE K. P.

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WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.

I am ten years old. I have no pets now, but I had a Newfoundland
dog named Nero, and a pussy named Major. On the 14th of April I
was in the woods, and I found two buttercups. They were the first
wild flowers I have seen this year.

CLARENCE E. L.

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I live in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, on the banks of the Sandusky
River. This is a very historical country. It was named after a
tribe of Indians called the Wyandottes, who burned Colonel
Crawford at the stake on the 11th of June, 1782. In the southern
part of this town is a tree called the "Big Sycamore." It is
sixteen feet in diameter, and about one hundred and fifty feet
high. It has several limbs that are from five to eight feet in
diameter. I have some pet ducks I think a great deal of, and a
sheep named Dick, that follows me everywhere.

WILLIE B. G.

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SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

We have three little canary-birds. They can feed themselves, and
mamma has put them in another cage. Their names are Yellowtop,
Sport, and Baby. The mother bird has made a new nest, and this
morning she has two eggs in it. If Daisy Balch will softly stroke
her bird through the wires of the cage every evening at dusk, he
will soon allow her to put her finger inside the cage, and will
peck at a little sugar on the end of her finger, and will no doubt
perch on it. All this will need patience. I like the "Tar Baby"
story so much, and "Mother Goose's May Party."

ETHEL.

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NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

I live on the Niagara River, three miles and a half above the
falls. I go to school at Niagara Falls village, and have walked
nearly all winter in all kinds of weather, although it is nearly
four miles. I have a little wild rabbit--black, white, and brown.
I had two, but the other ran away. We have a white cat and kitten.
The cat came to us nine years ago, when it was a little bit of a
thing. It stands on its hind-legs when it wants something to eat,
and never scratches. We have a water