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to us akcut them, then he took us to a stall, where, what do you think were, 
there were two twin calfs at home we have a calf a year old, and he isn’t as 
big as these twins although they were only five months old, then we went 
from there to another barn, and in this barn were pigs, the old pigs were "q 
horrible, but the little ones were very cute, then we went outside and saw i 
some more pigs, and these pigs a man took the picture of. 7 
Then we eat to see the sheep O! what a sight, they were very tame, ae 
but one little lamb was as it seems to me talking it came up to me and ’ 
gave me a look in the face as if to say I’m very hungry, and also the sheep 
had there picture taken, 
Then we went into a room where we sat down and on the platform was a 
a pile of sawdust, Prof. Shaw opened a door and a man came in with a bull $4 
and brought it on the platform, the buil had a ring in his nose to, if he eae 
didn’t mind what was said to him they would pull the ring and that would | 
hurt him. Then we went to a room where we saw stuffed animals in glass 
cages, such as the wild cat a fierce looking animal too ihe deer, skunk, 
weasl, rats, mice, snakes, chickens, ducks, owls, bluejay, und all kinds of 
birds. I’ll just tell you we had a snap now. ; 
Then we went to the green-house where there wereoranges growing the 
first IT ever seen in a green-house rose and all kinds of plants. I'll tell you 
the children were happy to see all these things, we then went down to meet 
the car and had a nice ride. Thank you ever so much for the vegtable Afan 
seeds. I'll have to bid you good-by now. 
Yours Resp. ' 2. 
Mrs. F. H. Barnard:— 
Dear Madam, 
I must tell yeu Mrs Barnard that I had a fine time Wednesday afternoon. 
The trip buck and forth was not lonesome. That trip was not like I used to 
have, sitting on the car as still as possible without talking to anybody. 
When Prof. Shaw told us about the gardens; was the most interesting 
thing I heard. Going from stable to stable and looking at different kinds 
of animals was also a thing to see. I must close now and must not forget 
to thank ycu for planning such a nice trip ior us. 
Yours truly, 
Dear Mrs, Barnard:— 
I enjoyed your seeds very much. s 
I had flower seeds so I could not go. 
But the children who went had vegetables. 
They said that it was very nice and as they rode on the car they were 
singing and were waving their hankerchifs at all the people they saw. 
They went on a farm and saw lambs sheeps and pigs, and a big pig had 
some wee baby’s and they were very small. 
They didn’t come home before seven oclock at night. 
Dear Mrs. Barnard:— 
I had a fine time yesterday, and I don’t believe I have ever enjoyed my- 
self so much as I did then. I never seen such cunning little pigs before 
and they are always grunting. 
If I was to choose a little pet out there I ceoula choose a little lamb. 
Professor Shaw he laughed at us when the sheep ran by us because we were 
afraid. 
The flcwers were very pretty and they had such a fragrant smell. This 
was the first time I ever seen oranges growing. 
I do really wish I could go and study there when I get old enough. 
Yours truly, 
My dear Mrs. Barnard. 
I cannot stay without telling you how I enjoyed all the afternoon that 
Dr. Jordan gave us. I never in my life enjoyed myself as much as then, I 
