Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-03

Nv Dear Mrs Thomas: I agree with
YOU that We ought to be more thankful
10 our dear Lord for all His great
blessings and especially for sunshine
health and happy days, and also when
dark and dreary days come, as thes
will Let us make them the more help-
full as we enjoy the bright and happy
sunshine days.
spring and sunshine is here again
after a kind of hard cod winter for the
south. We have TO get busy again,
pruning and cleaning up our orchards,
blowing and sowing oats: let US SOW
and plant all we can see that we are
able 10 take care of in good way. anu
no more FOR the man that plants lit
lie and tends Il well will raise more
than the one that plants lot and does
not tend il we'll What is worth doinS
should Oe done we'll. I wish that / coulf
tell you about the custom of my native
land. the little pleasant country in the
far moth on the other side Of ths
much stirred-up little pond But IL $
so little I know and remember Of the old
country that il would be of no use to
start All that / do remember quite
well is when we left there and came
over 10 this country. I was three years
old then. so what | know OF that coun-
,rv close to where we see the midnight
sun. is what I have read and heard from
father. mother and grandfather. he
was born in 1896 and lived to the old
age Of ninety-one years. SO from him
I know some. how I had it back in the
olden time OF over a century ago. II
surely has made a great change since
then in every way. both here and in the
cid country Your mission friend.
GUST LORENSTON.
r. {. Erin. Tenn.
p S-wHI say that a word or tw)
in nv first letter has turned over a time
or two and come out some different TO
what they were in the first place. a.
farming and teaching should'read farm
ing and baching. Right on should read
I -aised on. Banner should read vanner
and is Swedish word. meaning
I friends.
Words of welcome
Dear Household: IL seems like old
| friends have come when L, read your
/ letters. / feel so sorry for the dear
mother who told of three sons In service
| for our country. Yet they are in a good
place / have a brother in camp. He is
not twenty-one yet the youngest boy
| ana almost idolized by all of US. He
] likes il Ine and, of course, we feel
better satisfied that he is pleased, as he
| wanted TO enlist and his parents gave
| their consent but you know how they
| miss him.
He had planned to be a minister and
/ had studied one year for il, but felt his
| Country's need of him. My heart goes
out to all but especially the fathers and
mothers or our soldier toys."
I have a friend who has been over
since the first of August
I am still with the blind lady. When
noc feeling too bad she knits beautiful
n wash rags fer the soldiers, though she
can't see a stitch. she has been right
. sick. but IS better now.
% I would be glad TO exchange cards
4 with you. ~. V. c." 7 believe you are
y an old resident OF this dear old county
= Give your name, please. know a
lot OF people in this county. as ! have
I lived N il nearly ali my life.
n We have a little fiye-year-old girl
- visiting US, and it is up to the grown
ups TO entertain her. II is my delight
~ md we have been dreaming with oul
eyes shut and then telling each other
She's in my lap now. Bedtime comes
quickly now, and she isn't asleep hall
. ~ early as she should have been
IA Mrs. Mary +. Wells and Mr.. Walter
n =. Warren had fine letters in the page
. II seems to me that we should hear
= rom them oftener. and from many
u others. ] am glad that so many more
ne are writing.
.r This is a beautiful place. 7 wish
a sou all could see the grand driveway
" The trees are perfectly beautiful an
N either side of the lawn. which comes
tup nearly TO the flower yard. and the
O flowers are pretty. too. ] dearly love
Q. flowers. Suspect / have written enough