there learn the names of your specimens by consulting the leaflet, 

 " Evergreens and How They Shed Their Leaves," which we have 

 sent to your teacher. 



Before leaving you, my dear boys and girls, I want to wish you 

 a merry, merry Christmas. Let the St. Nicholas spirit enter your 

 hearts, bringing with it the knowledge that the highest happiness is 

 found in giving pleasure to others. Ko greater joy can come to any 

 of us than to feel that the world is a little better — that more 

 brightness and cheer have entered some homes — because we have 

 lived. 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, 



JNO. W. SPENCEK. 



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