The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-30


Pauline Smith. Oliver, Ga,-Oliver is a pretty
little st tion on the Central railroad just forty
six miles from savannah.
Papa takes The Constitution and enjoy read
ing the cousins letters. have q sister and two
brothers: My youngest brother is only year ana
few days Old
| havs been going to school, but will have
vacation until the t of September. C"usIns:,i
very much Interested in Edna Brewer viii
yCu tell me where to send my stamps. Age 5.
Send your stamps to Hot Springs, Ark.
Bette Smith, Crawford, Mss.-Ili live in the beau
titul village OF Crawford. My papa is farmer,
and love much to ride the horses from water
to the barn. The farmers have been greatly DIS
coura4ed over the dry weather, but L think all
hay had sufficient rain this week.
Nv sister, oder than myself, has little Edna
Growers photo. enjoy reading her pieces very
much and know from them that she Is "a good
Christian girl. hope ere long she Will recover
from her Illness.
Correspondents solicited. Age twelve
Annie Jenkins, 65S Ash street. Macon, Cal
have often thought when reading the cousins let
tiers in The Constitution, that too would like to
join the band, bat fearing my letters might not
meet a welcome reception have deferred writ
ing, but will now venture, hoping Will be kindly
ived
I am a city girl, and have to stay in the dry,
dusty city all summer, as have an Invalid father.
and have to help my brothers support large
family.
O. how would be delighted if ] could 60 out
into the country and breathe pure fresh air, drink
cold spring water, gather wild flowers and listen
to the sweet songs oil the wild birds.
am vet in my teens, but will not have an OPP
portunity of attending school again. so would
be pleased to correspond with some OF the Older
cousins for improvement.
| will close with best wishes to Aunt Susie and
the cousins, and success to The Constitution.
CLYDE T. Alternately Forsyth Gal think
should appreciate our Corner very much, ana
should strive to make it more Interesting each
week. lam country girl and farmers daagh-
ter, and am glad TO say it, for what occupation is
more honorable than farming?
have very nice time going to Sunday school;
] think it i. much nicer 80 attend Sunday school
every Sunday than to be frollckng around, and
sometimes the lit e boys go to the creek fishing,
and sometimes the nearly grown boys indulge in
such on the sabbath.
Our pro;racted meeting will start next Friday.
anA am expecting to have a nice time.
Well, cousins, what are you going to do on the
day, by Hon. T. Watson and Judge James IA
Hines. Papa is going if nothing prevents. guess
l win spend the day fixing for our meeting.
Correspondents solicited
Fife J. Dauchtry, Aguste, Val live in the
eastern part of Virginia, in Isle of Wight county,
about fifty or sixty miles of the Atlantic ocean.
This is beautiful country, mild and healthtul
and we'll adapted to agriculture. Our principal
virginia contains 100 Counties and is called the
The Mother % States.' Can any OF the cousins
tell why 1t is called the mother of states?
What has become Of boy Afraid OF the Giris?'
not be seen. think If he we're to come down here
IN Virginia we Virginia boys and girls would soon
get him out of chat silly way. The Virginia boys
can back the girls out on the first round
Will some one send me the words to After the
Bsll:'' ] will sendin return Dear Italian Girl"
"Nobody's Darling" or My Old Kentucky
Home"
VIII ask question What queen was eaten by
desire correspondents between fifteen and
twenty, either sex.
W Harris IIurss Waco, Texas.-Wc have been
taking rhe Constitution Tor about ten years, and
would not give it mp for anything, as Texas IS
only our adopted state, having come here ten years
ago from the red hills Of Georgia, and The Con-
stitutIon is Our dependence lof news from
'home,''
waco is, think, the most prosperous and grow
ing city iii the state, having about twenty-five
thousand Inhabitants now An increase OF almost
100 per ct eight years. she is now getting to be
quite noted a. a health resort on account OF the
wonderful curative properties OF our hot arteSlan
water, which was obtained about SIX years ago.
They arc now engaged in building grand. cot
ton palace, which we think Is cong TO rival 'he
do hope it will prove an immense success so
the southern people will find out what grand
state Ftxas is.
do enjoy corresponding much that | can't
stop until ask some of the cousins to write, es-
pecialIy the girls. do love the girls, next Aunt
Susie.
Marion-I has not been long since wrote to
these columns, but in that time l have noticed
some good letters 1t that there are great
many more cousins from the country than the
city but guess it is easily explained
The boys and girls iii town see so much, and
know so much of busy, busting life every day.
that their minds are interested in what is going
on about them, and they do not find 1t necessary
to turn to reading and writing for entertainment
and interest, while the young folks In the couh-
try, weary of the monotony, eagerly read every
thing that comes in their path, and never tire OF
writing letters, only to learn what the boys and
girls in town are enjoying.
Somebody Is always beratng novels. Many
people would think 1t bad business tor novels are
very worthy objects. To person of literary tastes.
true life-like piece of fiction is pleasure IN
the highest sense of the word.
Only think of Dickenss Grand works, ana the
novels of lesser lights; think they have done
much good yet they are only novels. some OF
them true to nature, that almost any one
can lind find similarity between some charae-.
ter and his surroundings and themselves: 1t
peases me to find my own thoughts ana 1eellhgs
expressed somewhere, and 1t consoles me 10 thlhK
that there have been other weak, sinful, peculiar
creatures somewhat similar to myself
enjoyed Aunt Sssir's piece about "Chiidren
and Flowers, and as she says, we are too often not
thankful tor the blessings we have. Those OF us
who have the 10 st advantages could entmerate
many blessings vet it is hard for ME, with a sin
full loving nature, be truly thankful Tor ms lew
blessings, when he sees others. whom ne thinks no
more worthy and deserving than himself, having
all these and SO many, many more besldes ,1
II more OF the boys and girls tloin town would
write, our page would more interesting. EseiS
where in the country is nearly tho same, ana me
cousins waiting OF their environments, give the
letters degree of saneness that Is not AWAY en-
Joyable. Letters from town, would not MAKE tne
page any smarter / don't rhnk but would add
variety.
l have Edna Brewers picture. like her.
The following fairy story is sent US by
Miss Olive Strickland, a little girl who lives
in Decatur. We think it will interest the
young people.
A Fairy Tale.
Long years ago there dWelt in great
iron castle a huge giant named BulbaSog.
He was SO terrible that he was the terror
OF the people throughout all the kingdom.
Even he was feared by the king hllnSel1;
This giant was SO very large that the
steps he took were nearly thirty feet long.
once year he ransacked the country
searching for the most beautiful maidenS
there, whom he seized and carried away to
his castle, where he imprisoned them in