The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-31

life has gone.
think Aunt Susie very kind and patient with
the cousins, and thank her ever so much
Will some of the northern cousins write tome?
Gerard B,nks. Caldwell, Texas.-That "Fidler,
from North Carolina wants us boys to wake up and
not let the girls write the best letters and then
Drag about it in our faces. l DO not see how we
are to help ourselves, for, as general thing boys
are too modest to Drag on themselves, and while
know that am smart, good looking, gallant ana
accomplished, yet l am too humble minded to
brag. We Texas boys have long since learned to
let the fair say what they please without con-
tradiction.
see that some of the boys are trying to make
us believe tnat memory gives greater pleasure
than hope. That Will not DO, boys. If you have
any conscience left, you cannot help thinking OF
the times you II ave played "hookey, and Went in
swimming without mothers snowledge. 1t is
very pleasant, no doubt, for the girls to think OF
the conquests they have made, and how badly they
have tire ited the boys, but we cannot remember
these things with any degree OF pleasure
would ike to correspond with some OF the boys
especially those who take music lessons
"Nannie" Clements Gao! Dear Aunt Susie,
how wish YOU could be with us and enjoy the ex-
qui jte pleasures OF country life tor IL season.
Country life and scenery are 80 variable: always
some new enjoyment; canning fruit making pre-
serves, putting up pickles; CHESTNUT hickory nut
wild grape and muscadne hunting.
How do wish could describe the beauties OF
field and forest at this season of the year. Ilrge
small fields OF brown ripe corn, white cotton fields
speckled with red, yellow and brown leaves fields
of sorghum cane with it's deep green fodder and
ripe black and rcd heads; peatieds with their
golden and green pods and purple blooms; apple
trees loaded with crimson and mellow apples-Al
of this boricred with variety OF VIA flowers
and leaves of ali coors OF the rainbow, from deep
red to pale violet or a sky blue.
Can't you come. dear aunt and stay week?
Our school is out next Tuesday, and we viii nave
nothing IN the round world to do but pick cotton
ana peas, strp the fodder from tie mllet stalks,
and help cook. knit, wash, patch and crochet,
chestnut hunt and crack hickory nuts and Wainilts,
and gather wild flowers and have general Jolly
time all the way through, breathing pure mountain
air to our hearts content.
Matte NJ. Dupree, Citra fla have been ST.
lent admrer Of the Young Folks Corner for many
years.
l am going to school and am very fond of IT, and
| am trying very hard to obtain thorough educa-
ton. live in the country but am ike many othcr
country girls like town life best. Most OF we coun
Try cousins don't have advantages IKE town Gii's
have.
NV father has a beautiful orange grove. / have
neither sister nor brother; my mother dled IN
January, so ! have all the housework to do alone.
How many of the cousins are fond or mover
reading? am very fond OF 1t indeed, but am
attending school now and have no time tor read
ing novels OF anything else except my books.
Cousins, the Fl"rid. girls and boys nave hessaI
eating oranges; they are real nice now; some OF
them turning yellow; they LOOK very be%utiiu:
Aunt Susie, come to sec me this winter. VIII
give you all tie oranges you can eat.
Florida girls have never been blessed with the
delightful sleign rides winch our northern cousins
have, but we have all the oranges we can destroy.
am fifteen years or age, anu Wotlu lhC sum,
correspondents, especially from Missouri ana
California.
II any of the cousins VIII send me marching
Through Georgia, viii send In return ~ be AL
Smiles Tonight, Love ana the reply TOO Late.
"Uncle Phil" Lancaster, Wis., anna "Radger,
being horn in Wisconsin; what are you all? 1he
young by hope, dwell III the future, but the ora,
live their lives again through their memory,
having future to LOOK forwarG to.
rheir life ap norama. That is, a picture on
ri GlntU
at a time. Zach day we are painting one OF inc
scenes oS our panorama. Every thought and act
helps to III Ike up the picture.
u e will love 90 back i'll memory and look ut
all those different scenes that we painted IN our
younger days l.; we make each each DAY work
beautiful; but there are TOO apt to be some plots
that mar our pleasure when we look back over the
past.
ike to make rustic notices, short Bible
texts. BY using colored pencils they took very
pretty aad Uut in some nils, or something, Tor
back ground. They would look nice COR nicer) II
painted.
am more afraid of the waste basket than any
thine little girl id about dentist: am m
a dentists Office now, and find that grown Iolhs
are al o afraif of thcn
The "Boss" is at tho Chicago fair, and expect
to go when he returns.
A. NJ Bathurst, Waterville, Ga.-Batftrst is my
nome, but ava better known in this Locality as
"Awl<ward BiI' which, suppose, suits my ma
tura a great deaf bet or than my real name.
will relate q little incident, in which / took a
very lively part, which happened a few days ago,
ans. yen can judge for yourself as to that name
suiting me-
was vending my way slowly and peacefully
along the road going to mill: had not gone very
Tar when net three young ladies.
Now, thought, was good time to show that
was II t half SO awkward and inpoi lite 3s people
supposed, so Stra ghtened self up and trleQ TO
look a. unconCerncd as possible.
just rs | W. about to doll my cap to the young
ladies' the steer, for w driving little old inI-
lev steer to n TWO wheeled 1t, made Il haW pull,
and as there was steep bluff on the left OF tie
road the cart ran OIL. The next instant there was
terrific crash mingled with the loud believing OF
the steer as we tuubleu down the steep embank-
ment.
In my downward course my head came in CON
tact with sarling, ard about h2lf an acre o. halr
was knocked of. must confess that saw forty
eleven millions stars and the moon not excepted.
When had ceased TO tumble, made an effort
to gain u;y feet, which was rewarded by merry
peel Of laughter from above right then ana there,
/ lost my religion, for ! was mad enough to bite
that muley steers horns oil.
was wondering why | could not gain my feet,
when sud- My became aware that In falling my
suSpenders had caught on project ny sllag; SO
there was, suspended between heaven and earth,
and those hateful girls almost dying with
laughter.
kicked and pulled in my mad effort to gain my
feet, but it use. | claimed myself to some
extent, and began to plan some way OF lowering
mysf to the ground.
happened to think of my knife, so, by 4
siderable effort managed 10 get it, and cut my
self loose.
As / lowered myself to the ground there
rapid retreat OF merry giggling voices, and
heard one of them say Isn't he awful polite?'