Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880: An Illustrated Weekly — John Shaqi
Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880: An Illustrated WeeklyVarious
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Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880: An Illustrated Weekly
Various
Children's periodicals, American
If you put Froggie's letter in your paper, I hope you will put
mine in. I can't write as he can, because I am only five years
old. I like your paper very much. Froggie reads it to me, and I
read the pictures myself. I like that picture of the pussy.
FROGGIE'S LITTLE BROTHER.
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READING, PENNSYLVANIA.
We were very glad to see that story of Colonel Gregg in No. 19,
for he was one of our ancestors. We have a parrot from the Isle of
Pines, which seems to be a very smart bird. I would like to know
if there is any particular way by which we can teach it to talk.
DAVID M. GREGG.
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KANSAS.
I live on the prairie between the Arkansas and Smoky Hill rivers.
My nearest playmate is a mile and a half away, and I am very glad
when YOUNG PEOPLE comes. Can you tell me who has been considered
the most famous man in the world?
LULU A. G.
There have been so many "famous men," that it would be difficult to
place any one among them at the head of the list.
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I am ten years old, and I live in Dickinson County, Kansas. We
have three dogs--Queen, Cetchum, and Custer--and we have use for
them all. Pa uses Queen to hunt prairie-chickens with, and Queen
and Cetchum hunt rabbits by themselves. We have gray rabbits and
jack rabbits. The jack rabbits are very large, and have long ears.
Pa says they are very much like the English hare. We have a great
many peaches and grapes and water-melons, and there are bad men
and boys that sometimes steal them. In the summer I tie Queen in
the peach orchard every night. If she hears anything, she barks
very loud, and then Custer runs to help her. If any man is there,
he is sure to be bitten. Custer is an English bull-dog, and a
great fighter. He can whip a wolf. We have a great many wolves
here, and they are so bold that if we did not keep dogs, they
would come round the house in the daytime, and steal young pigs
and lambs and chickens.
SIDNEY B. PRAY.
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TAYLORSVILLE, TEXAS.
I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much. It gives a great deal of
instruction. I live on the banks of the San Gabriel River, which
has some very large fish in it. I read all the letters in the
Post-office Box. I liked Gertrude Balch's letter very much, and I
like to draw the "Wiggles."
J. L. PAXTON.
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FAIRFIELD (STONE P. O.), PICKENS COUNTY, ALABAMA.
I would like very much to exchange some of our native flower seeds
for flower seeds of other localities with any of the "Young
People."
MAMIE JONES.
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GALT, CALIFORNIA.
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