The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14

disasrccablc, but after getting there and drinking
the nice cool water, we felt rad FOR toll Tho
gray masses of slate rock in every shape ferns and
moss clinging TO it and growing in every creyice,
while from four places above came the constant
arp OF four veins of water. Late in the afternoon
we returned 10 the college ire nj sleepy AZ II.
Callie Phillips, Dalton, Cal win describe
little picnic we girls had while living in ChHtta-
nooga. We fixed nice little dinner and went
down to the river bank, ana soon a boat came along
ana carried us across As soon as we got across we
jumped OIL and climbed Il steep hill and went
through pretty green PASTURE and through some
pretty woods. Ne found " beautiful little spring
with little brook running ron it, we pulled oifour
SHOES and stockings and Waded the er;as soon as
we had Waded enough, we ate our dinner under O
large beach tree After we had finished dinner, we
climbed trees and bent bushes down and played
they were horses. 1t was nearly dark when we got
home. AS we came back We would pick every ripe
blackberry we saw Age 49,
Rosa Lee Kimbrough, Center Hin, Fla.-I live in
middle Florida looted on the Florida Southern
railroad, eighteen miles from Lecsburg. The yard
Is dense shade of orange trees In the of the
house is hammock land now filed with cabhages
and beets ready for shipping, and onions and toma-
toes growing TO perfection. The trees putting
forth their green leaves and the air is now fragrant
with the bloom of the yellow jcsamine We are sur
rounded with n number of lovely lakes which
abound with variety of fine fish. Papa supplies
Us with trout, weighing from five TO ten pounds We
have delightful climate and think it one of the
most desirable counties in the state for the cultiya
ton of semtropcal fruits Age 49,
Gertrude NJ. Rogers, buchanan, Va.-The cele
brated Natural Bridge is situated distance ofabont
twelve miles from Buchanan. 1t is u span of solid
rock of many shades and color. crossing Cedar
creek, and $50 feet high. 1t is said that il APP
proachcs Niagara in grandcur,and eXcels il in awful
mystery Words q m ire inn In a. de
the beauty of its scenery, produce in the mind
OF the reader the fiutcst perception of the reality
1t was not made by hands, There is no harmony, no
perfect proportion. II is altogether too grand too
imposing for our feeble sense 10 comprehend. Just
over the arch the shape ofan immense eagle is dis
hnctly seen. "rhe Profile the face of lovely be-
ing, is engraved on the wall Washington the father
of our country visited the bridge and carved his
name whcle it may now be clearly seen. The
bridge was purchased in 177I by Thomas jefferson
for the sum of twenty shllings 1t is now owned By
Ii. c. Parsons. To the cousins allow me to say that
have received o many letters from them that it
Will be impossible for me to reply to them all; al
though it would give me great pleasure to do so.
VIII close by wishing AunttStisie and the cousins
new year OF unllloyed happiness.
Note-lfcontending for the prize, please send age
Mamie Burnley, IIezlchurst Miss--I am new
cousin asking admission to your happy band. My
mother takes THE CONSTITUTION and We are very
paper i'll the south. l. with friend, acted as agent
for awhile and SEQUEL fifteen subscribers Our
town is i'll the southern part of the state of Misas
sppi, and bids fair to be city day in the near
future. We have cgh: churches one orera house,
three hotels, one cotton compress, number Of bust
ness houses, two public and four private schools,
bank, one weekly newspaper, number of hand
some residences (also some that are not handsome)
about fifty of the pretticstyoung ladies in the state
and other things too numerous to mention Our
town is on the Illinois Central railroad. forty miles
south of Jackson, tho capital, and is on matri-
monia BOOM Aunt Susie, / am only Ii years Of
age, and last session at school won two medals; one
for ncaest penmanship and the other for punctu-
atty and diligence. l am grand-nieee of Chief
Justice John Marshall of Virginia. Age II.
Frances Cleveland, Butler, Gal will tell you
mA occupation; it is piecing quilts. have got three
started. also help wash dishes; can't walk, and
thai is about all can't do. | don't suppose will
ever walk any more, unless l could 90 to
Atlanta to the surgical institute. / have but ono
hand. am very sorry my leg was broken; could
have made very good living il nothing had hap
peued to me. am fearful you will think that this
is sorry letter, but il is tho best could do wish
you would please print the two songs "Maryand
My Maryland and 'kll Quiet Along the Potomac"
hope will get the prize. Age13
Fannie May BloxCm, Monterey AIa.--There is n
natural curiosity in our neighborhood in the form of
n cave which will attempt to describe. You first
descend q steep hill almost perpendicular, which is
covered with large trees, and then you are at the
cave, the mouth of which is thirty feet wide
and twenty feet high There two passa ,es
known as the wet and dry. You ascend the dry
passage FOR two hundred yards, then enter tie wet
On first entering the cave you have TO crawl but
alter going u short distance you enter q long
chamber that you can stand up rlghln. On the walls
of this chamber are names that we've carved as far
back rs eighteen hundred On looking up in tho
top Of this chamLer you sae stalacttcs halfa yard
long. This is as ay aS this cave has ever been eX
plored but by some is believed to be miles LONG Il
is situated in Wilcox county, near the Selma and
Calf railroad. Age II.
Willie T, Fisk, Palmcrville, N CT 1--we near the
village Of Palmeryille / 80 to school at Yadkin
Mineral Springs institute. have to study very
hard, because have not been to school much I
like to 20 to school very well We play baseball at
playt.me. Age "a.
Clara Purye0r franklin, Tcnn.-~Not so very long
ago IIindoo visited the town near which live.
lie was very dark and peculiar looking although bo
wore American costume lie delivered n lecture ON
the manners and customs OF his native ucople
Father carried me TO hear him and we sat near the
front SO could understand all that he said lie
showed piece OF metal, which rang when touched
by him lie said this was "A sacrcd implement and
used only by the men; if a woman even touched IT,
it was dcfiled lie then put the garbs Of Hindoo
men and women. They were very queer looking
being long, loose robes oil bright color From the
neck OF some of them hung Lood-ike piece OF
cloth reaching down TO the ankles in this they carry
little children swinging behind their backs or over
their shoulders. The idols he exhibited were hide.
Gus in the extreme. lie related sevclnl anecdotes
and told Of his visit to an English home. Lastly,
with n magic lantern, he illustrated scenes ollie
also the rising end setting Of the sun in India
Some Of the pictures represented the sacrifice of
men and women 20 the sacred elephants, etc. was
glad / went 10 hear him, for 1t gave me en idea of
life IN lndia Age IA.
Willard Ford, wills Ala.--My mother has taken
the Courier journal SIX years and beg her to quit
taking II andtO let me take THECoNsrITUTIoN love
Georgia paper, for ! am n Georgian Ny every day
life is n dull one and | haye to spend my time in
reading or anything the best can. / have been
crippled with the bone scrofila nearly two years
and our heavenly Father knows only Of the pain
have suffered. have got bottle Of bones that has
come out Of both Of my legs. Ny left leg is nearly
foot shorter than my right one. / walk on my
eTutches sometimes and sometimes / have TO crawl
with my hands Pray for me Aunt susie, that may
be restored to health l will be II years old in
March