The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-18

ant rambles OF country life, which no town can
afford The girls are doing good part to make this
corner the most interesting of any in the good old
CONSTITUTION and Tor one appreciate their efforts
very much for the think Miss Nellie Curtis's
poetry very good. Miss BERTHE Hunt, pity you
having to stay in those mountains, but am no
duke, so suppose can't help You any. notice in
this weeks issue OF TIE CoNsrirCrIoN an article on
the size Of woman's heart, but Think Aunt Susie
must be an exception to what that writer says. l
will give the cousins riddle:
"Whcn the marriage knot was tied
Betwixt my wife and me
MY age did hers as far exceed
As three times three does three;
But after ten ana half ten years
We man and wife had been,
My age did hers as far exceed
As eight is to sixteen.
Now, boys ana girls in numbers say
What were our ages on our wedding day."
Willard Ford Floy, Ala: Will enswer L. L. Full
tons question. horse gets UP his fore feet first
and cow on her hind feet. And viii answer
Agnes Robinson's question. The letter N is one in
a moment and one IN month, but there isn't in
year. thank the kind cousins and friends for
their kind favors, and owe them q debt of graft
Jude that can never pay, but hope If am spared
to live to prove worthy of their kindness. havo
received seventyfv letters fun of kind words ana
they are worth their weight in gold to me- for they
are good medicine for tie mind. j wish all the
CGuSlilS WOuu Wrlte 10 me. ant answer all their
letters for the scroluia is i'll my hands and arms,
and the bones ache so some times can't WRITE but
will love them and appreciate them lust the same
am getting so can crawl over the house little.
am now taking my fifth bottle of Hoods sursapa-
rilla Love to Aunt Susie and the cousins i send
you some pretty flower seed
Bella Mccain, Rankin. H.. Eta Walton, OF Dry
Rum Miss, agree with you, think If the boys
would improve their time in studying and writing
they could write better letters than they do. Yon
can't read letter from boy but what he has Just
been out fshingor hunting. You never read of one
that has just been studying, Bat then they don't
thinkof anything but sport. lfthey don't get TO go
to town through the day, they must 20 at night
And they throw a hat in the Kitchen their gloves
in the diningroom, pun on their boots in the sitting
room, aud you WIN find coat in the paror and the
rest scattered in the bedroom; sit on the bed and
teur up things in general they put on their best bib
and ticker and go to town You can't get them to
do thing about the house. II you ask them to
bring bucket of water they say that don't belong
to their work. Well, won't be too hard on them.
don't say that you are like all the res, friend
Crockett
Nina Howell Pels, H.. love to read the dear
old CONSTITUTION; think it is the best paper ever
read. live on farm, and / can bind oats and
shock them, too. and my brother shocked them
and could keep up with the binder. ! have been
out stacking oats-or have been helping to stack
today. We have Just finished one big rick and
am little tired. While reading the cousins letters
l noticed one written by Il. s. Crockett, and l
thought would make few remarks lie said:
"Girls DO not work" For my part, say he is mis-
taken, for do as much any one. What is the
reason you talk that way, Cousin Crockett2 wish
you had my work to do win exchange work with
you. l suppose you lay around home and have
your mother to wait on YOU or a sister, If you are
fortunate enough to have one hyou had my work
to do you would soon change your mind. l have
the washlng and ironing to do, aud we have large
washings do the cooking and bnkn9, sewing,
nsnding, and the honsoworl. We have six In our
family. can knit socks stockings and mitteis;
that is all the fancy knitting can do. How would
you like to trade places With me, friend Crockett2
Paris Barnum, Danyille, Ala: / am a school gIl,
although have taught one school; nevertheless |
am not too Old TO be contributor to the chdren's
department, as / am sill In my teens ana wall be
for about three years hence. Our school closed at
DanYille last June. We are of for vacation now l
viii say to ]. l.. Cato, OF Warrior station, Ala that
think he could make his living In no moro honor
able way than by farming. In the language of
Plunkett, "Too many of our boys are G-tryin' TO
leave the farm" My nome is In the country ana
would not exchange 1t for life i'll any city. ] eli
joyed reading Berta A.sletter very much; hope she
will write again. Our fruit is ripenlng now. / wish
some of the cousins were here to share 1t with u.s.
We have nice selection OF choice peaches We
have n.ce ripe peaches from the third week IN May
until October. Ny father is physician We i,e
on a farm tWo miles south Of the litte village of
Danvllc. Here comes another girl with word for
4. L, Crockett But not to rcproye, / imagine he
has decided not to write again, as MI of the girls
scem to "yiew him with critics eye" As Tor my
self am real glad he expressed himself IT'S true
cannot agree with him ia all he sad but If no one
hGd learned lpw lie regards his fair "a cousins no
one would have tried to convince him that he was
IL
gone down to his grave thinking all girls were
worthless, novel-reading creatures. Asst is there
has been 30 much said to the contrary, perhaps he
may change his mind Doubtless he VIII yet ask
some one Of them 10 share his fate, "for better or
for worse" Give us some more of your ideas,
II. s. c. and let us try to convince you that VIC are
not all worthless novel readers.
Pauline A. Thompson, Koscinsho Miss: do
enjoy reading the letters mnch, think we can gain
lot Of Information from the cousins and especially
from Aunt Susie. She writes such nice lettefsl We
had n regular northeastern gale here the 10th inst,
and one Of my cousins was visiting me at that time
and VIC had to stay indoors nil day; but, neYerthe-
less, We had Jolly old time as we generally do. !
haven't any pets like most Of the cousins; really
don't have the tine to spend with them. / am a
country girl and can DO any kind Of domestic work
and have lots Of It 10 do but, however, / succeed
very well and have q nice time eooking--its awful
TO have the name Of a cook isn't tn ] am an
expert, all the same am GeorgiaD and don't
like Mississippi well ns do Georgia, although ii
is ss fine state as there is in the south.
Chas A. Flag, Jefferson. Colo am n Missouri
boy, having Just come 10 the mountains a few
months ago for my health, ana or an used to d
prairie country, the mountains Of much interest
to me. an in the noted South Park, the altitude
Of which is about 1900 feet But off 10 the west.
about fifteen or twenty miles, although II looks bnt
q short pace lies the snowcapped range which rises
70 ABOUT 1900 feet IN height Hay is the principal
product here, aud being very rich commands high
price, being now $40 per ton. There also large
number Of cattle in the park would DO pleas.,l
10 hear from some Of the cousins and likely we
could have an interesting correspondence. Every.
body likes THE CONSTITUTION here they say 1t is
sure enough democratic paper, and that Is what
makes 1t 80 dear 10 me.
Grace T. Dyer, Plainheld M0ss; thought
would write to you and tell yon about a party
went 10 Wednesday, August LIST, Cor one Of my little
friends, Alden Holden II was In celebration Of his
tenth birthday. We had a very nice time. There
were twenty-five there. Tie boys had nice game
ball and the girls had croquet and other games
Amer we tired Of this tho bell rang for supper
which we enjoyed very much. You ought 10 have
seen us after we were sea cd at the table We all
l4t, all NH ,oIfb pfl,.