ougbly, and put in fresh straw. While the 
weather was cold we put only 11 eggs under a 
hen, and when it was warmer we put 13 un¬ 
der. When two hens hatched at a time, we 
doubled the broods and oiled the boxes with 
kerosene oil, and put more eggs under Mrs. 
Biddy, letting her set six weeks. We always 
put an old basket over the nest while the hens 
are setting, so the other bens could not dis¬ 
turb them. Every afternoon, at four o’clock, 
one of us would take off all the setting hens, 
and give them all the corn and fresh water 
they wanted. Then we would watch them 
and see that they were all in their places, and 
cover them over. When the chickens hatched, 
mamma put a little kerosene on the top of the 
beads of every one, taki ug great care not to 
get any in the eyes, nose or mouth. As soon as 
as any of them looked sick,mamma would catch 
the whole brood and put a little more oil on 
them. We did not have to put oil on them 
more than two or three times apiece, and we 
did not lose but very few. We sold 450 chicks 
for $185, and papa got us a Palace Organ. 
If this is put iu print I will tell you of my 
sisters and brothers and our home. 
Your uiece, ella. k. barrett. 
Guilford, N. H. Co., Conn. 
[Well done, Ella. 1 will gladly put your 
name on the list. I am glad you succeeded so 
well with the chickens. It shows how a little 
careful work will count. How proud you will 
be of the organ because you helped to earn it. 
—UNCLE MARK.] 
are raising two Russian Apricot trees and 
some Russiau Mulberries, and one Italian 
Chestnut from seed. It is so hard to get trees 
here that we have to raise them from the seed. 
Your niece. 
Siskiyou Co., Cal. clara a. wood. 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I will send in my re- 
There will be uo apples to speak of; 
of the apple trees having been killed 
Strawberry crop was 
« E were crowded out last 
week by the fertilizer 
articles. I suppose our 
boys and girls will have 
hard work to under¬ 
stand all that is said in 
the last paper. It takes 
a great deal of stu ’y to 
understand such things. 
Yet I think it will pay 
every Rural boy to 
save that paper and 
make a regular study of 
it. The Western boys 
Qj should read what the 
Editor says on page 614. The time is coming, 
boys, when you will need to know all about 
these things. Begin to study them now, and 
the knowledge will come much easier. You 
boys and girls are going to be the men and 
women of this country some day. Don’t ever 
forgot that we all expect you will make the 
best men aud worneu the world ever saw. 
port, 
many 
during the Winter, 
good. Have a bed of Sharpless, but they are 
not very productive; also a large bed of 
Crescents. Have a white berry that is small¬ 
er but much sweeter than the preceding. 
Could you tell me the name of such a berry? 
Plucked the first ripe strawberry June 4th, 
wnich was the earliest of any around here. 
From the 10th until July 3 had them in abun¬ 
dance. Other small fruit quite plentiful. 
Gai'den never looked nicer than it did this 
year. Have harvested my seed peas. The 
peas sent out by the Rural did uicely. 
Found Laxton’s Alpha to be the best in qual¬ 
ity. Grew Golden Pod Wax and Ivory Pod 
Wax Beans, both of excellent quality. Papa 
planted the oats sent out by the Rural and 
they did very nicely until the grasshoppers 
gave them a call; think there will be enough 
left for seed. The grasshoppers are counted 
by the milliou9, and a number of fields of oats 
have been destroyed by these insects. The 
Spindle Worm has been at work in many 
pieces of corn. The grubs have destroyed 
many of the strawberry plants. 
Yours truly, etta dickinson. 
Kankakee Co., Ill. 
[The strawberries are probably Lennig’s 
White. Thanks for your good report. I am 
sorry the insects are so troublesome.— uncle 
Tin' Committee In charge of the construction of 
the base ami pedestal for the reception.of this great 
work, In order to riiisi' lumln for it* coinplc" 
lion, have prepared u miniature statuetteat.ctnc/iea 
<n heitiM, -the Statue Broused; Pedestal, Nlckcl-sll- 
vereil, which they nrc now delivering to subscrib¬ 
ers throughout the United States at One Dollar 
K Thhi*attractive souvenir and Mantel or Desk orna- 
ment is a perfect fao-etmile of the model furnished 
by the artist. , . . . , 
The Statuette In same metal, txoelve- \nohe* high, at 
Five Hollar* Kuch, delivered. . . . 
The designs of Statue and Pedestal are protected 
by U. S. Patent.*, and the models can onfj/oe fur¬ 
nished bv thU Committee, Address with remittance 
lllCIIAitl) IM TI.KK, Secretary. 
Ataerfcan Committee of the Statue of Liberty, 
33 Mercer Street, New 1 ork. 
The votes are coming in rapidly, aud it looks 
as if the election would be close. I think our 
election is atiout as fair as any that ever was 
held. We don’t care how old our voters are, 
and boys aud girls can vote alike. For the 
first question, the horse aud the cow are even 
thus far. It is really pretty hard to decide 
between them, for they are both very useful. 
For the best pet, there are a great many can¬ 
didates. 
Uncle Mark wishes to return thanks to 
Monroe Demorest for a box of elegant grapes. 
They were very uice, indeed, and you may be 
sure that they were appreciated. Mouroe has 
five of the beaus growing well. They planted 
a little over a quarter of an acre of early musk- 
melons, and thus far they have sold nearly 90 
barrels from it. A very good crop, I should 
say. __ 
Uncle Mark is proud of his family. What 
nice letters they write. I wish you could see 
the great pile of letters I have on my desk. 
