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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MARCH 34 
far t\)t Dawna,. 
Our big snow drifts are going away slowly. 
In the city the streets are nearly clear. Most 
of the snow has been carted to the rivers and 
dumped in. Thus we get rid of it. There is 
plenty left in the country. In many places 
there is so much snow that water can’t run 
away. It stays and forms mud. This is the 
season for rubber boots. We shall need them 
for a good while longer too. It pays to take 
good care of the health this weather. It’s a 
bad time to get cold. 
The illness of the Crown Prince of Germany 
should teach people that proper care of the 
throat is an important duty. Many people 
neglect the throat and others doctor it too 
much. I never thought it was good policy to 
muffle up the throat as some people do. My 
experience is that sore throats come from 
neglect of other parts of the body rather than 
from neglect of the throat itself. Many 
throats are made sore by wet and cold feet. 
If I had my choice between thick stockings 
and a neck handkerchief I would take the 
stockings every time. Take good care of the 
eyes, the teeth and the throat. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Lear Uncle Mark: I have not written to 
you in a long time. I suppose you have al¬ 
most forgotten me. I love to read the Cous¬ 
ins’ letters in the young folks’ department. I 
will soon be 10 years old. I go to school this 
winter; we have had such storms that I could 
not attend regularly. We have two little 
calves and two little lambs. My brothers have 
been thrashing and rubbing clover. It turns 
out well. We have plenty of sleighing and 
some pretty large snow drifts. I feel sorry for 
these who live in the West and have worse 
storms than we have. From your nephew, 
Sharon Center, N. Y. ford Lehman. 
[U. M.—It is about time some of the West¬ 
ern people began to pity us, I think. That big 
blizzard last week made us think we needed a 
little sympathy. I don’t think we shall dare 
to say much more about cur good climate 
hereafter.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: My Grandpa takes 
the Rural, and I like to read the letters from 
the children. Pa takes Grandpa’s farm and 
we all live together. I like to read about the 
poultry. I have 35 hens,and two turkeys. I had 
11 ducks last spring and they all died but one 
and I ate that at Christmas. I have got a 
pair of rabbits. I sent to Ohio for them. I 
paid $1 for them, and $1.20 for express. Ma. 
thinks they are dear pets. I have a dog. His 
name is Rover. He is black and curly. 
Yours truly, everett a. Howard. 
Potsdam, N. Y. 
[U. M.—I should call them pretty dear pets 
without any doubt. I guess you think enough 
of them though ] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I want to be a Cousin. 
I went to school last summer. We live almost 
three miles from school. Ma is under the doc¬ 
tor’s care. She is around the house, that is 
all. I did not go a-fishing much last summer. 
I have four brothers and three sisters. Two 
of my brothers killed a deer last fall. My sis¬ 
ter has written before. My brother is going 
to write. My father raised a barn last sum¬ 
mer. h. w. turner. 
North River, N. Y. 
[U. M.—I hope your mother will soon be 
better. I have never been sick, yet I can 
always sympathize with sick people. Our 
boys are getting to be great hunters, as it 
seems to me. I am not much of a hunter 
myself.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: As I am a reader of 
the Rural 1 thought perhaps you might like 
to hear from me. I live on a farm in Illinois 
about three miles from the nearest city, which 
is Beloit. Our school-house is half a mile 
from here. Did you ever have a pet lamb? 
We have three and they will chase you if you 
run as if you were afraid. I have one brother 
and two sisters. I was 13 years old this Feb¬ 
ruary. Our nearest neighbor lives about 20 
rods from here. I have a very cunning little 
boy Cousin. He will be two years old the 
Fourth of July. His name is Lyle. I enjoy 
reading the “letters from the Cousins.” I had 
a valentine birthday party this year. There 
were 30 folks that came. I got three valen¬ 
tines. There were 84 valentines sent. 
Yours respectfully, 
WINNIE MUCHMORE. 
[U. M.—I had a pet lamb cnce but the dogs 
killed it. I had a goat once, that was better 
than a dog to keep tramps away.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I will tell you how 
to make chocolate candy and you can tell 
that girl that asked. Half cake chocolate 
grated, two cups brown sugar, one-balf cup 
milk. Put the chocolate in a plate on a kettle 
of hot water, melc. Mix the sugar with it. 
Put the milk in a convenient vessel to boil. 
Watch it carefully to prevent burning. As 
soon as it boils pour in the mixture and let it 
boil 12 minutes, stirring all the time. Pour 
into buttered tins or a plate to cool and mark 
into squares as it hardens. When you get it 
made you send me a piece of it. 
Pecatonica, Ills. delwin ti. Daniels. 
Dear Uncle Mark: Seeing the Cousins 
have commenced writing I thought I would. 
Our school has closed. We had 15 scholars. 
I spoke a single piece and took part in a dia¬ 
logue. I was sick and had to stay out of 
school seven days. I was glad to get to school 
again. There are a great many sick with hard 
colds. A school teacher was sick with the diph¬ 
theria. She is better now. I do not think it 
looks much like spring yet. I have a big sis¬ 
ter and brother that go to Delavan High 
school. We have a big Newfoundland dog; 
his name is .Bravo. Do you not think it is a 
good name? I will be glad when summer 
comes again for I am tired of so much cold 
weather. My father takes the Rural and 
likes it very much. He has taken it a long 
time. We have about 100 hens: they are com¬ 
mencing to lay. I like to huut for eggs es¬ 
pecially w.hen my Ma gives me one penny a 
dozen. I earned last summer two dollars hunt¬ 
ing eggs and my little brother earned one dol¬ 
lar. ZELLA M. SHIMMINS. 
Delavan, Wisconsin. 
[U. M.—That’s a good name for the dog if he 
is a big, strong fellow. You seem to be mak¬ 
ing quite a little money.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I am in some doubt as 
to whether I am considered one of the family 
or not. I have not written for some time. I am 
glad Uncle Mark’s talks are to be resumed. I 
have missed them this winter. And will not 
Aunt Beth talk to. the girls as she used to? I 
am making a charm quilt, and would like to 
exchange pieces with any of the Gousins who 
are piecing charm quilts. If they will send 
me their patterns I will send them mine; 
maybe I can help some of tbe Cousins at the 
same time they help me. I have just finished 
one which contained 780 pieces. Why is it, I 
wonder, that while people are working for the 
great temperance cause, housekeepers will 
send recipes to the newspapers calling for 
wine, brandy and whisky. Why not be tem¬ 
perate in cooking? Yours truly, 
Mt. Palatine, 111. minnie gunn. 
[U. M.—Certainly if people are to profess 
strict temperance, they should be temperate 
all through—in cooking, as well as in drink 
ing. Not alltlie intemperance in the world is 
to be taken from a bottle, by any means.] . 
Dear Uncle Mark: I would like to join 
the Y. H. C. 1 have a twin brother and we 
will be 12 years old next August. I attend 
singing school with my brother and sister. My 
father has taken the Rural for 12 years and 
thinks he can’t do without it. We have had 
some of the coldest weather ever known in the 
valley; it was 52 degrees below zero. We 
had a tree at the school house New Year’s eve, 
and I got several presents. I liked the story 
of Andersonville Violets, but the Cousins’ 
letters still better. 
Your Cousin, Oliver mccarty. 
Missoula Co., Montana. 
[U. M.—That weather beats ours all out of 
sight. We are satisfied with ours.] 
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