The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-07-25
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| our Alabama cousins.
Last summer we entertained large
house party, and one night the boys ga ana
| hay ride and watermelon cutting. 10 all
of the COUSINS we extend cordial invl-
| tation to be present at a watermelon cut
| ting which we will give the LIST of August.
! Correspondence solicited from the cous-
ins over eighteen years of age
| jamie and Robert Dreisbacf, Little River,
| Ala.-Dear Junior: We are two little boys,
five and seven years old. Our papa takes
The Constitution. Mamma reads the Ju-
nor letters and stories written by Mr.. G..
II. Lee to us We enjoy them very much.
We have two goats. which we yoke to a
little wagon. We live on a farm. We
can ride horseback. Enclosed we send you
10 cents for the Grady hospital
Bobhe Rainey Conant Fla.-Dear Junior:
] am eight years old and nave never been
to school day in my life, but my mamma
teaches me. Did any of you little northern
cousins ever aligator's egg? If not.
| will send you one packed in a baking
powder can, if you will send mo seven 2
cent stamps TO pay the postage Sister and
found nest full the other day. The way
they build their nest, they gather a great
lot OF green grass and weeds and make
big pile and lay their eggs under This pile
of grass. and the grass heats and keeps the
eggs warm and damp till the little ahgators
match If you take abe eggs ou7 and tear
up the nest, the old one will build 1t UP
again as soon az you leave IL.
Forrest f. Green. Acworth, Ga.-Dear Ju-
Nor: | Will drop you few lines for my
first. | enjoyed Claton letter Immensely.
How many of the young folks are interest
ed in the war? l have the Atlanta daily
from the time was declared. The fight
in the senate, where the Georgian scaled
the Tennessee congressman'S head with
book which ! thought very interesting. |
will send the papers to any one that VIII
send postage. as they Wiz prove very inter-
CStinG in after years, and if any one has Il
daily of the late war | would ike very
much to get It, What president went out
the back door
CaNic Prather. Az East Fair street At
ianta. Ca,-bear Junior: What is the reason
We DO not see letters from Atlanta? 1t
being the pace where The Constitution is
published it looks like there would be some
letters from here.
| have noticed for some time the improve
ment of The Junior department. Let us
build It up as much as We can. 1T seems
that some of the cousins object 10 unknown
correspondents. l think II is nice, II they
write nice and Instructive letters. My age
is fourteen. Would like few correspond
ents of either sex.
Barnette Lyles. Rehoboth, Ala.-Dear Jul
niur: / am a little glTl twelve years Ola.
NV mother died when | was only six
months old and ! staid with my grand
mother until | Was six years old and then
she died. and | have been boarding out
ever since, and l am now boarding Win
my cousin ana they take The CONSTITUTION
and | like to read the little chiIdr@ns let
trtl I have two brothers ana one sister
and they are all older than mysetf. We
have sunday school every Sunday ana
preaching twice a month, ana we nave Il
Jolly time in Rehoboth
Inaz s Poako, Pcake's Mill, Ala.-poar