I have only taken Young People a little while, and I like it very much. I have a little sister named Alice, and a little cousin named Marie. One day Alice did something that Marie did not like, and looking up in Alice's face, she said, "Lallie, you make me nervous." Grandma gave me a year's subscription of Young People for a philopena present, and my uncle gave me a bound copy for the year 1881.
E. U. O.
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
I went to New York with mamma to see my grandpa, and had a good time. I liked the elevated railroad very much; I wasn't afraid at all. I went to Central Park, and saw some monkeys, birds, buffaloes, a polar bear, and lots of other things. One bird picked the other bird's feathers out. A man put his finger right in the buffalo's mouth, and another man let the birds eat pea-nuts out of his mouth. I used to have curls, and they were cut off when I was in New York. My sister thinks I look like a monkey, but I think I look nice. We are all going to Barnum's Circus to see Jumbo. I saw the picture of him in the paper that you send us. My sister wrote this letter for me, because I couldn't print it good enough.
George L. W.
Marengo, Illinois.
I am twelve years old, and live on a farm of one hundred and one acres. I have lots of fun on the farm. I have a few pets; they are rabbits, tame canaries, a dog, a cow, and a little calf. I had a horse, or one that I called mine. One day my dog Fido—for that is his name—went into the barn to catch rats, and he got caught in a steel trap, and it took two of us to set him free, and his foot was almost crushed.
John R. W.