[CHRISTMAS CARD.]
(SEE "[LETTER-BOX].")
[THE PETERKINS' CHARADES.]
BY LUCRETIA P. HALE.
Ever since they had come home from the great Centennial at Philadelphia, the Peterkins had felt anxious to have "something." The little boys wanted to get up a "great Exposition," to show to the people of the place who had not been able to go to Philadelphia. But Mr. Peterkin thought it too great an effort, and it was given up.