The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-08
by VIM King, CORTLAND Ave-, Atlanta Ga.

weeks ago. leaving our house again DESC
late as only death car. We live nineteen
miles from Tampa and have a nice bear
ing orange grove on very pretty place.
Have any of the cousins got Little Red
Ridinghood' that they will exchange for
songs or novels? Please to write to me.
Grover Brown, Hickory Grove, s. c.
Dear Junior: / live I'm the country about
four miles from the little town of Hick-
DRY. 1 am going To school now and am
I'm the fifth grade. | like my studies very
much. | like my teacher. too. Our school
will soon close ana | will have to go to
pick ing cotton. | like to work on the
farm. can hoe. pick cotton. and do
other work on the farm We raise corn,
cotton, wheat. cats and molasses cane.
There is gold mine on our place and l
like To go and see the miners at work.
Hazel Brockway. Milstead. Ala.-Dear
Junior: l am eleven years old. My uncle
takes The Constitution and l always en-
joy reading the letters I'm The Junior. We
live In the country a mile and half from
the station.
have no playmates except a dog named
Dash and Il cat named Ona. / do not go
To school, but my aunt teaches me at
home. | am having a vacation tins month,
but viii begin my studies in september.
| take music lessons and am anxious to
play well | like to read very much. Am
fond of fishing, several of us went LAST
week before breakfast and caught thirty
seven.
Winnie Cox, Knoxville. Ala.-Dear Ju-
nior: We have been subscribers for The
Constitution for a long time, but this is
my first attempt TO write. | only wish
Aunt Susie could have been with us this
summer 10 help us enjoy our fruit. We
have had fruit enough - supply the
county. Cousins. our Grady hospital list
is decreasing rapidly. | move that we
all send something, be IL ever 50 little,
once a month. | am sure we can all
send at least cents. Deny yourself
glass of soda or saucer of ice cream and
help To make the occupants of the Grady
more comfortable. | should like corre-
spondents from sixteen to eighteen years
of age; either sex.
Lillian Stephenson. Coushatta, la.
Dear Junior: am little
Louisiana girl, aged ten years, and
my home il on large planta-
tion. situated on the west bank of Red
river opposite the town of Coushatta. at
which place my sisters. brothers and
myself attend school every year. our
college is a large building with pretty
play grounds ana six teachers, including
music and clocution teachers. l am IN
the fifth grade and am very fond of
study, 50 | am quite anxious for next
Monday to come, as our coming season
will open thcn. | notice many OF the
and | wish Aunt Susie would put mine
on there also. as ! am great lover of
the little birds who sing around our door
ana / would not harm them for any
thing.
Flora johnson. Olney. Ala.-Dear Ju-
nior: Every Thursday when papa gets
the papers | turn TO the childrens let
tcrs the first thing. | like TO read the
Womans Kingdom. J have three broth
10.
working on the hospital farm and my
two young 81 brothers are helping papa
and mamma. My papa Is a farmer. |
have to milk three COWS, starch and iron,
tend 10 the litt!c chickens, clean up the
house aud help mamma cook. | wish to
join the Bird Lovers Society. ! think
il is sin To kill birds which do not
harm any one. | have two grandmaS. |
have no grandpa living. ! would like
few correspondents OF my age. fourteen.
I send cents IL the Grady hospital
F,ssie Nethorlin. Diuey Tcx.-Dear Ju-
nior: Since I last wrote the dear cousins
"A letter. papa has been very near the
dark gates of death: he was stricken with
paralysis on the % of July and for sew
eral weeks we had no hopes of his recov-
cry. but thanks be 10 a mcrcitul God he Is
now recovering slowly and Will soon be 50
he can again walk.
agree with NJ &. Tarver; l think
there is nothing better than good novel.
I "
Mrs Eva Adams. Odcna, Mo, telling
about Tommy Lockhart sent the
money for two al his books and wished
one for myself and one To send To
friend. hut never did receive the books:
II he didn't get the money ! VIII send
again. as / am very anxious for one,
! would like To exchange the words to
There's Rainbow in the Clouds Tor
words TO Two Little Girls in Blue
G. c. Burks. Livingston. Tex.-Dear
Junior. As 7 see no letters at all from
this place. and wishing TO chat awhile
with the many happy boys and girls of the
dear old Constitution. ! will ask IL there
Is room for mo I'm the cozy little corner.
! feel like I would enjoy "a hand shake
with all tn dear Juniors. as they write
such nice interesting letters. Were II pos
sible "A grand Jubilee. wherein all of the
Juniors could pactake. ana all meet NJ one
time and place, what "a joyous meeting 1t
y Guild be, The Woman Kingdom ~ also
an interesting page. Guess most Of the
q. usins are going To school now, but |
must 90 10 picking cotton. Texas IS u
line country, and though IT has been ram
ing here all the year, we Will make right
good crops. For fear Of making my INST
visit too lengthy. and with best wishes for
all the dear cousins, Will close. Core
n cndence solicited, either sex.
Alice Donehoo. Mangum. Okla.-Dear
Junior: | am an Oklahoma girl and live
eight miles from the nttle Town OF Man
gum. | like oklahoma better than | 10
Texas our country is SO level and we
have "A great deal of fine grass and plenty
of water. but most of fl Is gyp. Perhaps
some of your cousins have never seen an
Indian II Is very amusing To watch
them trading. 4 crowd of young folks
went To their camps one evening, but We
couldn't get them 10 TAX very much We
asked one squaw the age of her papOOsc,
hut she only shook her head. nave Just
returned from a visit To Donley county,
Texas. to see my cousins. / mad real
nice time while there. but like our coun-
try hest Cousins do all of you like read
in-2 | do for one. | have read several
good books through. l read most any
novels. Brother Young. ! wish you sue
cess I'm your Indian work. Correspondence
either sex.
Claud +. Kelly. Pawnec. Ga.-Dear Jun
Tor: ] have been reading your letters
for some time and think they are so nice.
So l have taken courage to write. l live
I'm Decatur county, a good farming coun-
Try Ny father is "A farmer. He also has
a grist and saw mill. i am his engineer.
although / am nothing but n little boy.
We have for a pet little gopher. We
found IT in the yard when IL was about
the size of A silver dollar. II is now large.
WiU eat biscuit and most anything we
give him. i tried sowing corn IN a circle
Tor the geese as Bill Arp said they
would not eat II, but / found them as
.a.er to get il as if IL was scattered. VIII
-. 80 ~, .o,tcips no kind AS 10 send