WANTER RAN CH CEIFE..

We had two pigs once. We had one pig killed, so we have only one pig now.
It runs about.

An English gentleman came here to spend two days. He keeps his mind
well impraved, but he keeps his hat on in the house, and his coat needs to be
mended badly. Heis some-
what pious, but not so pious
as Mr. Goodman. Mr.
Goodman has a great many
Bibles in his room, and he
prays by himself some-
times. I think he is very
kind. He gave me Miss
Edith. Sunday we had
prayer time, and we had
singing and reading out of
the Bible. People came
here to service, and they
had to be fed. There is
not a church for twenty
miles away.

Rag.

JANUARY 21st.

I must tell you about
our dear little black puss.
He runs up on top of the
shed and sits there in a
way that looks very affect-
ing, with his paws hane-
ing down in front, and
looking at me out of his
big, green eyes. The gray
cat does not seem to be so
bright and frolicsome as

““ AM IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.”? she used to be.

Mr. Charles shot a mag-
pie. It was black and white. A lady came up here on Sunday. She told us
that she had twenty-four pink birds. She said she was going to make a twenty-
four pink birds baked in a pie. She gave me six of the wings.

One night mamma was reading, and I asked her what she was laughing
about. She told me she was reading about Miss Knag. She had charge of the
dressmaking for a lady whose husband was not superior. Miss Knag was gaudy,