Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-25

thfnE We could Daring SIMMER I help with
the nOusevOrk. ice. raise e2ieAsns ana San;
three hundred tins OF tomatoes beans and
.prIes; also peaches. blackberries. huckleoer-
RES. grapes and muscadines- Here Is me
method for cannins the grapes ana
-zuscsdlnes: Wash. pulp Put puIps In Kettle
and cook Then press pulp through a seive,
leaving seeds. Put hulls ana pup together
add little water. COOK and seal IN glass
lars II IL Is 20 be used for making jelly
can only the Juice We find II quite heip
e. ii requires - much sugaT TO preserve maea.
Whsu me preserves OF Jelly is needed open
Jar. add sugar and cUoG down With the SUD
iacr OF canning dismissed. give me schoolume
and In hauuy Am I'm the eighth grade and
-. al ssssstsopsI work. . live in Etowah
eounty, rot far non three thriving little towns,
Alaoans City. Gsdsden and Alfalfa SaosaeL
the eOgnty seat Sinssse zir y1IE Neil
Gallant. Ais
ussr Aunt Julia: Thought / would drop in
= minute OF the. Ny subject Is about can
mag 1 thiak that Is 4 gUOd ideA. IL every
family in TIE United States would can enough
% fruit and vegetables 10 last them az me
year and twenty-five TO let the soldiers have
Enat are in France. IL would help Us and then
too. NJ mother has one hundred three half-
gallon lara filled With peaches, one hundred
twelve quart jars Of peaches, tomatoes, sweet
pepper. grapes. black5eEries and picklellie, tive
gallons OF brine cueum5ers. twenty five gallons
- s.ris reesiveE and viii Be awfuIIy glad to
set them. Hoping 10 get showered with let
tsrs. remains, with love to all. your cousin
Berry. Ala, r. J. asa DohoISh-
Dear Aunt Julia: ] am married, ny hus
band takes The JouTnsl and I've been thinking
eptoT ressinE ths cousins letter box and the
letters seem to get better with each issue
I live in the cOantrv on hish level hiil. We
have a beautiful hJme stsrt=d an! we sre 70
proud Of IL : have C:sat desire iU 1--we IN
q farm and have let's II god things TO cat
and e1joy he fr-sh ar have beautiful
cTrten this year / Eave camel aud dried
70 OF fruit ard vegetables. Have a fILe ialt
and winter ga-slsn consisting Of Tutshasa, tGr-
nfps mustard xud sabhase. lntcHf 70 set cut
some bernudas this mol.A. HaTe irst 'nOssd
on our place and have not fiuiTted the house
as Jet. but we have a sw'-t home heca'ie the
LSru Is with J aD nineteen yesrs old
and have been married. three years and lave
th- pCsttiezt SOY baby you cir : ever saw rove
TO all the cousins and hoping that you all VIII
have a successful winter garden
Your new cousin, -
Route B. Box "a. Brevton, Ala.
Hello. Aunt JuIis and Cousins: Here come
from Tennessee to Join your happy band:
would Uks 70 give a short sketch Of ny state
Tennessee IS called the volunteer state. VII
liam Bean, Of Virginia, made the first settle
men on Wautsga river In ldos- kusseh Pean
was the first white child known 10 have been
born In Tennessee. Bean and his many neigh
bors formed what was called the M9utausa
settlement There were two other settlements
made later. Carriers Valley and SoIhehucky.
The first governor was John SEWER, the hero
Il
Andrew Jackson proposing its nsme IN 1851,
il furnished 20 the Confederate army lU3oJJ
and 20 the northern army more than
81 600. the number Of battles and skirmisnes
Of the Civil war which were fought in this
state amounted TO liza Tennessee has fur
nished three presidents and a large number Of
roIiti-ai ana miIftevy leaders Among its citi-
gems there have been many great men OF ma
tionaI and work, wide fame | viii close With
best wishes % sIl- MARTHA KIRBY.
Route /. Daylight. Tenn.
