The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-03-04

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James O'Neal. Wabash. d-Dear Junior:
1 am five years old. My papa is a doctor.
i like TO be in his office. | am writing on
his typewriter lie is telling me. l have
but one pet. kitten. L have sled. and
ike to play out doors i'm the snow. like
for papa to read me the letters from the
little boys in The Constitution, Junior
Charley Thracer Atlanta, aG.-Dear Jun
ior: Since my first letter has been printed
Will see how fares second one. | notice
that many of the cousins say that they
have no pretty scenery near them. l adj
wise them TO get a camera and devote their
leisure moments TO amateur photography.
In this way your eyes become trained and
you see many beauties you would otherwise
miss.
In the past two weeks have taken many
pictures with "kombe' and the pictures
have cost less than a cent apiece. l will
send any boy or girl picture of the state
c2pitOi or other Atlanta scenery if they
Will send stamp.
Annie Holland. New Holland Springs, Ga.
- live ON farm two miles north Of
Gainesville. We have a large school-the
Georgia Female seminary. | go to school
at home but l take music lessons at the
seminary. / am fond of music, and prac-
tce an hour each day. l have a fine hunt
Ing dog. his name is Boss. / send 10 cents
for the children's ward of the Grady
hospital.
Leon Kirk McNees Handle, Miss.-Dear
Junior: Ny Grandpa Kirk is n subscriber
60 The Constitution, and | dearly love to
read The Junior. am twelve years old.
am the Oldest Of five children. and you
may know have TO hustle Brother Clay
ton and | so To school to Professor Bryan.
love 10 study, and, IL | had nothing else
10 DO. / would be reading something all
the time. | wish TO ask The Junior readers
two questions: Who is called the father
OF American literature? Who is called the
Quaker poet?
Annie Britt blackwell. Townsville, y. c.
I am little girl ten years old. My papa
Is farmer. and raises oats, wheat, corn,
tobacco and potatoes. | have a little sis
ter named Susie. and she is staying with
my older sister at Creedmore. l get very
lonesome without her. My only pets are
two little puppies named Finn and Pharaoh
Ny school viii be out next week, and 1
Will h. sorry
Papa takes Tie Constitution, and EN-
Joy reading The Junior.
Albert Williams. Hamilton. Ga.-Dear
Junior. am very much interested in The
q stituticn. Junior | Ike the story OF
Little Mr.. TGimblehnser' very much. 1
am ten years old now. and am going to
school Ny teacher Is Miss Minnie. / like
ncr very much She has offered prize for
the boy or girl that VIII 20 one hundred
days without missing word this term. |
have two sisters and one brother, all
younger than myself.
Oman or. Mount Moriah. Ark-Dear
Junior: VIII you let a little girl of thir-
teen join your happy b3nd2 I have never
seen letter from this state. and | thought
| would write one. and my cousin is writ
Ing, too. / like The Constitution. Papa
has been taking IL about seventeen years.
j am always glad when Wednesday comes
that / can read il. our school is out now
and am very sorry. When so TO school
l study history. geography, grammar
arithmetic and spelling.
Haley Johnson. Dawson Ga.-Dear Jun
Tor: As | have never seen a letter from
Dawson i'm The Junior l vii, try to write
a short one. 1 live four miles from Daw-
son, farm. | think The Junior
interesting little paper. / go 10 school at
the Terrell academy. My teacher is Miss
Orrie Parker. | am studying GeOgr1 ply,
history of the United States, era nmar,
Latin and many other books. | will ask
one question. How many square miles are
there in the Pacific ocean?
Annie Orr. Mount Moriah Ark.-Dear
Junior: VIII you let little girl twelve
years old join your happy band? l have
been reading The Junior and il made me
want To write. for like to read it. l have
been going to school this winter, and il
was out last week, and | was very sorry.
| study history, arithmetic, geography,
grammar. fourth reader and spelling 1 am
a little farmer and | picked cotton last
fall and papa sold it for cents.
Marie Louise Smith. Gainesville Ca
Dear Junior: Ii has been very cold here.
the thermometer went down 10 degrees be-
low zero. and snow has been on the ground
for nearly two weeks. | could not go to
school last week, because the snow was
too deep. attend school at the Georgia
Female seminary. I will answer the ques-
ton asked by Judson l. Moore: The first
locomotive was invented. i'm 1890 by
Peter Cooper. Now | Will ask two ques-
tions: When and what was the first mes
sage ever sent by a recording telegraph,
and between what two places was the
message sent?
Alex C. Caison, Taylors Creek. Ca
Having long been silent admirer OF The
Constitution. | will try and write a letter;
| am a farmers son, living in the grand
old state of Georgia. My father takes The
Constitution. and had rather read 1t than
any other paper in the south. II is so in
teresting. l think the Junior Is improving
I live on the banks of the Conoochee
river 1t is a beautiful place to play. Sister
and myself went hickorynut hunting and
found a good many nuts. How many OF
lots of game around here. and like to go
fishing / will close for the time, with
best wishes to the dear old Constitution
Junior.
II Iouise-Dear Junior: have at last
decided to try my luck and write lIIle
Something TO The Junior. Papa gets The
Constitution every Sunday. and l always
read The Junior. I am very much interest,",
ed in the letters and school notes. anu
think Little Mr. Thmblcfinger stories
real amusing. I hope they Will be cohth-
ued for long tre yet.
Charley Thracer / think IL would be nice
70 have a correspondence club and i am
sure I will do all I can to assist. for l am
very fond of writing. Will some one please
answer these questions for me:
L. When was the national fiag-the stars
and strips-adopted?
What president was n good fiddler?
In what war was Lincoln captain and
Jef Davis a lieutenant?
What president was buried at the expense
Of his relatives?
papa is supervisor of the upper division
Of the Southern railroad. l have Teia-
tives living I'm Atlanta l wonder If they
will know me. but guess not. am the
oldest child I am five feet four inches
tall weigh los pounds. have dark blue eyes,
fair complexion and light hair.
Ruth Barrett. Washington Ga.-Here l
come again i'm the midst of your greatly inn
proved circle. This morning l am going
| horseback riding with my sister. | wonder
how many of the girls like il as we'll as
do l 20 10 school to Miss Annie Jackson,
and | don't think she has single scholar
but what loves her very much. il is
country school of forty scholars. hut we
| call IL Thraxton college. / haven't been
TO school i'm two weeks on account of the
| bad weather.
| / have had such a nice time since the
| snow has been on the ground sleigh riding.
4 skating and snowbaling. The snow was
| eight or ten inches deep here. The people
4 hprn iE haC no rat