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" Isn't that a sweet little pet? " 



Yes, Jennie, it is, and it teaches a great lesson, 

 showing how all wild creatures would become tame, if 

 we were kind to them. Mr. Pendleton takes great 

 pleasure in cracking nuts and feeding those happy, 

 frisky, innocent little squirrels, as does also Mrs. Pen- 

 dleton, who, you see, is taking much enjoyment out of 

 the performance of the little fellow on the head of the 

 post. 



To me, there is something sacred about the spot on 

 which you now gaze. This is a residence of the late 

 Harmon Austin who, with his amiable wife, were 

 among the first to extend a welcome hand to me, in 

 1873, when I first came to this country. Think, chil- 

 dren, of your going nearly four thousand miles from 

 your home of childhood and some one welcomes you 

 and makes you feel happy ; don't you think you would 

 always have an attachment for the place? On this 

 very porch on which you now look is where I had the 

 delight of meeting President Garfield, B. A. Hinsdale, 

 president of Hiram College, and many other scholarly 

 men and women who, from time to time, offered words 

 of council and encouragement. No nation was ever so 

 thoughtful and helpful to foreigners as America. Do 

 you not think that we ought to do all we can to make 

 the country better? Well, you see, that's what I am 

 trying to do. My early education, in England, with 

 trees, is now of great value to me ; so I give you the 



