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A PRIMITIVE CHURN. 
Come listen now to the tale I tell, 
Ye men awhile from your labor turn, 
Ye women rise for a moment now 
From the awful '-bondage of the churn.” 
List to a tale that you will not find 
In boob or In pamphlet old and rare, 
A simple tale of a simple chum; 
Then list to a moral straight and fair. 
A housewife placed, In the olden time, 
A can of cream 011 the kitchen floor 
When over the meadow the sun sunk low 
And blackness flooded the landscape o’er. 
Then out of the swamp ns the moon rose high. 
When the family all had gone to bed, 
A bullfrog came with a hop and Jump 
Fur a moonlight walk—and Ills footsteps led 
Him straight to the kitchen door—’tis sad; 
But pushes! along In a splendid dream. 
He made one jump "f an extra size 
And lauded square in the can of cream. 
Now most of ua at a fate like this 
Would drop at once In a wild despair. 
But bullfrogs coma of a sterner stuff 
He struck out manfully then and there. 
He kicked and kicked till the butter oame 
In a solid ball with a golden hue, 
And he perched himself, with a knowing wink, 
On his new made throne when his work was through. 
You can read the moral without a stop; 
There are limes when we sink is doubt and fear; 
We must kick the cream of our trouble out 
A ml make the best Of our lives appear. 
The cream will rise from our work some day. 
And if our lives have been nobly spent, 
We can churn from the memories sure to come, 
The golden butter of sweet content. 
We shall have quite a plow talk this week. 
show a picture of the plow just above, so that 
you all cau see what you are working for. 
The following letter was received by D. Wood¬ 
ward & Son. of Clinton, Mich., who offered 
the plow: 
D. Woodward & Son: 
Dk*. k Silts:—I saw the prize offered in the 
RritAt. for the boys that could make out the 
most words out of “Clinton Chilled Plow.” 
Now 1 have no brothers under l(i years of age, 
and 1 am a girl under 38, and would like to try 
a ml get a plow for my father, who is a farmer. 
Please write aud let me know if I can try. 
MINNIE C. ANSLEY, 
As soon as this letter came, Woodward & 
Son wrote me that they would offer another 
plow to the girl that could make up the most 
words. So now’ there are two plows to be 
won—one goes to the boy with the longest list 
of words, aud the other to the girl who finds 
more words than any other girl can find. This 
is the best way for us to settle it. I am glad 
the girls are to have their rights. I shall give 
you one more w eek. All lists will be counted 
that are sent in before June 8th. 
Lists have already been received from 
Sophy Stratton, Howard Min tie, Isaac D. 
Davis, Flora J. Erskine, Merry C. Cassel, 
Johnny G. Veldhuis, Maud Raymond, Ralph 
and Laura Sw’artz. If any of the Cousins 
should send in their lists and find that they are 
not noticed, they must let me know’ at once, as 
1 want to get all, I will give the names of 
those who send every week Remember there 
is no need to hurry; take plenty of time. 
Great bunches of lilacs are brought into 
the city every morning to be sold on the streets. 
"While the apple blossoms were fresh great 
baskets of them found their way into the city 
to brighten the homes aud dingy offices. We 
had some in our office, and they made the 
place seem brighter and fresher. There are 
few flowers more beautiful than apple blos¬ 
soms. When the trees begin to burst out 
into bloom in the Spring there are few things 
more lovely. 
It will soon lie time to fight the potato bugs. 
I hope you will all be able to get the liest of 
them. The little rascals are hungry and greedy 
just now, and we must head them off if we 
want any potatoes for next Winter. I suppose, 
most of you have spent a good many days 
knocking the bugs off the vines into pans. 
That is pretty slow work. It is faster work to 
kill them with Paris-green mixed with plaster 
or flour. We must lie very careful in huudling 
this though, for it is a deadly poison. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I wrote before aud 
did not receive any answer. Thanks for the 
sweet peas you sent me. I planted them and 
they are three inches high now. My little 
brother catches moles in his Grandpas’s barn 
■yvith a mouse trap, and if you spit at them they 
sing like a bird. They are as large as a mouse. 
They make 11 s all laugh to hear them. Mother 
calls them singing mice. I am going to try 
for the plow. WILLIE byram, 
Dover, N. J. 
