d then I will write you
a letter from London or Paris.

PAUL S.

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DANSVILLE, NEW YORK.

I am four and a half years old, and I can not read or write, but
mamma is writing this for me. Papa has taken HARPER'S WEEKLY since
1865, and binds it himself, and now he takes YOUNG PEOPLE for me,
and is going to bind that too. I love to look at the pictures and
hear mamma read the stories in my paper as soon as it is sewed and
cut.

I have many nice toys and playthings, and two pet kittens; their
names are Dick and Spot.

Papa plays on the violin, and mamma plays the organ, and I play on
my triangle with them. I have a little violin, too, that grandpa
gave me, but I don't play on it much when papa and mamma play. I
can sing a great many pieces. I like music.

We live in a pleasant farm-house south of Dansville. I do lots of
chores for papa and mamma, and I ride our horse to water nearly
every day. We have plenty of nice fruit and flowers.

I think the Post-office Box is nice.

CLYDE H.

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HASTINGS, MINNESOTA.

I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and I like it so much. I always read the
letters the very first thing when I get my paper. Almost all the
boys and girls write about their pets. I have no pets except my
dolls. I have eight dolls. The largest is wax, and I call her
Bessie.

As I was trying to paint, the other day, I saw a large ant run
along. I touched it with my brush, and then it was a green ant
instead of a black one.

I tried the recipe for cup-cake that Bessie L. S. sent, and it was
just splendid.

I think the story of "The Moral Pirates" is very nice. When I get
a whole volume of YOUNG PEOPLE, I am going to have it bound. I am
ten years old.

MABEL I.

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JENKINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

Our school closed on the last day of June, and the 1st of July we
had a picnic, and we all enjoyed ourselves very much.

I like YOUNG PEOPLE, especially the Post-office Box. The story of
"The Moral Pirates" is splendid, and I hope it will be a good long
one.

I have no tame pets, but there are some chipping sparrows around
our house. One pair built a nest in the honeysuckles by the
kitchen door, and another p