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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
fat tfyt Boitltg. 
H AN1CSG1V1NG-DA Y is com 
ing nearer and nearer. I have 
no doubt that, many of tho 
C< iihIiih can see some very pleas 
ant signs of its approach. When 
I win a boy wo used to begin 
about this time to fatten the big 
turkey. We used to put him In 
a coop all ah ne and and feed him on tho best 
of food. The fooli-h bird would eat all he 
possibly could, und thus make sure of his own 
execution. If he had protended tobosiok und 
refused to eat, some other bird would have 
been chosen. I used to think of that, I re¬ 
member, when I saw him eat. so greedily, but 
after all turkeys were made to bo euten, und 
if they can provide ft good dinner nt 1 banks- 
giving, they ought to feel that they have 
lived a HUcCOisful life. It often happened 
when I was a boy that our "turkey” was noth¬ 
ing but an old hen. I can remember the day 
when we had nothing but salt pork and very 
little of that.. Hut after ail we managed to 
have a good time over the dinner, und so I 
have come to think that is not so much what 
we have for dinner, fts tho way we eat it thft' 
makes the day so pleasant. The llrst 1 hanks- 
giving-day in this country was held over iifiO 
years ago. at Plymouth, Mass. People were 
then living in rough log houses in a cold 
und strange country with little to eat. \ et 
they believed thul they ought to be thaukful, 
ami surely we, who have so many things that, 
they never beard of, ought to feel particularly 
happy this year. One of the best things wo 
can do at this season is to hunt out some poor 
family and try to make the day pleasanter 
for them. Mow let us see how much pleasure 
we cun give this year. If there ure no very 
poor people near you, see how much brighter 
you can make the people at home, if you 
can do something that will please your mother, 
and make her forget how hard she has worked 
to get the dinner ready, 1 shall be well satisfied. 
1 saw a great pile of splendid apples in a 
farmer’s cellar the other day. There were 
some beautiful Russets, und he said they would 
would keep till next June, lie said he picked 
them from the tree, and handled them just iih 
be wou'd have handled eggs. There were no 
bruises or bad places on them. It pays to Vie 
careful in | ieking fruit. Of course, it takes 
longer, but nothing is lost in the end. 
LETTI3R8 FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dkau UNCLE Mark: I would like to be a 
member of the Y. II C. I live on a farm of 
150 acres. 1 go to school. 1 am eleven years 
old, 1 have a cow and three calves and a 
sheep. My sister takes the Rural Nkw- 
YoRKKR atid we all read it and like it very 
much. I like to read the letters from the 
Cousins best. We haven large Newfoundland 
dog. Ills name is Lion and he will draw me 
on tho sled in Winter. If you do not, think 
this letter worth printing admit me into the 
club anyway and 1 will try again. Your 
nephew, montvan fleet, 
Law Co., Pa. 
[You are a member now surely, I hope you 
never whip Lion. Dogs like to play us well 
as boys do when they are not abused. 
uncle mark.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: 1 received tho beans 
you Hunt rue, and father planted them for me, 
blit they never came up. They were planted 
in warm weather, but we had quite cold 
weather just after they were planted. We 
raised about 175 chicken*, but the wolves 
caught, some of them. We have a black und 
white rabbit; he is very tame, 1 think a 
rubb.t Isa very nice pot. We once had a little 
striped equimd. If we were walkiug across 
the floor he would mu up our dresses on one 
side, over our shoulders and down on the other 
Hide. One day we lost, him and did not (lnd 
him for a long time. At l ist we found him 
asleep, curled up in tho lace curtain, where it 
was looped back. Wo have been hero six 
years, and the country has improved very 
fast. W hen we came here there were no trees, 
now there are a good many. This year father 
raised wheat, corn, oats, rye, and vegetables. 
J have a pretty kitten, her name is Dotty. 
