Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
My mamma writes this for me, because I can not write very well, and I would not like to trouble you to read a letter from me. I have been going to Kindergarten for three or four years, and am just learning to write now. We have been taking Harper's Young People a long time, and we have it complete, excepting the first seventeen numbers, and No. 33. Now we want to know if we can get those numbers, in order to have them bound, and as we have tried unsuccessfully to procure them in Philadelphia, we know of no other way to find out about it than by applying to you; and if you will kindly answer through the Post-office Box, we will be very greatly indebted to you.
I have a pug dog and two kittens, and they are like the "Happy Family." We think a great deal of Harper's Young People, and I read it to my little sister.
John M. F.
No. 33 can be furnished by the Messrs. Harper & Brothers, but not the earlier numbers of Young People. Possibly some little reader may have duplicates; and if so, will he or she notify the Postmistress on John's behalf?
Windham, New York.
I thought I would write you a little letter to put in Our Post-office Box. I have a little candy store in my papa's office all my own. I pay for the candy, and have all the profits. It is vacation now, but I study at home. This village (Windham) is situated on an elevation of over one thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea. Papa has one hundred and fifty-five hives of bees, and I am going to help him take care of them. We carefully take the comb out of the hives, put it in a revolving cylinder, turn the crank, and the honey flies out of the comb against the side of the cylinder; then it is strained, and is ready for use. Then we replace the comb for the bees to refill again. This we do several times in a season.
Dorville C.
So you are a merchant, dear, and carry on a business all alone. Well, I hope you keep your accounts with care, and that you will put your earnings to some good use. Your description of the bees, and the way their honey is extracted from the comb, is very interesting.