I am a little girl six years old; I live in Adams; and my sister is
five, and her name is Clara. We have a good many dollies; my best
one is a large wax doll named Ruth. I can not write, so my mamma is
writing this for me. We have two kitties; mine was born without any
tail. Mamma read to us about Jumbo in the YOUNG PEOPLE, and so we
call my kitty Jumbo. Clara's kitty has a nice long tail, and her
name is Cherrie. We do not go to school, but papa and mamma teach
us at home. Papa takes HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE for us, and we like to
read the letters in the Post-office Box; and mamma reads us the
stories. Papa says I may have a garden this summer all my own. I
had one last summer, and I had beans in it, and mamma cooked them.