[If people should spit at me I don’t think I 
should feel like singing. I guess the moles cry 
because they are angry, and uot because 
they are glad.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: 1 have been reading 
the letters from the Cousins in the Rural ever 
since papa has taken it. I would like to join 
the Y. H. C., if you will let me. This is the 
first time I have written. I am 14 years of 
age. We have a dog aud two cats. The dog 
is a shepherd, and we call him Hhep; aud the 
cats’ names are Tom and Tim. We weighed 
our dog this morning, aud he weighs 110 
pounds. Papa has planted the corn that he 
got with the Rural’S free seed distribution, 
and Mamma has planted the peas. The peas 
are up nicely. Papa owns and ruus a thrash¬ 
ing machine, aud he is away thrashing every 
Fall. We have S8 young chickens and five 
young ducks, and they are all doing well. 
From your niece, L. H. Schadt. 
Greenville, Penn’a. 
[That dog will make a pretty good-sized 
Cousin. Some of us will have to grow in order 
to reach his weight,—u. M.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: It has been a long 
time since I wrote to you. I don’t have much 
time to write letters only ou Sunday. I have 
planted some of my flower seed in boxes in the 
house. I received the sweet pea seed you 
sent me aud send many thanks for them. 
I enjoy reading the letters from the Cousins, 
but I don’t enjoy reading the advertisement 
which has been put in the children's column. 
I like to see more letters printed and not so 
much advertisement. Why don’t some of the 
Cousins send some lace patterns, or don’t they 
do any fancy work/ 1 would like to see the 
children's page filled up with fancy work and 
other useful things for the girls. I am going 
to raise some onions this Summer to sell. Our 
school commences iu about a week. I will send 
a lace pattern which 1 think is simple but real 
pretty. 
Cast on 11 stiches. Knit across plain two 
or three times. 
First row—Knit four plain, thread over 
twice, knit two together, thread over twice, 
knit two together, thread over twice, knit two 
together, knit one. 
Second row—Knit three, purl one, knit two, 
purl one, knit. two. purl one, knit four. 
Third row—Knit plain. 
Fourth row—Knit plain. 
Fifth row—Knit plain. 
Sixth row—Bind off three, knit 10. 
C. A. D. 
Dear Uncle Mark and Rural Cousins: 
I promised I would write you of my home. 
Papa has a farm of 115 acres. We have one 
horse, four yokes of steers, two cows, 1(1 sheep. 
10 little lambs, and 40 hens. We live where 
we can see the lights from Faulkner’s Island 
Lighthouse and Horton’s Poiut Lighthouse, In 
hot weather we enjoy going picnicing down by 
the salt water, I would like to have you come 
and go sailing with us this Summer. I have 
four brothers and two sisters. We drink noth- 
iug but cold water; and my brothel’s do not 
scent their breath and handkerchiefs with 
tobacco. I have been trying to learn how to 
spin stocking yarn, hut I don’t think I shall 
take first prize at the fair this Fall unless I 
make improvements, I thank you very much 
for the seeds you sent us. I shall try very hard 
to have them all grow, for I am very fond of 
flowers. I have been wishing 1 could send you 
something. 1 have some Wild Goose Beans, 
the same kind that my great-grandpa used to 
raise—1 have been told they could not he 
bought at the seed stores. Would you like to 
have me send you some? 
Your loving niece, ella k. barrett. 
New Haven Co., Conn. 
[Yes, I would like the beans. I will plan 
them. If you try bard I think you cau get 
that prize.—u. m.] 
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Dear Uncle Mask; Mamma read in the 
R. N.-Y. something about a blue sun-flower. 
We raise sun-flowers; some of them are very 
large. Last year we had no Exposition, but 
the year before we had one. There was a sum* 
flower that took the premium the last time, 
aud it measured 14 inches in diameter. I had 
one that measured 15 inches. Its seed were so 
full of oil that when I took the seeds out of 
the shell, I got my fingers all black, If there 
is a sun-flower that has a blue flower I wish 
you would tell me where 1 could buy the seeds. 
Uncle Mark, this year was the first time we 
got our seeds from the Rural. Mamma says 
she believes they came, but the mail-carrier 
kept them. I am 11 years old: I visit I lived 
in the country; I hate city life. I never rode 
horse-back over six times in my life. When I 
read the letters from the Cousins I almost en¬ 
vy them. Sometime we expect to live in the 
country. We can see the Colorado Front 
Range, aud the Saugrc De Christo Range, ami 
Pikes Peak. Were you ever in Denver? If 
you were you know it is built in a valley. 
