We do not often find nine dandelions on one stem, but still they are sometimes found growing in clusters like the specimen Robbie sent. The Postmistress thinks them very curious when grouped in this way, and is glad to have looked at these.
New York City.
I am a little boy eleven years old, and I live in the great city of New York. I took your paper by the advice of a friend, and love it very much indeed.
I have a great many pets—a goat, two rabbits, three canary-birds, and a Maltese kitten; but, better than all, there is my little sister Elsie, who only came four months ago.
We are soon going into the country, and I expect to have a splendid time playing in a little brook that runs through a field at the back of the house. I hope all the boys and girls who write to Our Post-office Box will have a pleasant vacation.
Willard R.
C. Y. P. R. U.
A Hindoo Bride.—No doubt the readers of Young People are pleased when they have an opportunity to look at the pretty wedding presents of a bride. A Bombay paper has lately printed an interesting description of the dowry of a young lady of Surat. She was the daughter of a native gentleman of high rank. According to custom, her outfit was sent before her to the house of the bridegroom. The long procession was led by a number of elephants, horses, and carriages. These were followed by a number of female servants, all in snow-white clothes, each bearing in her hands a covered tray. About fifty youths followed with rose-water decanters of silver on silver salvers. Then came five hundred coolies, some with magnificent bedsteads, with curtains, pillows, etc., others with swings, benches, boxes, cupboards of various designs, sofas, chairs, tables, and, in short, all the paraphernalia of a modern house. These were followed by seventy-five women, each carrying a tray of sweetmeats. One hundred men with cooking utensils brought up the rear. Some of these men carried on their heads basket-loads of lamps, wall shades, chandeliers, etc.
Hilda L.—Cloth cases, postage paid, for binding Vols. I. and II. of Young People, will be sent to your home in England, on application to Messrs. Harper & Brothers, for the sum of two shillings each.