My cousin Harry and I found some pepper-and-salt (or erigenia, as my big sister calls it) on the east side of a hill in our woods on the 28th of February. We also found spring-beauties and pepper-root in bud. I never found wild flowers so early before. Last year we found the first on the 11th of March.

Hazie Poole.


Gallipolis, Ohio.

I am seven and a half years old, and I go to school. I had a canary named Sweet. It died, and I buried it under the kitchen window. I take Young People, and like the Post-office best of all. My cousin Lizzie made me a fire-fly out of pasteboard, and it flies nicely.

Herbert H. Henking.


Topeka, Kansas.

I am a subscriber to Young People. I think it is a very nice paper. I have a little pet antelope, and we feed it out of a bottle.

Henry Blakesley.