We have three pigeons. A little of my other 
letter was printed so 1 will not he discouraged 
if this is not printed. Your niece, 
1C 11 r ney Co., Nub. ika B. wkllh. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I am glad you have 
made me one of the Cousins. Now 1 will tell 
you uboiit, my kitten. It Is white with a yel 
low tail. I gave It to my sinter, but I have 
some more. I have one of tho best grand 
mothers you ever saw. Hho likes (lowers. We 
have a big Hiving. Wo have a great many 
grapes and water melons, 
Your nloeo, MARY U. TRUITT. 
[I am glad you havo such a good grand¬ 
mother, Mary. I like to see boys and girls 
who think their parents ami grandparents are 
the best. It is a good sign.—UNCLE MARK.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: T am a litt.lo girl 13 
years old. 1 enjoy reading the letters from 
the Cousins ever so much, and would like to 
join the Y. H. C. 1 do riot like to write letters 
very well, and that is why I have not written 
to you sooner. My Mamma is dead, and I 
have been slaying at my grandpa’s for over a 
year. I have two brothers and one sister. 
My sister is married. I do not go to school 
now, but 1 intend to start next week I study 
arithmetic, reading, geography, grammar, 
writing, and spelling. 1 will go to school in 
town this Winter. The walnuts and hickory- 
nuts are abundant this Autumn. Wo have 
almost two bushels, I enjoy nothing better 
than cracking and eating nuts around a blaz¬ 
ing fire. Well, I will close, for fearsome of 
the Cousins will lie tired of reading before 
they are through. Please do not put this in 
the waste basket, for I am anxious to join 
your club. With best wishes, your niece, 
Boone Co. anna «. white, 
| Well, Anna, you are a member now, surely. 
1 hope you have a happy home; you must do 
all you can to make it so, 1 am glad that tho 
Cousins all look forward to a pleasant Winter, 
—UNCLE MARK ] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I have boon very busy 
picking apples and gathering chestnuts for 
Winter. Mut few of my beans got ripe. 1 
could scarcely decide which we could spare tho 
best, the horse or the cow, and most any of 
the farm animals and fowls make nice pets if 
wo treat them kindly. Wo have two nice 
Jersey calves, and then the chickens, pigeons, 
nnd cats, I could hardly tell which I loved the 
best, but I concluded to vote for old Carlo, he 
haHheen my playmatoull my life, and is about 
iny age, a splendid black and white shepherd 
dog, weighs b0 pounds. We have a large 
Collection of plants for Winter, 15 kinds of 
geraniums, and many other plants. With 
our apples, nuts, canaries, and books, wo will 
try and forget it is oold weather next Winter, 
and erj >y ourselves the bcHt wo can. Your 
nephew, CLARE BURR dramhall. 
Bradford Co., Fa. 
f Hint is the right way to feel about Winter, 
I think. Wo can make tho cold weather seem 
so pleasant If we will only try. It is a good 
t me to think of tho poor people who have 
such a hard time and cannot enjoy the cold 
weather as you do. Lotus not live for our¬ 
selves alone this Wintor, but see how much 
we can do for others, uncle mark.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I have not written to 
you for a longtime. 1 wrote one letter, but it 
went Into the waste basket. I am 11 years old. 
I go to school in the Winter and work on the 
farm in Hummer. Wo have a dog named 
Hambo and a kitten named Dinah. 
Your nephew, i.auriice. baton. 
King Co.. N. 8. 
11 am glad you did not get discouraged be¬ 
cause the first letter was not printed. If we 
should all give up at the first time trying, this 
would bo a very poor world.— uncle mark. | 
Dear Uncle Mark: I think that I shall lie 
classed with the Hilent Cousins, for I havo not 
written for u gojd w hile, Imt will try and be 
more punctual In the future. I am attending 
Beeman Academy. 1 like my new teachers 
very much. 1 study reading, spelling, gram 
mar, arithmetic and book-keeping. 1 think 
book keeping is a nice study. We have not 
hud any frosts to amount to anything yet. 
Our corn is all cut and potatoes dug. The 
potatoes rotted some. I will close now for fear 
of the waste basket. From your nephew, 
BENNIE c. miner. 
Addison County, Vermont, 
11 am glad you like to study book-keeping. 
