The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-03-30
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| NJ. V. Holsenbeck Note, Ga.-Dear Jun
| Tor: / always enjoy reading The Consti'n-
| ton, especially the Junior page, ana 'he
Woman's Kingdom. As TINS Is my III St
| letter will not take any subject
| / certainly can sympathize with ANNE
| Lou Patterson in the loss OF her mothei'
! for |, too, have lost my precious mother'
| the dearest and best friend on earth;
! When my rlother died felt that my an
| was gone. Then ! thought OF my ihNdiiu
| sister and little brothers and SISTERS VINO
| had to be taken care of. so | went to WORK
and did the best | could for them. ana
now my sister has left me Though luil
of SorrAw and grief try to be submissive
to Gods will.
have had experience in housekeeping
and must say dearly love it. Best wishes
to the cousins and Aunt Susie. Core
spondents solicited.
p. S.-please find enclosed cents for
Grady hospital.
Della Roberts. Buford. Ga. r. F. D"
No. Dear Cousins: will try and de-
scribe my home, as I think it is the pref
ticst ever saw. 1t is situated about three
and one half miles from The thriving little
city of Buford The house is surrounded
on the north and west by a thick grove
Of oak and pine trees There is a large
shade tree standing in the edge of the
front yard and a large grape vine shades
| the back yard in summer. our yards are
large and white Sister and I are going
to try our best to have pretty flowers this
year for ! think flowers arc so pretty.
IF any one knows the whereabouts Of
my aunt. Mrs. Sarah White DIETER known
as Sis) would he glad to hear from them.
When last heard from was in Birming
ham, Ala.
Ja'bez ELAN Curry Marion. Aia.-Dear
Junior: My mother has been reading the
letters of the Junior department to me.
| was much interested in the letter writ
ten bE Clement Avant. asking if any one
could tell him what the first message was
sent across the Atlantic. | can. for one;
it was Glory to God in the highest and
on earth peace, good will toward men,
have been going to school but had to
stop on account of sickness. | try to
improve my time reading. have read
eight of Jacob Abbott's works and like
them so much. am twelve years old.
| have one sister and two brothers. All
arc younger than myself. We live about
mile and half from Marion. Our
town has about two thousand inhabit
ants We nave nice schools and churches.
My sister and myself attend the Raptist
all Aunt Susies rules and that my let
ter won't be thrown in the waste basket.
With best wishes to all.
Mary Hamilton. CatooSa Ind Ter
Dear Junior; Nothing affords me more
pleasure than reading the nice letters
from the cousins and Aunt Susie | live
in the beautiful little town Of Catoosa in
the Cherokee nation, and like TO live here
very well. We nave only been here four
months. We left dear old Alabama in
November and it was so sad to part with
my old home and loved ones.
How many of you cousins like 10 go
10 school? | do, when | have Il good
teacher. have been going ever since
Christmas and will go until May. We
school girls ana boys are going fishing
some Saturday before long and wish a
with us
The prairie grass and wheat fields are
looking pretty now. This is a fine cattle
and grain country and cotton does well
We have Sunday school and preaching
here ever Sunday.
will come again and tel you more Of
the country Love to Aunt Susie and
the cousins.
Y 7. Seath Olney. Tex.-Dear Junior:
see some of the cousins have been dis
GUESSING education, and one or two other
is coming fast and the schools will all
soon be closed. and the boys will have ia
take up the pillow and the hoe. But don't
lay down your books, you can study them
at night and on rainy days until crops
are laid by and then you can study
all the time if you like. And when the
school starts again next winter. instead
OF having to commence right where YOU
did this last winter you Will find that You
are even farther advanced than yOu was
when YOU quit school
! will close for fear my letter is grow
! ing too long. hoping some one may proht
by my advice. Correspondence solicited.
| H. T Franklin. Garland Ark.-Dear
Junior: | wish to say a few words in re-
| gard to the piece written by Rebecca
Renie Lee in regard to the alligato She
said they did not open their mouth like
| any other animal, but worked the upper
! Jaw. She is honestly mistaken. They WORK
! their under Jaw just like a human ne
| ing. ! have been living on Red river for
| 10 years. and have seen many of them.
| Have had several small ones for pets,
and their under Jaw worked just Ike
mine. | am satisfied she thinks she was
! right. but she must have heard some ono
! say that the upper Jaw worked. but there
! is no reason in it. Their mouth is just like
| 4 lizards
Some one else wrote telling how dan
| gerous the alligator was. He is almost
! harmless. if you win not tease him.
| have mad my dog to swim the iake on
| several different occasions whore they
were plentiful. and never knew one 10
| bother him.
! II anybody wants to know any more
! about the alligator theY can write me, OF
| / will give it through the columns of
this paper | have found as many as 81
! eggs in one nest. have cut the little ones
| out. They are nine inches long when you
| take them out of the egg.
! Benlah Yarbrough, Abbeville. S. c.
| Dear Junior: | hail from the old Palmet-
! to State. ! have long been silent adj
mirer of the Junior page and dearly love
! The Constitution, especially because it
/ comes from my dear old birth state.
Though Georgian by birth, was raised
! in South Carolina. | have no brothers
or sisters. so you may know ! get rather
/ lonely sometimes.
| My dear mother sleeps in a quiet Gem
! etery among the hills of north Georgia
and my father lies beneath the sod in
+, far-away Texas.
NV mother having died when / was a
little babe. my father brought me to
This state and gave me to his uncle and
/ aunt always had a desire to visit