Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-27
AN INTERESTING LETTER.

LIZZIE q. THOMAS.
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
Dear Householders: As sit in my coy room
this morning with the beautiful sunlight
streaming in at the windows. l can hear an
occasional peep, peep OF the chicks on the
outside. Even the little mOeking bird that
| pours forth his songs OF love and thanksgiving
seems TO know cold weather is approaching.
Last night was the coolest night we have had
this winter although have had frost rev
mornings and a little ice ON account OF being
so near the Gulf Stream, which is only about
twenty miles from here, the weather is not
| - severe and when have snow IL does not
! last long, which is quite dscouraging to the
| children, as they get great deal OF run
had some lovely nuns last summer; but
/ what was once a beauty has been transformed
into heap OF uglness. beaten by the winds
| and rains and bitten by frost last night.
| have house plant / especially admire, now
| il is full OF red blossoms and blooms the
| greater part OF the time II cared for properly,
| and II can be rooted from cuttings at any
| time Of year.. / am such flower lover can
scarcely refrain from talking about them,
| Our town only has 2,5o0 inhabitants. t1sn-
| ing oystering. claiming and grabbing are the
chief occupations OF our men. We have an
oyster eannerys place where oysters are
| steamed and taken out Of their shells by ne
| GrOes and Bohemians; packed in cans and
| weighed By white girls; sealed and steamed
| again BY white men. The negroes and BOhe-
| mans occupy one room and the whites another.
Il is quite interesting TO see them at work.
Just across the river from here is rer-
/ tilizer factory. q place where commercial nsh
/ are prepared for making fertilizers.
/ In the town is house cabed The Fish
House" There fish are prepared and packed
We are always glad TO see fishing time
| come. as many Of the men Of the place are
fishermen. and at these times money Is more
plentiful and the people seem to feel good and
/ wear plenty Of smiles.
| The country around offers many opportunities
for good farmers and truckers and especially
the latter; as vegetables are scarce and high;
also chickens and eggs. To get country OUTER
is almost an impossihity.
/ In town we have two white schools and two
/ colored, and three white churches, Baptist,
\ Methodist and Episcopal. We have two banks,
/ two large boarding houses with a number OF
| The different churches have their societies.
The ladies Of the town have Civic league or
| ganization.
/ Important things about our little berg.
Christmas Win soon be here, and do wonder
1oM n. ara % ao ~ Se thsv are Rvng Nine
/ live far from me. Oh, how ! wish they lived
/ nearer 50 that We could be together at that
happy time put fate has "a 80 tb IN nS Ssr %e
] viii in heart and mind. ! advise all who can
to spend the day with father and mother,
/ make Il a pleasant day for them; this may be
/ the last opportunity you will have before they
/ or you, are called 70 land where there is no
more pain OF sorrow and where all will be
Now wishing ali merry Christmas ana
happy New Year. say S sn reVSiT; r,,roN
Beaufort, n. c., Box l52.
THAT OLD MAID SISTER OF MINE
Dear Miss Thomas: ] take this occasion 70
TO inform all my friends that that old maid
sister Of mine is quite well and that we are
still doing business at the same old stand-at
While this cold weather continues, I, ROwgan,
am going TO do my best to hold down a rocking
chair in cosy warm corner by roaring fire.
This may be my job until spring, like some
steady Jobs; and IL is a consolation TO know
that the woOdhOuse is full OF wood, dry
saved and piled to do all winter. And what is
even more comfortable than the knowledge
that the pantry and smoke house is full of sub
/ stantial as well as good things to eat. These
l are some Of the fruits of living on a farm
and combining ones brains and ones muscles.
See2 am proud TO inform Mrs. William
Wright that my old maid sister has no bees,
the last swarm she had rose and OF course found
nothing better TO do than sting the end
Of my nose, 1t incidentally clo-ed both OF my
eyes That old maid sister OF mine rushed up
TO apply ammonia, think Of it, applying am
monia 10 ones nosei Ye gods and little fishes,
always shall believe that 1t was aqua fOrts.
That old maid sister Of mine never goes any
where with without a bottle or two or
mediamentum, she says that ] am always get
ting into some sort OF tr0uble and II she
should fail to look after me she does not know
what would become OF me. But when those
bees began to buzz around her, some getting
in her hair, I am here to state that she sur
pTised me, she certainly is a sprinter. If
have an enemy earth, or even any
bearing a grudge against me, ! would like for
them 70 call on me. We, Cor ID have been
looking for Mrs. Fuller to pay that visit, but
J suppose that was only a suggestion, not
premise.
The railroad will be completed by Christmas
and Il nobody comes to me. l. Rowgan, can
90 70 see somebody Don't all speak at once;
but you needn't be bashful with your invita-
lions R0WGAN.
REPLY TO MRS. MILLS.
Dear Miss Thomas: The letters from the
sisters are so very interesting, ] have been
reading them for several years. ! have kept
silent until ] read Mrs. Mills letter Of De
cember 13 and now / cannot longer refrain.
All my life / have been In the best of
ciety and have heard the inevitable sweet
heart" talk 81 those Of sixteen on up 70 frosty
] haired grandparents Why IS II wrongf
, Doesn't ''aI the world love a lOverg'
We meet with them every day, and are they
not spoken OF in other terms only in the Book
OF Books: married woman who thinks II
! have had but the one she married; l trust
she had. but the view she takes Of the matter
Is very suggestive,
. love the old time ways. ! think that some
day; but let all be on the forward march,
and let US realize that there are extremists
all along-peOple who cannot enjoy necessary
pleasures for fear that they may do something
undignified-
Neither do I consider il out OF place, IN
ladylike or anything Of the kind 10 use a little
rouge on the cheeks, IL nature failed TO give
the tint that gives such beauty. Recently l
lady say that just little paint on the cheeks
was pretty -
not be 30 devoid Of a sense Of the artistic and
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