It is quite important to keep correct accounts. 
UNCLE MARK.] 
Dear Uncle Mark and Couhinh: I ex¬ 
pect you think I am a very bad girl for not 
wri lug sooner, but as wo have been building 
a now house I did not have time. I received 
my lima beans and planted them the last of 
June, and mlneare growing nicely. I divided 
mine with one of my litt le neighbor gil ls, but 
am going to try hard for a prize. 1 am afraid 
1 can’t tell how my II >wers grew, because it 
was so dry that they did nit do very well. 
We have a good many house plants that Mam 
ma received from you, one 1 do not know tho 
name. It is red, I am afraid I will let Hattie 
Mar h beat me ut writing to tho Rural. I 
am going to rehool now. I study reading, 
writing, arithmetic and dictionary, I never 
hud a good chance to go to school like my 
brothers. Wo live seven miles from town. 
Win n J’upu brings home the Rural we look 
to see bow many Cousins have written 1 was 
a little disappointed one week when the little 
girls’page was not in, but it was all right tho 
next week. I must close for this time, for I 
ara afraid this will go to the waste paper bas¬ 
ket. 1 remain, your loving niece, 
AMY M. UNDERWOOD. 
Douglas Co., Oregon, 
| It is too bad to cut our page out now and 
then. Isn’t it? Wo always make up for lost 
time, however.— uncle mark | 
Dear Uncle Mark: Ah my other letter 
was given notice I will write again. I think 
the cow tho most useful animal there is. The 
potato the best vegetable, and corn, I think, Is 
decidedly the most useful grain. Apples are 
tho best fruit, i can hardly make up my 
mind which is tho best pet, a canary 
or a dog. 1 shall vote for the dog. 
Am going to school and have live studies. We 
have six months’ school this Wintor. Last 
year we had a nine months’ school, but l 
could not go all the time, for I had to help sow 
wheat the llrst two months, but I wont seven 
months without mining a day. I have two 
line pigs of rny own When they get big I am 
going to buy a byelcle with tho money. We 
have about 75 acres of corn this year. All of 
it is nice, large corn. Wo cut nearly 100shocks 
of it. Wo milk two cows. Wo have four 
cows. One of them wo are fattening for beef. 
We havo four calves, part Jersey, nnd a 
thoroughbred Foiled Aijgiiscalf,which is about 
seven month’s old and wolghsf>13 pounds. We 
raised over 300 chickens this year. Our vine¬ 
yard was loaded down wi^h grapes this year, 
lots of them going to waste. Your nephew, 
clarence RICO. 
Pettis County, Mo. 
| You will have a good time with yourbyci 
cle after you learn to ride it. The beauty of 
such a horse is that it does not huve to he foil. 
That must be a line lurgo calf. Perhaps you 
can write us something about feeding beef 
cattle. —UNCLE MARK.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I planted 19 of the 
beans; 10 came up und one 1 hoed oil’, so I 
have nino left, which are growing nicely. 
Home of them have a great many large pods 
on them, but I am afraid they will not ripen. 
I have a vegetable garden and a ilowor gar¬ 
den. 1 had peas, radishes, lettuce, onions, 
beets and several other kinds of vegetables 
Grade and I have some nest-egg guards. 
They are white, and sonic are small like hens’ 
eggs, others are as largo as goose eggs. 1 had 
a bed of verbenas, one of pansies, one of po- 
tunius, asters, everlastings, and several other 
kinds. Mamma took things to the fair and 
got 10 first premiums and 10 second ones. 
Part were (lowers and vegetables, 1 wi«h 
that Grade and 1 could give you a bouquet 
from our flower gardens. We hud some of 
the seeds sent to Mamma, and tho Dowers are 
beautiful. With love to all tho Cousins nn«l 
Uncle Mark, I will dose my long letter. 
Your nephew, willik w. HUNT. 
Cuyahoga (Jo., Ohio. 
11 wish you could send mo the bouquet, 
Willie. 1 will take the "will for the deed,” 
however, for I know how glad you would ho 
to send it.— unclic mark.] 
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