The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-03

have pet kitten and plenty of nice flowers buf
OF all the pets my little baby nephew is tho
sweetest; his name is Avoca Now can any of thu
cousins tell me what aud where his name was take,t
iromY lie Is Just big enough to sit alone and
think he is so sweet. Papa takes THE CoNsrITu]
TON and we all like it so we'll. Papa is in CaliS
fornia now and we are looking for him home soon.
Willie Coleman, Riverside, Ala: I go to school
and like to study; school will soon be out; will
have an exhibition and lots of fun. I hope we will
have large school and good teacher next term,
nave Just begun the study of music with Professor
q. s. Rice's new method. Mama is pleased with IL
aud thinks it thorough and very easy I am de.
lighted with il. l live in mining and timber
country. The men all quit work at one of the saw
mills here today just because their payday was
changed. l think strikes arc very mean and no
good in them. What do you think OF Them dear
cousins? We will have large picnic next Saturday
ana dance in the city hall,
Walter Clayton Norris Oakbowery Ala. lam n
little boy 9 years old Mama teaches us at home.
we 1--we near Oakbowery, Ala TITS too far to 90 to
school, but we have Sabbath-school and 20 all the
sime lwant to learn am studying geography and
IKE IL very much. wish could see all the great
countries and cities. Mama read that beautiful
book, "Around the World" by Colonel John r.
German, who was n little Georgia boy once He
must have learned his geography too SO Twill study
hard, for mama says ito be q smart man boys must
learn for all great learned men like Colonel j. @.
Is. once learned to say their A. b. C's.
Y. Haddock, Dayton Washington Territory live
In good farming district Wheat, oats and barley
are going to make n good yield in this neighbour.
hood; wheat and barley are heading out We aro
having nice rain. Good, improved farms sell from
S5 to $50 per acre; work horses from SIS to Sl5o.
cows $50 to so; hogs are worth cents per pound
gross wheat is rated today at 50 cents per bushel:
barley so cents per hundred pounds; oats 81 per
hundred pounds. If any of the readers of Tim
come, for there is room foI more. | would like tn
correspond with J. A, Z. Haddock.
Edna Damon, Bay Lake. Texas: live at Whar.
ton, Texas aud when school ended in April / came
to spend the long vacation of four months with nv
married and eldest sister. | am thirteen wears OF
age; have two sisters and brother older than nv.
self and one brother younger. My sister subscribes
for THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, and since | have
been here have been one of It's most constant read.
ers and have taken most interest in the corner
devoted to the cousins. This is one of the most
interesting and beautiful places have ever seen:
1t IS situated Immediately on Galveston bay, north
west and ten miles from Galveston the METROPOLIS
and seaport of Texas At night when standing on
the front gallery we can plainly see the lights OF
four lighthouses, which white and the red ight
of a lghtshp anchored in the gulf on the bar at the
entrance of Galveston bay. We can also count
about thirty electric lights in the CITY, which seem
in IL long line md are truly beautiful to behold
My brotherin-law has yacht and goes to town in
1t about once week: her name is the Hally b.
after his sister. About week ago he started to
town about five O'Clock in the afternoon and u
Squat or small gale of wind coming on he was cap-
sized and had to cling to his sunken boat for twelve
hours 1t was a miracle that he escaped, and he
says that the suffering he endured of mind and body
are iIidc scribable His boat rested on her beams
end on the lotion of the bay so that when stand.
ing on her high side he was knee deep in water and
the waves would roll over his head. The sides Of
his boat uIllte rDuui hat ha hod oc1iu
footing at best but by the aid of ropes he managed
to hold on all night and was picked up the next
morning. He takes me hunting, fishing, shilling
and riding with him. Next week will give tho
cousins my experience &C iishergrl for founders
which we fish for at night with torch and spear
Anna Ingram, Alexander CITY Ala: After going
to school all the year t vacation now) feel like
bird out Of cage. feel Ike | could fly to tho
valleys of the Coosa, or ale the mountains of Clay
and breathe the fresh country air We had the
incest commencement this year VIC ever have had.
There were four prizes giyen--two gold medals ono
silver medal and gold pen. One girl won tho
meritorious medal last year and this year too
Don't you know she is n smart girl and her parents
are proud of herr Well, we have had Bill Arp and
Betsy Hamilton here, and papa says If he could Just
have old man Plunkett few days, Alexander
would be on boom and he would be calm and
serene awhile think 1t real mean OF Jumpy Todd
to have made those wasps sting his brother even IL
he did thresh him little, for guess he needed It.
liked to hayo forgotten to tell you about our broom
drill IL is like the military except we use brooms
We gave two exhibition drills during the COM
mencement. Prof Dickson said we ought to have
had prize, but we did not get it. just the same.
Bessie A. MILESTONE, Buyers Mill, Ala: We are
going 10 have fishing froic here the 10Th of this
month, but we do not catch big fish here like somb
of the cousins say they catch. Tho most / ever
caught in one day was forty nine; they were small
perch. am twelve yenrs old love to read very
much. My papa gave me book called Bessie
Melyile;' ] have also read the Little Episcopa-
lian." written by the same author. like them very
much and am sure some of your little nieees would
like to read them. We like THE CONSTITUTION very
much. always read our column first. I have O
slxteen-year sister who thinks she Is grown and
ten-y earo old brother who thinks he Is baby and
takes lots of waiting on. My papa is secretary OF
the Farmers Alliance. I cannot write interest,"
ing letter like some of the cousins but hope you
will publish this. would like 10 correspond with
some Of the cousins.
F. f. Fuller, Kittrelk N. c.: I used to think this
department duh and unintcresting but ii Is real
pleasure to read the letters now. am glad to see
that there isn't so much uniformity as of old. I
congratulate Mabel Ezzellc and May Perry for thelR
success in winning the prizes, and that possum
hunting boy too, but I've forgotten hs name
Cousins let me tell you Of calamity that beell mo
this morning. l decided to 20 down 10 "A branch
near here to get some pretty ferns. They grew on
the edge Of deep gully then, but they grow in thd
branch now. My mother told me not to go after
them, for she afraid would get hurt. / secuted
the idea ana told her that was no baby. Away
went With q basket in one hand and n stick In tho
other. Il carried the stick TO Keep the snakes, tur~
ties, etc, from biting mo-. | found bed Of tho
flowers and, diyesng myself Of bonnet and gloves
crep cautiously along the edge Of the gully, hold
ing TO the bushes rs went | reached the FERNS
and feeling myself fnfc. turned loose and began
gathering them / had got a handful and. laying
them aside stepped u little further to get
come more; but OH, the bank gave way and down
went II pounds Of girl and il seemed TO about
ton Of dirt and ferns on top / don't think
screamed for girl that does not scream at seeing
mouse would not have been likely 10 have screamed
then. Fortunately, there was not much water in
the branch but plenty OF mud got the dirt of Of
me, With many founder, and with the best posi-
bic grace cmwled to the bank had a time get.
ting the mud out Of my hair and eyes. Aner IN
dulging in few hearty laughs, and thanking my
stars that the only witness Of tho scene, went
home, but didn't tell any one about the laughabe
affair.