The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-16
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| this opportunity. We may some day be invited
| over to The 18th page. A., ,,;u,.o,,
What has become of "Boy AFRAID CT sne u,, d 10
| 1 think some girl has captvated that boy, ana ne
is ashamed write any more am happy TO say
! have met boy who was ARID Oh the siris'
| imagine they would be hard to taiiie.
| Aunt Susie, L spent last summer IN your St.te,
| and oh had such jolly time. Would tnat i
| could spend few months there this summer uuc
since cannot will stay at home and enjoy tho
duties and pleasures find here. s.s+ ,o++orso
1t will never do for 60 make my hrst letter SO
long and tlresome, so goOdby till come again.
Willie WALL Lawrenceville, Gal write to ask
you to please to let one more little noy 10 nave
place in your happy circle ! am little motner-
less boy twelve years old. have pa; he Went
west four years ago He left me with my i,, uncle !
have not heard from him in two years. When last
heard from he was in Mississippi; please help me
to hear from him. his name is William Wall. You
or any OF the cousins VIII greatly ODl1ge me.
Grandma takes The Constitution.
Emma Jackson Lost Mountain, Gal have been
a silent admirer of The Constitution for some
time, but never attempted to write until now. My
papa has been taking The Constitution ever since
can ana ,he }nat of npt Mountain
am a country girl and like to live in the coun-
try | will answer Kate Bowles' conundrum:
The three authors-you would feel inclined to
name would be Dick MS, Hewitt, Burns.
| will also answer of "E. L. C.'s questions:
1t was Ponce de Leon who went in search OF the
fountain of youth
Leila T. Mckenzie Beeville, Texas.-I have been
q silent almlrcr OF the Dung folks since
the first of May. l love SO well toread the cous-
ms letters that thought wouldwrite one, too.
My home has been in Beevle since December Z,
1892 until about three weeks ago, we moved out
two miles from town on a little place papa had
purchased and had a house built on. Our house
Is not finished, but will be this week all but paint
ing. Louisiana is our native state.
like Texas very well. but OF course one always
has tender feeling for the old home.
will answer some questions seen in last papers:
A fish feels cold because it has cold blood.
The honey comb is substance which grows on
the under part of the bee.
Lawrence's last words were, "Don't give up the
'.Who run? Do they already: Then die hap
py," were Wolfe's last words.
Correspondent Is solicited.
Will C. Henry, Shelby, n CAS- 1 see letters
from lnvallds in The Constitution sometimes,
thought / would write to the cousins, being an IN
valid for over two years. not being able to sit up
or walk. have to write lying on my LETT SIDE
NV mother is also an invalid. We spend part of
our time reading when not suffering too much.
We like The Constitution very much. certain
ly do sympathize with ali who are afflicted and
have to he confined. | hope little Edna Brewer
will soon be well. | think, cousins, you ought all
try to help her. know all of you can send her
stamps, which seem small to you but Will help her
a great deal. | would help her If could.
Cousins. if any of you, or any one who read my
letter. wish to and cam will send us some od pa
pers or anything to read to help pass the long, not
and weary summer days, will be thankfully re-
ceved We ad most anything; L like politics,
and ain a democrat
Ii my letter does not find the waste basket,I
will try some time in the future to thank all who
send us something to read, or write to me, by
writing again III The Constitution.
May it live long and do much good for the peo-
pie In the stand which il takes for their good
Emma NJ. HUFF Bonita La have long been
silent admirer of the Young Folks Corner, but
have just gained courage to write letter.
l am now enjoying vacation If we don't mind
the boys will get ahead OF us IN letter writing 1
have pets but my books
Have any of the cousins ever taken Faust? 1
have for one.
give up the ship were the dying words OF Cap
tain Lawrence.
Nova Scotia was called Arcadia before 1T was ia
ken from the French.
DO any of the cous MS like to fish and ride horse
back: do. like to read the letters from Aunt
Susie, Sarge Piunkett, Bill Arp and Talmage.
1--we in the country. like history better than
any of my studies. enjoy reading Berta Smiths
letters very much. We had splendid teacher
will close by asking few questions:
How old was Louis Kossuth"
Who wrote the history of Louisiana?
VINO was called Fighting Joe?''
In what ship did Mason and Slidell run the
blockade?'
Correspondents solicited. Age thirteen.
Willie and Adalia Mclean, Age IL and 10, Wills
Point Texas.-We have come to tell you about our
our beautiful country. We arrived in Texas in
November; found all plants perfectly, and the
rose bushes had buds in January, when all the
plants were killed, but they have been blooming
since March | wish could SEND Ailn susie IL
bouquet have thirty different kinds. think
likely you have never seen so many different kinds
in bloom at the same time.
Our pIairieS are beautiful, the grasses are green
the year round and 1t is covered all summer with
the most beautiful flowers of all sizes and colors
0, we have SO many beautiful birds. think the
fire bird the pretticst it has three colors arranged
in broad stripes. blue, green and red 1t builds In
small flower bushes The next is spotted canary,
the male Is black and dark red while the female
is yellow and fawn, about the size OF the little ca
naries we buy the markets and sing as sweetiy
| notice tie English sparrow, except 1T is
not 50 plump; they build ID our vegetables; we
have two nests in the bean vines and one in the
Irish potatoes. Mocking birds are very plentiful;
also larlls and doves.
We see so MANY nice birds of every kind here,
that we have decided that the Texas boys are not
so cruel little birds the boys in our oo state,
Georgia, it may be that rocks are not 50 plent-
full, as it is more fun for them to kill the large
rabbits OF which the country is full. We have
Killed several of the large cared KIND that were
very large. and the ears were as long as my hand
ana two inches and half wide. We catch the
young cnes and keep chem several at time; they
are so easy tanned.
You a full grown one quarter OF mile
away il The grass is net too high.
We help our mamma cook, wash, ana 10 all
kinds Of house work.
We wish Aunt susie and the cousins had some
of our nice trult as ours was not killed
Maud NJ and Eva j. Rice Almon, Gave are
two sisters Maud is nvas pet, and Eva is Mauds
pet, and we think great deal oil each other. we
both wrote letter apiece some time ago Tor the
published. we have concluded that both are IN the
waste basket. and thought it would never do to
write any more.
But some questions out in the last number
VIII CHI we desire to answer and we thought we
would pn5 heads together this time, and try 30
fix up letter that would not 80 to tue waste Das-
ket. two heads are better than ore, II one is a
goats head. First, We will answer Ira Il. Dudneys
question:
In the year 1852, the English reformed the cal
endar by taking eleven Gays from September, call
ing the third of that MONTH the fourteenth. This
made the twenty ii TIL of December (ChriStmas)
following come eleven days sooner, and if these
eleven days had not been taken from September,
what W now call January 9Th would have been
calico ID ,cembcr 25th (ChrsImaS) Hence, Janua-
ry 9TH Is called Old Christmas.
Josie i,ost's question: The last words of Gen
eral Wolfe were: Now God be praised, l die
happy"
Cora Belle Galliher's question: Moses was called
Moses because he drawn out OF the water
Moses means taken out OF the water
Olga McDuf1e's question: The stamp act
passed March s, 1861 on Friday.
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass, De-
cember 22, 1920, on Friday.
Columbus first landed ON the island OF Hayt,
October IL 1892, on Friday.
Robert Sidney HeggIe's question: The eyeid
forms curtain.
Ben Galiher's question: A rabbit is smaller
than hare.
Now, will ask some questiOns
Who preached the first funeral sermon?
Who AtyS?
Which is the largest river in the world?
What lang uage is the following sentence in?
"Denn meme schafe haven meme stimme und lch