The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-06-28
SARGE PLUNKETT
BlaCkberrieS Are Ripe and the Country
Is Now Safe.
A SEWING WOMAN OF THE CITY
She Tells of Some of the Hardships
To Which They Are
Subjected.

BlaCkberries are getting ripe, the drought
is broken. and the prospects for a good
crop were never better.
Everybody in Georgia should rejoice and
We rejoice with them. The fields are the
clearest of grass that l ever saw them. one
of the blessings OF dry spring The long
drought was just at the right time, and
the farmers prohted by it in a degree
seldom seen before. The only complaint 10
bc heard is that crops are small-cotton
is very small and corn is nothing 10 braS
on The oat crop was not encouraging,
bur wheat is all right and there was a
lot more planted than We had thought
Nearly all the farmers viii make wheat
enough to do thvm- There may not ie
much profit in raising wheat when Hour
can be bought so cheap but il makes us
feel good 60 look at the shocks in the field
and hear the threshers humming around
thu. scttlements-a home whore enough OF
everything TO live upon is raised has an
air of cheerfulness that is never seen
among those who so TO the west for their
supplies in meat and bread.
1t does me good to watch the young PEG
PIE Ii is just the happiest time with all OF
Them. Tor they live in happy anticipation
of the good time that is just ahead. and
Brown says that there is more pleasure
in pursuit than in possession one more
month and crops VIII be made and big
meetings Will commence. Fine home
hiding places and chickens are already set
asd. for the company and "bis days
at church. The young met are seeking up
their horses and the girls arc getting their
pretty ribbons and saSEes, and such
time as they will have will never he known
under the rad Of bicycles, sweaters and
boomers We don't exactly know what
sweaters and boomers are. but we can
imagine that a girl pedalng a bicycle on
a hot July day would be far from starch
ed up pcnicker if there was not some
thing to pro Sct against her danpnNSS-
Bicycles may give 4 SRI an Independence,
and they may be fully in the bounds Of
propriety as the horses, but the riders
will never look as swee; and cool as tie
pretty girls of the country who conSrcgat"
in the shades of the trees around the OH
churches through the big meeting time
that is just i short time ahead.
Nor do The old people Of the country fail
In receiving their full share of country
blessings The old man of the country :
I'm his glory ut big meeting tine and the
wrinkles are all cleared from his brow aS
he hears the rain patter against the Old
church and the thundcrs lumber out and
away in the direction % his little crop.
The Old peoplc of the towns caa feel no
such pleasures In fact thv Oh man of the
towns is a back number. There are mighty
few places for him to fill. Railroads 90 not
want an old man. nor the street cars, nor
the police. nor the storeS-all these posi-
tions must be filled by young men 1t Is
the tendency of the times to do vfithou,
the old man. and TO such an extent has
this become apparent that We night well
ask. what is TO become of the old people of
the towns2
There are many things to lie seen in
CITY that makes this question pertinent,
and il involves the old woman as well as
the old man. All the world is ready TO
give out sympathy TO those VINO are
strong and who might be able 10 make