The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-31
Correspondence.

Fannie Perkins, White Plains. Greene county
Ga.-F iowerS-E lowers seems 10 God messengers
senttl be; utfy he earth. to gladden. the eyes and
purity the heart OF man. Where would the poet find
his images Of beauty if flowers We're 10 perish? They
are embems of loneliness and Innocence, the living
types OF all that IS pleasing and graceful We com
pare young lips TO the rose and the white brow t.
the lily. In some places where they are very his h.
ly appreciated they hang delicate blossoms ON tie
ringles OF the yopng bride and strew her path with
flowers as she leaves the church The lover gives
them to his te'uV Il, ana nations adopt them as
their emblems \ queen may give them 10 her sub
iects, and the poorest subject may otleT to king
We place them around The marble lace Of the dead
III the narrow coffin, and they become emblems of
our affections, OF pleasures remembered and hopes
faded We pant thom on The graves, and hey
Seenlst0 form link between the living and the
dead springing as it were from those we loved.
Universal is their hold OF human sympathy; univer-
sal is their language. l hope this viii do rs IL sub
ject. am 10 years Old
Eloise Daniel, Midway Ala.-Description of a
storm at Sunset-This still salty Sabbath evening
the blue sky is hidden from 81 Int by dul dark and
lowering clouds But in the west they are OF such
radiant hues that even Titan Raphael with their
brig III artistic minds could not adequately sketch
this scene; nor could Shakespeare or Addison with
their fluent ana LeautIiul language describe the
c0loring of these superla,iIey beautiful clouds As
| gaze into theif amber depths see n single dark
COuu iiSlug III tlelf IN usV, chiaHlIS ana expand
ing until IL has changed into Il black cloud full of
wind and rain; as it floats over the translucent
depths of these heauilul clouds il reminds me of
ship ont al sea. Ever aud anon the stiffness is
broken by loud peal OF thunder, the fierce light
ming plays the 81 lighting up the dark
heavens with larid Glow. In The west there is
rising dsri threatening cloud, the stiffness is
omnous, while the dark cloud rises slowly but sure
" CvershadoWing all the radiance OF tho sunset.
Thy storm has bmst forth in az It's fary ana the
loud peais OF thulder echo and die away in the
stiffness OF tie ravuc3 as the forkci lightning
leaps from cloud to cloud AMI tho wind torsas and
twists the tall oaks, kings OF the forest as ii they
were tender pings. Nh! bat words fail 10 do
justice in dcscrbin the awful rinduer amidst blim
ni;y Of Ibis scene that an no" witnessing at sun
set. am II years Of aye,
Leila 4. Scarborough, Atkins s. Clam not am
bilious to become newspaper correspondent Tut
to secure an education that will prepare me for
general usefulness and feel rr.u and happy when
l shall have accomplished something that will be of
general usefulness am studying hard and hope
am makine good progress. Our teacher is doing her
part. &c ara judge and as Bill Arp says all Is
calm md serene, IN our school. Tie village of
Bisapyil'c sight miles distance. sbuiiding no fast
and f4lsoisg the Improvements Is q high school,
which opened ahout year ago. but il is not getting
The sdppolt that was hoped for. | send you
memory square My love to you and ali the cousins
and beet wishes to The CONSTITUTION.
Many thanks the square is very pretty
Willie b. wynn, Michigan CITY, Miss.--As am
fond of reading nice books thought would write
10 You ] live on farm with my mother our
father died last July; there o. us in family
now. have two sisters at school and one sister
married. ] assist my mama in her work attend to
tie chickens, turkeys, gWnoas, peatowls and calves
help milk aud stuck corn every morning for the
calves have 4" nice Jersey | got nice present
Christmas, It was S Idle, tr.dle and oyercolt. /
am thht2en.
Jcune summers Korton. Tenn. Making Others
llappy--Am, Susie, am writing for the prize, So
now listen: Cousins, all ofyou, we must do all VIC
can to make others happy for, by doing this we
make ourselves happy 80 now llttle cousins ifwhen
you ont walking yousec It llttlc boy girl vino
is rn1ged and Darefooted on the street. don't frown
at them, but speak kind word 10 them md give
them panny or two, and yon can have n idea
how glad their little hearts will be to have that
pretty little girl vino had on such pretty dress
speak 10 hem. and when they 30 back to their
mama dfthey have one, they VIII tell her. and her
heart viii also rejoice 81 your kindness and you
viii lie CAD you have made others happy Age
IS years old
Paul F. Baber Ccbugne, Texas-l am going to tell
YOU about an opossam hunt. Several boys and my
self went hunting not long since and caught an
opos,um; We carried it awhile, thinking we would
take II home with US, but finally got tired and con
eluded we would mark il and turn ii loose so that
il we ever caught il again would know him. /
think shall go hunting again soon, for am very
fond Of such sport there arc great many opossms
and rabbits IN this country. ] am 10 years old
Dora s. Polling Romnery, W. Val live in
beautiful little town surrounded by mountains: it
has ahn pretty river running by H. Aunt Susie
death has robbed us OF our mother We did not
have merry Christmas because of her death, |
have three slsteTn and three brothers. / am going
to school now. | am II years old but weigh III
pounds, wish some Of the cousins between Is and
II years Of age would correspond with me. It is
showing now and has been all day 1t IL very deep.
Wouldn't some Of you southern boys aud girls like
TO be here now. Age ID.
Eta L. Morgan, Amite City. La rise early
every morning, wash and dress; then 20 to the
kitchen and prepare breakfast: then set the break
fast table after breakfast clear away the dishes;
90 next to the bedrooms make the beds up; next to
the parlor brush and replace things in their proper
places. ! work fancy work, sew on the machine,
wash, scrub aud hoe IN the garden. am 10 years
Old.
r. Jackson Ray Rays MDls, B,rrlen Co.. Gauge
il Yeas;
live away down in southwc8; Georgia,
IL the "wrcgrass country as you say,
And wircgrass cracker" guess you call me
For that is what en- hcydey
live whcIe the pine trees bow maiestically,
Their proud heads 70 each passing breeze
And where the wregga1s grows green and slender
in this yeriable land OF borminy harmony ana
peas peace.
No matter If l am q wiregrass cracker"
And IN q "Wircgrass country" reside;
l love you all the same. Aunt susie
LetWnateyer mgy, bctide.
3fy heart is as big as O mountain,
But never as hgrd-nOt at all
And j. brimfnll Of love Tor fng CoSsnTurIoN,
Aunt susie, and the cousins, one aud all.
Maggie Jennings Roberts, Fla.-I like the en-
couragement You offer the young folks, an as i am
50 fond Of books and an doing my very best 70 oh.
tain TINT which cannot be taken from me educa.
ton will write iof the book. Ny story is short
and simple This is tho wireHass region, though It
il the and Of lowers. have a cat tie same age Of
Iqyself be was lea m orphan IN babyhOod he has
keen sense Of smell and He rats for supper break.
fast gud dinner bot hs race ~ nearly run. lie has
served bis day aud generation Jan expeot TO give
him q respectable burial when be departs this life
Our school numbers one hundred Education IL the
grand theme ofnis country Ny PAPA ii minister