Leesport, Pennsylvania.
We are much pleased to see that Harper's Young People is teaching its readers to defend the little birds.
Sallie, Rose, and Kate W.
Jersey City, New Jersey.
When I saw the picture of Niagara in Young People No. 70, I thought I would write and tell the little readers that I was born in a house on the Canada side of the river, in February of a very cold winter, when an ice mound like the one in the picture reached as high as the falls, and did not melt, entirely away that year until the 2d of July. There was an ice bridge, too, so that people crossed from one shore to the other.
I have a nice collection of postage stamps, and I have the autograph of Prince Arthur, the third son of Queen Victoria.
S. P. S.
Palatka, Florida.
My home is in Norwalk, Connecticut, but I came here in January, with papa and mamma, for my health, and we are not going home until May.
I like Florida very much, for I can be out-of-doors from morning until night, and I have such good times playing in the sand. All the soil here is white and sandy, and full of little shells. The orange-trees are in bud, and will soon be in full blossom. We have lots of pretty flowers, and nice strawberries, and green peas.
I saw a large panther which had been killed a few miles from here, and also an alligator nearly thirteen feet long, which was to be stuffed for a museum. We see lots of little alligators; they are very funny-looking things.