Mabel S.
Owaneco, Illinois.
I am nine years old. I live one mile from town. We milk six cows, and I help do the milking.
I have a nice pet lamb. Her name is Fannie. A kind old man gave her to me when she was a little tiny thing. She was a year old last spring. I sold her fleece in the spring for forty-five cents a pound. It weighed five pounds. Papa let me keep all the money, and I am going to buy another sheep with it.
I helped papa all through haying. He has a new hay derrick, and I rode a horse and worked the derrick. The horse is twenty-five years old, and his name is General.
I am visiting Aunt Em now, but I am going to start to school next week. I like Young People so much!
Minnie M. L.
Downieville, California.