The South Platte runs through it. On the hot¬ 
test day in Summer when we are sweltering 
down here we can look up on Pikes Peak aud 
see the snow up there aud imagine the Signal 
Service agent up there wearing an overcoat 
I can’t imagine my looking to the West with¬ 
out seeing the mountains. I suppose if I were 
to go hack East and uot, see them I would 
think the world was sinking out of sight. 
Your niece, magpie Johns. 
Denver, Colo. 
[Who can tell about the sunflowers? I have 
never seen them. I have been in Denver and 
have seen the mountains many times. I wish 
I could see* them again.—u. M.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I would like to join 
the Y. H. C., I am 13 years old. I like 
to read the Cousins’ letters very much. I 
have one sister aud two brothers. My sister 
wifi l»e 18 years old in June. We have 11 
lambs; four of them are mine. We raised 
quite a lot of dowel’s. Our Lunar lily has 
seven buds unit this year. I set a hen with 12 
eggs, and she hatched all of them. If you 
will admit me 1 will write more next time. 
Centralia, Ill. blue bell. 
[Well done for that hen. She deserves extra 
good care for that.—u. m.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I have long read with 
interest the letters from Cousins in the Rural, 
aud enjoy them very much. I would like to 
join the Y. H. C. I am 14 years old. I live 
on a farm. 1 go to school, which is about one- 
half of a mile from where I live. I study 
arithmetic, grammar, geography, history uud 
writing. We (the scholars have to speak 
pieces every two weeks. If any one has any 
pieces that would be gotxl to speak I would like 
to have them send them. 1 have some old 
ones that I have spoken, hut would like some 
new ones. I will send what pieces I have if 
any r one would like them. Well. I think I had 
better stop for fear this letter is too long. 
Hoping to see this iu print, I will stop, also 
hoping to join the Y. H. C. 
Ashtabula, Ohio. millie Baldwin. 
[It is hard to find suitable pieces for speak¬ 
ing. I have no doubt some of the Cousins 
will be glad to change with you. I find the 
100 Choice Selections good books for speak¬ 
ers.—u. M.] 
Dear Uncle Mark and Cousins; I hope I 
am to be admitted into “your family.” I ant 
eight years old and live in the country, aud 
we call where I live “Forest Home.” Father 
built right in the woods, where grow the oak, 
elm, maple, beech, sugar-tree, hickory, walnut, 
dog-wood, red-bud, white tush land Uhl how 
beautiful when iu bloom), aud the evergreen 
cedars, arbor-vibe, and spruce. The pretty 
birds build their nests aud rear their young 
ones ai’ound the house. Mother has the ever- 
blooming roses, the old fashioned roses, and 
beds of flowers, which take in the “garden 
treasures.” Dou’t you think 1 am one of the 
happiest, of little girls, playing with my dear 
little sister and brother under the trees, on the 
green gross, and among the flowers and birds? 
About two years ago, father gave me a heifer, 
aud now I have three head of cattle, and I am 
going to try to raise enough so that I can buy 
me an organ with my own money. With love 
to Unele Mark, the Cousins and every body. 
1 am, ELIZABETH M. HAWKINS. 
Midway, Tenn. 
[Yes, indeed you ought to be happy. Many 
of these poor little city children will envy you 
your home. I hope you will have the organ. 
—u. M.] 
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Uncle Mark: I, too, would like to join the 
Y. H. C. I am eight yearn old. I have one 
mile to go to school. I had a little garden last 
Summer; aud had corn, radishes, peppers, 
be&ns, turnips and potatoes. I am going to 
try aud have a better one this Hummer. We 
live on a farm, and have horses, cows, pigs and 
hens. A fox came the other night and caught 
an old hen uud two chickens, and left five 
little chickens for me to take cure of. 
We set a trap for the fox aud caught 
a cat. It looks very pleasant lie re now with 
the fruit trees all iu blossom. We have u large 
strawberry bed. Your nephew, 
Fompey, N. Y. mason berry. 
[Too had about that fox. * It is a pity you 
could not catch him. Perhaps the cat wanted 
to steal too. 1 like to see thieves caught.— U.M.] 
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