Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-26
An Interesting Letter

Dear Household: The reason ! write to this
page as often as 1 do is because / enjoy
writing to it, and would write oftener but for
my limited education. have been quite busy
since I last wrote to the Household; helped my
husband hoe cotton until he finished, and have
been drying and canning fruit and making jelly.
The way make jelly is to use two glasses OF
good rich juice to glass Of sugar, boil the
juice Is or 20 minutes and skim before adding
sugar. l want you who have been putting as
much sugar as juice to try my plan and you
will make a lot more jelly. l also send you my
recipe Tor making peach preserves. 1 am afraid
am too late with IL for this year, as the
peaches are about all gone, but it will keep.
To six pounds OF peaches (fix as IL to CAM add
three pounds Of sugar; let set over night then
cook till the juice becomes thick syrup. This
will make one-half gallon when done. Can and
seal and they will keep for years.
Well. this is the time Of the year when every:
body is at their best, or seem TO be. lot OF
people who don't and take their dram ut
Christmas time make out when summer comes
that they true followers OF the Lord. just
because they don't want anybody to get atter
them TO do better, and at protracted meetings
something may be said to them that would not
be said ut any other time Of the year. try
TO live a Christian the year round, but / know
| don't live like / would love TO, but IL Is my
own fault. l fear l don't pray enough, and
get worried about little everyday matters anu
says the tongue no man can tame; but we could
pray for more patience.
/ notice lot Of the Household members are
reading through the New Testament this year
/ have read several of the gospels and expect
to finish II before the year Is ended. Did you
ever stop think OF the epistles as real letters
10 real churcheE2 Stop and mink OF IL tuaI
way.
Busy Bee when / read your last letter just
felt like halloing "Hurrah for Busy Bee
read all your letters with the greatest OF In
and wis I lived close TO such line
Christian lady.
As to women voting. 1 believe It will be a
long time yet before are allowed to cast
vote. l have not seen a man in this part OF
north Georgia that favored voting, or woman
either. but If l had the chance l sure would
vote for Hon. Hoke Smith. ] have heard Joe
Brown spent So, 900 to get elected In the last
race and his men claim that IL Hoke Smith gets
to be governor Of Georgia again that cotton VII!
go back to cents. If cotton should fall IL Will
likewise fall evcry where in the south, and he
will not be the governor OF but one state. Of
course that Just shows the peoples Ignorance
that viii think such a statement possible, ana
there is a lot of ignorant people In the state
which is another cause for compulsory education.
I hope the time is near at hand when every
child Of school age will be compelled by the
law to go TO school. 1 have lived in the past
in a settlement where there was as many y
seven or eight grown people who could not read
or write and school houses scattered all lover the
Say. what do you all say to each badge sendins
letters a little oftener? Do you feel SATISFIED
to stop as soon as you get yUuE -. a..
The Whitfield sisters haven't had letter In
our mage in a long time. Come again. l am
the one who sent you that so cents and the
list Of all who gave little TO II. l have
forgotten your address. II has been two years
next Christmas since / sent you that little
present.
/ find II as hard to stop as II Is to COM
mepce but / WIN quit by saying: Miss IhomSs
7 wish YOU were here TO help me eat fish; we
have three baskets in the river and we have
caught as high as 90 in one night One weighed
nlr fbrpa mounds. 7 viii gO0N-Dv. WIN
love to all. MRS. BOlAA ONEhbi'
rnnrrnrv Branch Ga. Z. T. ID. No. 1.