I live in the State of Minnesota, in the small village of Oronoco,
which is situated on the banks of the Zumbro River. I live on the
north side, and my school-house is situated on the south bank, and
it is a very beautiful place here. The people from Rochester, which
is a city eleven miles from here, visit here often to catch fish
and have picnic dinners in the groves. Nearly every autumn I gather
butternuts out of our grove; last autumn I gathered two bagfuls.
There are a great many nice fish caught here--black bass, pickerel,
and many other kinds--and in the winter you can see fish-houses
scattered all along on the ice. I have taken HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE
for three years, and I will take it three years more I guess.