about tbe country around here. The North 
Loup is a broad, shallow river with a nice, 
sandy bottom, which mates a nice bathing 
place in Summer, and a large skating rink in 
Winter. 
There are large, high bluffs on the south 
and west sides of us, and east, across the 
river, there are some more, and at the foot of 
these lies the little town of Scotia, the county 
seat of Greeley couuty. 
Your affectionate nephew, 
LOUIE W. STUDLEY. 
Valley Co., Neb. 
Dear Uncle Mark and Cousins: Vaca¬ 
tion is nearly euded, and soon we shall be in 
school again. I go to the village high school 
this term. I shall live in the village and shall 
have no (lowers, but I shall read tbe Rural 
just as 1 always do. Last Fall I took up a 
youug Suapdragou for a house plant. 1 kept, 
it all Winter, but it did not bloom until after 
1 had set it iu the ground. Now four stalks 
are ripening seed, and others are nearly ready 
to bloom. The color is white with yellow 
centers. I planted a paper of the Garden 
Treasures, and have nine new varieties. My 
sister’s Hollyhocks are in bloom, and are all 
doable, aud the color is white. We have 24 
cows, and I milk six of them. Father has 
six Swiss calves, which are looking very fine. 
A road is being built to the summit of Grey- 
lock mountain. There is to be a tavern and 
an observatory built there. I think when 
these are completed, I shall go up for a 
glimpse of the Hudson, for l have not yet seen 
it. My peach trees were destroyed by a pet 
coon. There will be a great many apples this 
year; many farmers are obliged to support 
tbe limbs with props. Our grafts are just be¬ 
ginning to bear. Will some oue tell me which 
is the better time to make currant cuttings— 
tbe Spring or Fall? We have both red and 
white ones, which are scattered over the farm, 
and I wish to start some at the house. 1 want 
very much to have some strawberry plants, 
but 1 cannot care for them while at school, so 
must let them go. My sister and I, with 
otherB, went blueberrying a short time ago. 
After a ride of 12 miles, we came to the berry 
field, where we found thorn very thick. We 
picked 1(5 quarts aud returned home, having 
had a delightful time. Father’s Rural corn 
has grown well, but is later than the common 
field corn. Tbe peas are a good variety, and 
the seed will be saved for another year. The 
beans are a small variety, and are very early 
(ripe by the middle of August), and yield 
well. BERTHA CROSS. 
Berkshire Co.. Mass. 
Arc now exhibiting tlicir 
Fall Importations of Silks, 
Velvets, Flushes, etc., to 
which they respectfully 
invite an early examina¬ 
tion. 
should. 1 finally put some of it over there, 
thinking to myself, “You need not think you 
have gained so much by your generous (?) 
offer, for I shall take them out if the seat is 
needed;” which it was before morniug. We 
soon composed ourselves to get what sleep we 
could under the circumstances, waking at 
nearly every station. It was rather amusing 
to look out of the window when we stopped; 
everything looked so different from what it 
does in the daytime. 
We were nearing Galesburg when we awoke 
just at daybreak, and as we passed by the- 
waving grain fields in the dim morning light, 
I almost believed that some magi bad trans¬ 
ferred us on to a lake, so like to tbe water 
looked the level fields of waving grain. We 
kept our eyes open tbe rest of the way, so as 
to see all we could of Illinois. Till we reached 
Monmouib, it was very level Every house 
h«d rows of trees on two sides or a grove set 
out, but there were no natural groves. Near 
Monmouth, it was more hilly, and as we 
neared the Mississippi River, it was wet aud 
marshy. We crossed the river at Burlington, 
but I did not (eel the impression of awe rhat 
1 expected to. It was quite muddy and didn’t 
look so powerful after all. At Burlington we 
stopped for breakfast, aud I was quite well 
entertained watching the colored people 
around the depot as they stopped to chat with 
their friends. 
As we were to have plenty of opportunity 
to see Iowa, we took several naps to refresh 
ourselves for the five hours waiting at Ottum¬ 
wa. At Ottumwa the time passed drearily 
enough. It had rained aud was muddy out- 
si ie. and the depot was old and dirty. Two 
other ladies with children were watting, and 
we were all glad when the train was ready to 
start. Two hours ride brought us to New 
Sharon, and we were not sorry to ride behind 
Uncle H.’s horses instead of the iron horse. A 
short drive along pleasant roads brought us 
to unele’6 house, where we were greeted with 
a kind welcome. glennie. 
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Soon after crossing the State line between 
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Dear Uncle Mark: I guess it is about 
time I wrote to tell you about my beans. I 
had 21 beaus. I planted them about two feet 
apart each way and ODly 19 came up, and 
when they had been up a few days a cut-worm 
cut oue off. Id a day or two auotber was cut 
off and on the third of July a hail storm cut 
them down so they are pretty well used up, 
aud I am afraid they will not get ripe before 
frost comes, lam sure if you would give a 
prize for tbe worst beans that 1 would get one. 
Our flowers are very nice. Our trees are 
growing well tbi6 year. We have cotton 
wood, maple, walnut, apple, box elders, two 
cherry tree9 and one peach tree. We have a 
few strawberry plants; they grew nicely this 
summer. Rapa has ordered two or three more 
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been raining for three or four days. The 
early llax, and the wheat aud oats are all cut. 
The crops are not very good on account of the 
hail storm. North of here the crops were en¬ 
tirely ruined. Your niece 
FANNY GODFREY. 
Douglass Couuty, Dakota. 
[You certainly had bad luck with the beaus, 
Fanny. Never mind, try again. 
UNCLE MARK. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I received tbe beans 
you so kindly sent me, and was as happy as 
could be to fiud them all safe and sound. I 
did not get around to plant them myself, so 
Rapa planted them for me. I think that they 
were planted sometime iu May; he plauted 
more than one in a hill, so I do not know how 
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Rapa sent off for some Wyandotte eggs for 
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Peun, lie got one setting or clutch for $2.00; 
eight hatched, but tbe old hen trampled on 
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I tbiuk they are very nice. The small grain 
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