Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 Part 7

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

I have two canary-birds, but one of them will not sing. I had two pretty little guinea-pigs, but a big dog killed one of them, and ate it up. I am glad when the newsman brings YOUNG PEOPLE. Mamma reads all the stories to me.

NANNIE HAYES.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

I am eight years old. I am sick now with the measles, and mamma has read all the stories in the last YOUNG PEOPLE to me. I wish the next one would come. I have a little dog named Frolic. He will sit up, and turn over, and speak for something to eat.

NED BISHOP.

BOSTON, Ma.s.sACHUSETTS.

My name is "Wee Tot." My papa writes this letter for me. By-and-by I will write myself. I have sh.e.l.ls, and ocean mosses, and stuffed birds that don't sing, and a big owl, and some alligators, and--oh! I don't know--lots of things. I wish some little boy or girl would send me some pressed flowers and gra.s.ses, and some pretty stones and leaves. Then I will send them some of my pretty things. I will put them in a tin case, and papa will send them in the Post-office.

"WEE TOT" BRAINARD, 257 Washington Street (Room 20), Boston.

I see the children telling about their pets. I have a little dog that can turn somersaults. He shuts doors when you tell him to, and gives you his paw if you ask him in French. He is a black and tan. Then I have a pet kitten, and I tie a blue ribbon round its neck. It jumps through my arms; but it is too fond of staying out all night on the fences. I have seventeen dolls. The largest is a j.a.panese baby, and is as large as a live one. Another doll is nine years old, and is named Shawnee. I have a very large baby-house. I wrote to Mamie Jones, and sent her some flower seeds to exchange.

Will some other little girl exchange some with me?

GUSSIE SHARP, 438 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.

I live in Springwells, Detroit, Michigan. I have a little dog named Phanor. He is not as big as a rabbit. Je parle Francais aussi bien que l'Anglais.

MARCEL FERRAND.

If "Genevieve" will wait until summer, I will be very glad to exchange some of our pressed flowers for hers.

BESSIE BARNEY, 142 Lake Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

If "Genevieve," of Galt, California, will send me her address, I will be pleased to exchange specimens of pressed flowers with her.

LOU PORTER, Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania.

Miss Rosenbaum, of Raleigh, North Carolina, wishes for "Genevieve's"

address, for the purpose of exchanging pressed flowers with her.

If "Genevieve" will send me her address, I will send her a bouquet when our flowers bloom.

MAGGIE E. DEARDORFF, Ca.n.a.l Dover, Ohio.

_April 8, 1880_.

I am a little girl eleven years old. I was out in the woods to-day, and I found this little hepatica which I send you.

Although I live farther north than many of the children, I have found a spring flower as early as most of them. If that little girl named Genevieve, in California, will send me her address, I will be very glad to exchange pressed flowers with her.

JESSIE KILBORN, Petoskey, Michigan.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

I thought I would tell you about our goat Minnie. She is one year and a half old, and is pure white. In the winter we hitch her to a little sleigh, and she pulls us all around. She runs on the curb-stone very fast, and does not fall off, and what we think very strange is that she will come to no one but me. She plays cross-tag with us, and when she is "it," no one can tag her back.

Will you please tell me in what month the crow builds its nest?

JOSEPH E. G.

The crow makes its nest at the beginning of warm weather. In England it is often at work collecting sticks by the first of April, but in this country, especially in the northern portion, it rarely begins its labors before the last of May. Its nest is in the top of very high trees, and when viewed from below resembles a shapeless bundle of sticks, but the inner nest, which is made of hair and wool, is a beautifully smooth and soft resting-place for the five green, spotted eggs. Young crows are very ugly and awkward, and make a singular noise like a cry, but they are very easily tamed, and make very affectionate although mischievous pets.

W. M. CHAPMAN.--"_Zoe mou, sas agapo_" the refrain of Byron's poem to the "Maid of Athens," means "My life, I love you."

ERNEST K.--The letter you inquire about is genuine, as are all the others we print.

MABEL G. H.--You will find the recipe of a pot-pourri in the BAZAR for February 2, 1878.

EMMA S. and LYMAN C.--A pretty ornamental cover for YOUNG PEOPLE will be ready on the conclusion of the first volume.

LILY B.--If your poor canary allows you to handle it, you can hold it for a moment in tepid water, which will refresh it very much.