Have patience, and they shall all be noticed. 
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878, 
BAKER’S 
Dear Uncle Mark : Some of the boys may 
be glad to read this letter as it is written up 
in the Catskill Mountains, where Lewis and I 
are spending two weeks—having a splendid 
time. Last Friday, Lewis, Albert (a new ar¬ 
rival) and 1 walked down to Windham and 
got three pouie9 and rode on them to Jewett, 
a distance of five and a half miles, and got 
our dinner there, and then rode back to W ind- 
ham; came back with the mail. So you see 
we had a fine horseback ride of eleven miles. 
Mine was an Indian pony, bay colored, with 
a Mexican saddle. Lewis’s was a white with 
a regular saddle. Saturday morniug looked 
very cloudy, so we took our books and went 
up on the bay and read, but in the afternoon 
it cleared off so we went fishing in Mill Hol¬ 
low. We caught some fish which we skinned 
and cleaned preparatory to cooking, but 
there was no dry fuel around, so we “got 
left” and could not have any broiled fish. 
Last Saturday night Joe, a friend of Lewis, 
came up iu our room and we read “Wolfert 
Webber,” a story by Irving. Every evening 
after dark we all come up stairs and play 
games, or read. Yesterday was Sunday aud 
we went to church in the morning, and a 
little boy went with us who had six pennies to 
put on the plate. Well, first he dropped them 
all on the floor aud then began to laugh, and 
every one turned around: he picked them up, 
the plate was passed, aud what do you thiuk 
he did ? He put one peuny on aud kept the 
other five, and said he was “goingto treat to¬ 
morrow !’’ We went to Sunday school in the 
afternoon. It seemed so funny to find the 
Rural way up here. Mr. Bailey takes it 
and says he thinks everything of it, I must 
bid you good-bye now. harold. 
[Thanks for your nice letter, Harold. The 
Rural will be found almost everywhere. It 
has a good many friends, uncle mark] 
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Mailed free. LYON & HEALY, Chicago. 
Mary Cameron writes from Kansas. There 
are nine of the beaus in bloom, but only a few 
pods. Her papa says that Kansas is not a 
good bean country. She is afraid she will 
have to do without a prize. Mary has a beau¬ 
tiful garden. The evergreen beans yielded 
well, but were woody. Tne peas were splen¬ 
did. __ 
Nora Abbott is 11 years old. She lives in 
Illinois, and likes to read the Rural. She 
has a very pretty flower garden. 
IN POUND BARS,ALS0PACKAGES0F6R0UND QRSQUARECAKES. 
Dear Uncle Mark: Will you receive a 
little girl who lives in Colorado into your 
band of Cousins? I would like to join the 
Club. Hive on the banks of the Arkansas 
River, two miles west of Fueblo. My papa 
takes the Rural, and I like to read the 
Cousins’ letters. Perhaps I can tell them 
something about this country. 
GRACE MOREY. 
[Why yes, indeed, Grace. I am very glad 
to take you into my family. I used to live iu 
Colorado, and I know we shall all be glad to 
hear from there.— uncle mark.] 
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AV. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. 
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Dear Uncle Mark: This is my first letter 
to the Rural. I have wanted to write you 
for a long time. I am 11 years old. I live on 
a fruit farm and nursery of 43 acres. Papa 
has taken the Rural for three years with a 
, and we all think the 
I would like to join the 
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Economical and convenient for all 
kitchen purposes. Better for babies than 
uncoudensed milk. Sold everywhere. 
dozen other papers 
Rural is the best. 
Y. H. C. I took a few grains of pop corn 
from the but end of the cob, aud planted 
them. They grew nicely. Some of the stalks 
bore true popcorn, aud others bore a large 
corn like field corn. Some of the seeds must 
have been mixed with some other corn. I 
have a little garden every year, and Mamma 
buys my vegetables of me. The city of Den¬ 
ison has a population of 12,000 and many 
modern improvements. I have one brother 
and three sisters. 1 am the oldest. We have 
no dogs or cats, as papa thinks they cost more 
than they earn. Your nephew, 
WILLIE B. MUNSON. 
Denison, Texas. 
LI am glad to add your name to the list, 
Willie. I hope ydu will write again whenever 
you cam— uncle mark.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: 1 would like to be a 
member of the Y, H. C. Rapa has taken your 
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CRATEFUL-CGMFORTINC 
Prevention, uml 
DYSPEPSIA Its Nature, Causes, — 
Cure. By JOHN U. MCALVIN, Lowell, Muss, 
years Tax Collector. Sent free to any address. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I live iu California. 
Our house is 1460 feet above the sea, and about 
100 miles from the shore, Father baa speared 
quite a lot of salmon this year aud they were 
very uice indeed. We got pleuty of deer. 
BrotherWi 11 ie shot a large panther a short time 
ago,and father shot a larger one the day follow¬ 
ing, quite near the bouse. They were after the 
young deer, I suppose. Our men tree the pan¬ 
thers with hounds and then shoot them. They 
hunt bears iu the same way. [Uncle Mark 
had a bear hunt once, when the bear hunted 
him.'] The trees in this part of the State are, 
Black Oak, White Oak, Alder, Willow, Ash, 
Uv Oak, Fir, Pine, Madrono and Cedar, 
flower seeds did not grow very well. We 
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