Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-28

II was at the mercy OF my neighbors' chickens
and many stray COWS and sorry dogs nave
lodged IN Il and destroyed many OF my things.
But I have help at hand. / hired a colOred
boy TO help my Ben and 70 get up ana roll
rocks Gown a steep hill Just above our mouse.
some they put on a wheelbarrow and they got
the use OF old rusty mule and hauled away.
We were a long time getting IN the rocks LOT
we could not work at IL all the time. But
from the warehouse and got out my line ana
stretched Il tight ! could where the fence
was 20 be. in order 10 get it perfectly straight
on the ground l got my garden hoe ana win
the pointed end made mark 10 lay the toun-
dalton Then / raised my line up OH the
ground and tied Il tight to stakes driven up
az each end where the fence was to be, two
al each end the same distance apart as
wanted the thickenss Of my fence TO De ABOUT
a foot. I tied small stones TO each side OF the
lines 10 work BY 10 keep II perpendicular. As
they were needed / slipped them along 10 work
by and now l have a fence that prize higher
than any other kind. because / made II wiz
my own hands. OF course my Ben made up the
cement and put IL in l would put layer
OF the prettiest toughest stones outside and
iii in the middle with small rocks any shape
or kind. then pour over the cement, being care
ful not TO let the cement run through where
81 would show on the outside of the fence.
Well, I went home with my farmer son that
lives four miles out I'm the country; he has
lots Of cedar trees on his place so he cut such
as / wanted and loaded them on a one-horse
wagon and hitched that same old trusty mule
10 IT, a iTOsv her home by the most private
way on" OF res1enI for the people. and 10, eTd
OF youngsters out walking. and one OF the
prettiest girls in town with escort by her
side called cut 20 to know where / got
my job. I told her az Sugar Valley, for that
I where my lives. I got TINT cedar to
make rustic gates for my rustic fence; haven [
got them made yet but hope TO soon. / have
the yard filled in nearly half way up the fence,
just plan ed II today. So you see where theEe
is a VIII there IS a way 10 get things done.
But I tell ron It takes viii power to succeed
In anything.
Just here l want 70 say that Muriel had 20
muster up a great deal OF that ingredient when
she decided wisely TO give up that hand
some sweetheart of hers. when older ones
advised her 70 do God bless all such girls.
and send them better sweethearts for every
dram drinker that they drop. and lead them
20 know how TO say. No 10 a dram drinker
every time Let all true-hearted. good women
hold themselves alOOf from dram drinkers at
all times. and then you will the biggest
wave Of temperance sweep over the land thar
has ever been known. Now Muriel. / certainly
do think you are sensible girl TO take good
advice in time: when you are once married to
a drunkard there is advice then that can
get you out Of more than a peck OF trouble.
When | started this letter / meant IL per-
sonally TO You. Miss Thomas, but you can pri -
as much or little as you see fit. Can't
you come down To Calhoun some time aud see
or beautiful little town? ! am sure that many
or Us would try TO make IL pleasant for you.
Yours truly, MRS. B. +. LANG.