The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-05-13
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Interesting Letters From Our Ju-
yeniIe Writers.

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veniIe Writers.
The following letters were written by Two little
girls to their grandfather his sixty-third birth
day. They were written without assistance. and
are SO nicely composed that it is with great pleas
urc The Junior publishes them.
| Coyington. Ga.-My Dear Grandpa: As a gener-
al thing we get home from school Fri
day than on any other day. The whole school
| marched in line 10 the cemetery. We did not get
| home until after o'clock.
know yOu have been TO many decoration cxer-
cises. but am only little girl ten years old, and
Sunday you Will be sixtythre years old, and that
will make you ffty-three wears older than am.
When you were ten years old there wasn't any
soldiers dead for you to put flowers ON their grave.
put some very pretty flowers on a grave.
Papa went to Atlanta this morning, and is COM
ing back on the evening train.
am glad that summer is coming again.
don't object to going To school, hut all little folks
like vacation, and know that it Will he enjoyed
| 10y your little grand daughter, ROSEBUD.
Is your birthday, think can at least give you a
letter for = present.
Every time hear person say anything. about
his age ALWAYS think of the little verses learn
ell at school. IL runs thus:
ave live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not
breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on n dial.
We should count time by heart throbs. lie most
lives
who thinks most. feels the noblest acts the best
will be the Freshman class next year, il am
teacher.
spring j. here again aud know you feel proud
to have been born IA the spring al the year, be-
cause every thing seems To- lie coming into hIc.
hope many tirthday will find YOU happy and
If possible down here with all OF Us. ana especial
Msfl.-NOnF
Minnie L. Swiss. haywood. Ncb.-Dear Junior:
This Is uy first letter To The Junior, and as have
seen no letters fTOm Nebraska, VIII endcavor to
start the Inst 81 writers from this state.
am little ;,Irl twelve years old. and I GO to
school every day. study leading, spelling, hlsto-
~, grammar. physiology, civil government, arith
nictic, geography. drawing and botany. Gram
mar and botany are my iavorlies.
live in a little town of abou. one hundred and
fifty inhabitants, IN tie Grought-stricken part of
Nebraska. nave one brother vino Is thirteen
wears old
viii answer two questions of Billie Pitch
ford's:
The key Of the Bast.le, which was presented to
Washington by Lac aycttc II still at Mt. Vernon.
Webster sa!d these words ola Alexander Hamil-
ton: lie touched the corpse of public credit and
u rose To its iest."
vii! al, my Junior readers TWO questions:
Who WAS called "PIthGndeT.''
In what century were Hercu1neum and Pom
peii destroyed?
Annie i. Pinson, Floyd, La.-Dear Junior This
Il NV first iCtfer 10 Won have not seen anV let
tiers from Floyd. - I thought that would write.
ENJOY reading The Junior very much.
am fourteen wears old; an farmers daugh-
ter hkc country life much better than do city
llie. live five miles IRON Floyd. lt is very
pretty place, and Is situated ON the bank of Bayou
Macon
have four sisters and two brothers younger
than myself.
viii answer Pearl Marie wagncrs question:
The United states bought the island OF Man
hatton Tor 80
Now VIII asa, question:
What kin Was Ab.shams wife to him before
marriage"
send 10 cents for the Grady hospital.
Clara Smith. II. Marks. Ga.-Dear Junior:
have long wanted to JON your happy band.
Our scE0o! closed las Friday; was very sorry,
for ] like 10 80 very much, hut Will try {" make
myself useful Ey helping mamma with her work.
IEe 18th 81 tins month j. my birtEd.y; | VIII he
eleven years old; and mamma says il ( will he
good and smart. she will give me a birthday din
ner. Ia:,a saws hc will carry me with him to the
exposition next fall, and then hope will have
m Measure of Serin,r Won
viii answer Ethel johnson and Lillian Carriers
riddle. "Ihc OHIO river"
enclose ; cents for the children's ward Of the
Grady hospital.
!. Dan Woodall. Baraesvine, Ga Dear Junior:
like - read the Junior very much. We run
d.iry Farm. am thirteen years old and run
two horse p,uw. Sometimes go a fishing, and
Ne catch them rs big as my little finger! How is
ruiS Tor a I-h story"
The United states paid S',2oe,OOO for Alaska in
49,.
vill ask two questions:
Who did POcahontas marry?
When vas cotton first planted in virginia.
send cents Tor the Grady hospital.
Tmmic DoqUemore. Clopton, Ga Dear Junior:
I come knccging AT your door this morning, and
would he delighted To gain admittance to your
charming circle.
am ,iairyman's daughter. NY father had the
misfortune AZ losing his barn 10y fire, but IL now
rebuilding ~.
I.rothcr and I enjoy reading The Junior and
Little Mr.. Thimbl,nnger very much.
uciusc 10 cents Tor the childrcns ward OF the
Grady hospital.
W. T.. Hunter. Liberty, Ia.-Dear Junior: am
a lat boy ten years old. sm not going TO school
~ present. when did gomy studies were: Spell
lgg, reading. writing, arithmetic ana geography
have two brothers ilNin-, one dead, two little
sisters. avn the oldest Of the six.
Will send The Junior q cents for the chidren's
ward.
VIII answer Edwcls Orrs question:
10 was General Reed who said: IL am not worth
purchasing, but such as am, the king of Eng
land is not rich enough to buy me-"
VIII asa a question.
Who asked Nabal Tor bread for his starving
men,
Jennie +. DunaEan, Dunagan, Ga.-Dear Jul
Nor; cnclos cents for the children's ward of
the Grady hospital.
like To Tcau very much, and | enjoy reading
the Junior more than anything else.
live seven miles east of Gainesville. MY papa
Is merchant aud farmer add the postoffice is at
our place.
VIII close by answering Ethel Johnston's and