The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-16

next Monday. / will be glad. 1 have a
beck, Little jolly Jingle from M1ther
| Goose" that will let Katie King have to
Itad II she will pay the postage to and
/ frcm. / would give It to her. but 1t Is
present from my old teacher. 1 have two
pets, a & fine dog named Tip and ana sre,o eiedie ne
ccme and stay while with us this sum-
.ner and eat watermelons and peaches
and rest while. for | know she o,nn needs as
come. want to see them both together
| IL this don't find its way to the waste
basket. 1 will write again.
Lois L. Peoples. Lodi. Miss.-Dear Jun
| Tor: l have been a silent admirer OF the
Junior page for a long time and nave
OF then thought of writing a letter, but for
lack of courage 1 have failed to do SO
| until now. | am a little girl only thir-
| teen years Old. 1 can sew, COOK. ana, IN
| fact. do most any kind of housework.
| l live In the country and ENJOY country
| like city life better. We expect TO move
| to town in the fall 1t seems that all OF
the cousins have pets. ! DO not 'n,nR thaR
any one could have anything better IMAM
| "a pet of some kind. especially the KIND
| l have. which is a little baby Drother.
His name is John. l think he y the sweet,
| croquet set, and we have such jolly times
| playing. especially when my little cousins
visit me- How many or TIE cousins nke
| TO go to scnool? l do for one l went 10
| school last winter In town py name
| of Eupora and enjoyed 1t better than
| any school j ever attended 1 nave , peeh
studying telegraphy and like 1t real well.
| l can send and receive very well, so my
brothers. who are operators, say.
Lena Keith. Cookville. Tex.-Dear Ju-
| nior: Cousins how many of you Ike 10
| go to school? /. for one. like TO go very
| much. and shall be real sorry wnen my
| school days are over. Tor Some OF uIc
| happiest days of my life have been spent
In nhnn /
| miles north of the little town or COoh-
| vile. and II is. indeed. small town. nav
| ing three churches one schooinouse oli1
hotel, two blacksmith Shops one Hliii anu
| gin, two drug stores. one depot. post
| office. four dry goods stores tone DricR
| and printing ofhce. would pe siaH -
| have any Information concerning MRS;
! Professor James Cox. who taught sch0ol
| at Cookville about twelve years ago oIie
| was "A native of Georgia. but LETT Georgia
| and came to Texas; she lived at Mt: I1r-
| non. Tex, before she came to Cookville'
| / nave great faith In the old Constitution.
| and / know that II is read az over ny
| United States, and | am conndent that
| some of her friends or relatives VIII see
| this and will send me her address If she
| doesn't.
J. n. Baily, Marshall. Tex.-Dear Jun
| ior: | notice so many nice letters In The
| Constitution that l want to write let
| ter from my part of Texas. This is
great country. We can raise any kind
| of fruit or vegetables. corn and cotton
| | will take books for my subject. / do
| think that the books we read have much
to do with forming our characters l
like books. but l think they should De
| good ones. If are not competent TO
Judge for ourselves we should have some
older person to select our books for us
| our parents should keep vigllant look
| 10 that. / like to read histories and books
| OF science: also | like fiction If 1t Is good
| in its moral teaching. John Halifax.
Gentleman" scotts novels, the TiGar mna
to read them. But. cousins, / do think
that much of the cheap literature is in
| furious and should not be read. VIII some
| OF the cousins tell me some of the good
books they have read? Correspondence
| solicited.
Hattie L. Stevens. westport. Ind.-Dear
| Junior: / am eighteen years Of age and
| live on a farm of 400 acres My parents
are dead and | live with my uncle and
aunt They lived In Louisiana before the
| civil war and my uncle was negro over
| I have three brothers and one sister.
| The boys are married. My sister and older
brother are In Texas. one Is in Kentucky
and the other one in Indianapolis AT
| school this coming winter. i graduated
in the common school last year
1 read in your paper not long ago a
| boys idea on novel reading. Some OF his
| thoughts are real good. but l cant agree
| on all he said. L think 1t all right to read
a novel once in while by a good writer
| | don't make a practice of reading them,
| but | have read some that were very
Instructive. l like e. II. Roe's works. They
| have morals. How many of the cousins
| have read the novel True TO the Old
| Flag?" / am reading 1t and think 1t a
| splendid book 1t Is the English story OF
| the revolutionary war.
| / will be glad to hear from the southern
cousins If any care TO write TO me.
| Ellor Hamon. Niston. Miss.-Dear Ju-
nior: 1 am so busy with my flowers and
| pets. but will take time to describe my
| country homo. My papa is a farmer; our
! house Is so near long, circllng mountain
| that there Is just room between them for
| an orchard and garden. Out OF tnls noun,
| tain. near our mousse. ho"s a poid cola
| spring; TO the north is skirt OF timber
| and the home ana farm OF my dear grand
| ma, who died last July. To the east Is
| our farm. extending back into the creek
| bottom; ~ the south ~ the once ciIu-
| waited lands that now furnish an album
dance of PASTURE for the many cattle that
| roam over them 1t would take too mucn
| space to tell you all the wild fruits that
| grow around our home. Cousins, L ara
| small to my age, fourteen. My mamma
died when / was two and one-half years
| old. | have one siStel, sixteen, but. un-
| fortunately, she is cripple FOR life. L
have two elder brothers and one little
| half-brother. named after the ulustrlous
| Henry Grady, OF your city. / had step
| mother, but She is dead. Sister and
keep holse for papa We both like TO go
| to the lieiI and help plant ana noe, time
| PASSES pleasantly We shorten the rows
! by the songs we know 80 well.
Wesley Weatherly, Rulevlle. Miss
| Dear Junior: AS l saw my other letter In
| print, | thought 1 would write again; 1t
is so lonesome, 1t helps to pass away the
| time. | am still at ST. Josephs hospital,
| Memphis, Tenn. l am walking around on
| Crutches now; about two or three weeks
| ago / was down In the back yard and fell
| down ana sprained my ankle, but L
| didn't hurt my brokeE reg at ali. My an
| kle gave me s.ome trouble for while. l
| had TO stay in the bed Tor about week,
! but now 1t is all right. guess Will nave
| TO stay here some time vet. Nobody
| They are going all the time. and they arc
| so good and kind to you: We are having
some bdd weather; it has ralncd very
near ever day in this month. 1t is very
| hard on the farmers; they can't Work,
and the weeds and grass are about to take
| the crops, and l am afraid they won
make very much if 1t don't stop. Mamma
was up to see me about seven or eiSht
weeks ago 1 was very glad to see her,
and | wanted to go home with her very
| bad, but my doctor wouldn't let me. MY
doctor came near get; ting hurt badly the
other day; he was going toward the city
| from ST. Josephs hospital, when the
| buggy was overturned and he was dasheu
| several feet. At first IL was thought that
! he was badly hurt. He was brought back
! into the hospital, and after <bd ex-
animation. found no bones were broken
| only bruised up a little. that was all.
Lizzie ]. Spiers, Trial, S. C.-Dear Ju-
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