Dear Aunt Julia: win you please admit a
little Alabama boy in your classs ! am like
most Of the boys. live on farm. l have
brown eyes We own a farm Of eighty acres
I have black hair am four feet inches tall.
am IN the fourth gTade. I twelve years
old. viii close by asking riddle. hippy
tipv upstairs. hippy tipy downstairs, II you
ANDREW PREMETr.
will answer all your letters
Fort Payne, Ala, R. p D. IL
Dear Aunt JuIia: Here cymes sn ALBANIA
girl O. tO'I vour harry circle rad the cousins
letters almcst every week. alth0ugn my father
foex not take the dear old Journal. but many
q my fTf=uCs take IL l1l read theirs and
Ike IL exceedingly fine
say what DO most OF you cousins do for pas
tine I crochet and tat As IL seems proper and
Ell the other cousins describe themselves
iuehaI tan. ana bTSua-syed and have dark con-
plexion and black hair 7 viii leave ny age
fo- you 20 guess. ii j. between fourteen and
eighteen. who has my birthday. october 4. I
win leave you cousins for awhile By asking
riddle brown I an and much admired bow
nsy horses have tired tire horse AMI worry
man. Answer this riddle II you can.
Elsrtic. AIa-. n ?. D. 3
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: As this Ia my
first attempt 10 write 20 the letter box. I will
1--we in Putnam county. twelve miles from the
cOunty seat. which Is sure thriving little city.
] live q farm and sure enjoy farm life
Well. we live six miles from small lake.
which is one mile wide and one and a half
miles long. IL Is noted for its fine fishing,
~. lake i surrounded with trees such as
pine. osk and bays. which are covered with
moss. IL is a fine place for picnics; then We
live che mile north % Etoniah creek. which IS
lined with trees both sides o. the stream
ne trees. are laden with moss, which makes
10 very beautiful. I enjoy the cousins letters
very much Say. Why don't mere bsys and
girls write from Florida Well as ny letter
= rather long ! viii tell my age and shen 60
] an fifteen yesrs old. aud would like % hear
from some Of the cousins an a. a.. ever your
PsIatEs. FIs-. Route 1. Boz 81
p s--Hsre's wishing tfe letter box great
success
Dear Aunt Iuis and Cousins Here l come
ern part Of dear old Georgia ! am fifteen
YEAR, Of age and weigh 10 pounds ] was
bSrn here but WIS raised at Mineral Bluff.
Ga. Well. few words a. 20 the description
81 this plsce= II i located On the line he
tween the states n Georgia and Tennessee.
on- side being Cor7erhiII. TeunZ. and the other
flows through ne town. The Tennessee Cop
Der company. famous for itS production - sui
phuric acid. i heated here II furnishes
WORK for about 100 men Wages vary from
81 co 20 So Lead burners ct double time
nor wcrtiuE Sunday They get about ST. -
Per day. The plant produces about 1000 tons
o. acid every - hours. and about I.5o0 tons Of
copper. There very good schools here.
am in thu eighth grade. About 600 children
attend SrhooI here
WHY dou'tt morp - you north Georgia
ins write % the letter box. L would Ike 70
correspond with some ~ the cousins Will eX-
change postcard views with any OF the cons
ius who has my hirthda-. September IA :
Well. 7 had better close Aunt Iulia - shout
70 introduce my letter ~ the vastehasket. ]
wish 70 remain vour new cousin
JAMES BLACK.
Copper Hill. Tenn
Dear Aunt Iulfs auf Cousins Here I am
from rhe Lard 81 Flowers. the dear old state
q Florffa. 81 have been living IN Gates CITY
for about four years but hsv~ lived in several
rf.fex - Ft0riHs. Among whi~. was Jackson
vile Gainesville. TauD1 and St Augustine
The latter being the Oldest civ 81 the United
states So Augustine vas founded IN 1855
~ N-7s-fez- II is tSt- John county and is
the old city gates. the Marion fort and the
wall stfn stand With their interesting histor-