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THE SUNNY SOUTH
OUR HOUSEHOLD.
Uo *« Watters, Spier Letters,
Domestic Dints, Ete.
CHAT.
Will yon tell me in Cha f . If you are an advo
cate of ‘Woman’s Rights’ ?”
That depends upon what you term woman’s
rights, in the broadest acceptation of the term
I advocate tt; and I believe that there are dif
ferent “rights” for different classes of women.
Girls, tbose pretty flowers on the rough stalk of
humanity, have the Inalienable right to be
sweet, look lovely, have frauk, charming man
ners, dress becomingly and be as pleasant and
polite In the home circle as in society. They
have the patent right to be modest, vivacious,
entertaining, and gracious, and she who does
alt these Is only accepting her heritage. Fur
thermore girls have the sweet right to make
bright and cheery the tired, listless mothers;
make glad the hearts of the world-weary fath
ers; and happy the little brothers and sisters.
Then, too, girls have the right to accept the at
tention of nice, cultivated gentlemen, (who
must feel the pure luflueuce of the innocent
creatures.) and they should pass a resolution,
and keep tt, that It is idedly their right to re
ject the attention of Immoral, fast, uncultivated,
Inebriated men. Assert your rights, girls, and
my word for It, you will not only accomplish
more direct good, derive a more lasting benefit
and fame therefrom than if you affected bloom
ers, graced the forum and vied with the mascu
line rabble for dirty political honors.
Elderly ladles, commonly termed old maids,
have their rights also. They have the right to
be “of the salt of the earth,” to be philanthrop
ic, to be literary, to be cultivated, to earn their
daily bread at whatever vocation that suits them
best, be it on the stage, tbe rostrum, the pulpit,
the laboratory, at the alembic, the school room,
the studio, or home circle. They have tbe right
to pet cats, poodles, parrots, canaries, for tbe hu
man heart Is a strange organ, and craves some
thing upon which to lavish its wealth of affection.
Those extremists who wear bloomers and cry
aloud for tbe privilege of Jostling the crowd
with sharp elbows as they wend their way to
the polls have certainly the right of suffrage if
they wish It, tor if woman may hold property
why may she not have a voice in elevating the
person to that seat of law making to protect
that property? Every body ts permitted a vote
in this country except women, idiots aud luna
tics, and it is scarcely fair to shelve all women
with Idiots and lunatics. She has the right
to grow famous, to climb the slippery steeps to
where the dream-temple of Fame stands allur
ingly fair upon snowy summits, and an uudis
puted right to the ice-ancrusted bays that she
may gather and to bind them about her brows 1
Surely if she may have a vineyard in Nephelococ-
cygia why not one in Champagne?
Tbe married woman has her rights. Sbe has
the right to her husband's love, devotion, ten
der solicitude, loving care and attention within
the holy precincts of home and the wider circle
of the world. She has the sweet right of her
children’s love and admiration, and the right
to make her borne pleasant, refined and tidy.
The right is hers to take an unqualified inter
est in his business affairs, to be his prime min
ister, his co-adjutor. Ilers is the right, God"
given, to b > the help meet, the one who takes
the most vivid interest in his acts, and the one
who is the chairman of the committee on Do
mestic Economy. It is her light to brighten the
dull routine of his busy life, and to infuse into
bis tired brain and restless heart
that peace and pleasant contentment
a man nev^^nds without his own home-
Wife means weaver, and its essential that she
weaves the woof of golden threads of hope, love,
truth, purity, and ambition with the drab web
of his existence. If he stumbles on the steep,
point upward, and utter words of encourage
ment, and only worthless vag ibonds devoid of
all ennobling qualities will not be encouraged
aud strengthened by woman's rights. Woman
is not undeveloped in an, but a distinct creature,
created for a different purpose, else there would
have been a mistake made in creating her since
man is all sufficient tnj himself for the pur
pose for which he was made. I believe in nei
ther usurping the place of the other. Aud last,
I believe in woman’s right to entertain an opin'
ion, and an unq lestionab e right to express that
opinion at the proper time, to the proper person,
aud in the proper manner.
Quien Saiie.
Women Co-operating in Sympathy and
Work.
How do you all do, friends? Nobody has
seemed to miss me very greatly, but I have
missed you. And when Q den Babe began her
reign 1 vowed a vow, viz: liiat however great
the stress of v/ork might be 1 would run lu to
chat with the Household again Just to congrat
ulate them upon their Queen.
In the dear days “laug syne” this same brown
eyed Quieh Sr be and I budded vast cloud-cas
ties together, and 1 think she will remember
that they were pretty well carpeted with tiews-
naners eli, my dear? 1 am heartily glad you
lire at the head of the family. S jmeliow or oth
er there is a comfortable sense of homeliness
about the department. I am tru y iu the
bouse of my friend, and the fact is Just deli
cious. , „
Last week an amateur theatrical troup, of
which I was called “mauager,” took a trip to
Hamilton and played there one night for the
beaefit of our Greenville brass baud. Now, to
get to Hamilton one travels on the narrow-
gauge Railroad (Greenville people always spell
ft with a apitai c R ) of which we are so Justly
nrmid across the ridge called “Fine Moun
tains.’’ And it is about this mountain ridge that
I want to tell you all.
The little tov-traln carried its freight aud pas-
senglrs with a y brave speed across fields where
farmers were following their ploughs; by be
aiHA nt the water courses where early spring
flowers opened bright eyes to smde attbe ° lo t £ d
uh-idows flitting o’er them; on, on, wuue t-uo
rmrnle hill-tops once afar off began to cl0 *®j a
tain side"; ou the other vatt«ys
ESSB e °uS c us s h
r" SSSS'■S’iA&SS SK
other and ano.her arelinke 1 wtl | permit
patby in a mutual .effort, W 0 yo s u tte „ Rt ben the
such » n made/* ludependence may
effort Individual y ant i there j* a sort that
do well.enough f®r men, might as
does well enough for women i Dui g W a wo £ der(t)l
well admit the fact *** gnt ln t j, e sense of be-
etrength and encoura^emen^^ women to
ing “well backed. , , n iruth of tb g
work alone. Tbats just ine „ appier and
matter. A“d we aM effective when we
braver, a ° d 1 “'^ 1 e „ v ‘^ m0 n sHterliood cunfess-
link hands In one co Jme „ as com e for women
edly as wo ’$ e, ?, 11 ,,T{ 1 1 p e aual to the demand made
workers, yfemmtbeeqnniwm nrtnd-
upon us; and mustbe large “ e< “ clla ; lty one for
ed and full of warm, w m places, straighten-
the other; smoothing ro g g tQ 8tl , m .
tag crooked ways^showi K of s making
blmg feet, and m a mu.u ^ weary oneg wh0
heavy b ™ d * ,1 ;L“€ho strive aud toll with us,
Journey with us who 8 „ , be mptvi-
and who are not yei ui arro ws” of such
ous to just ^meSlhfns. The time has come
pride as Italie menth h a honestly
when a woman must, do tne ^ BeC ause
feels herself to be mos^fltM consl(lere< | man’s
In times past such wo a t " atwolna n should be
work is no reason if she has herself and
debarred from d ° the world of work should
* a l k ' 4 told me about
you wneu 1 wan teaching in Atlanta last (all. I
dld not make yourself known,
ni I.ve written enough. Morover a mu*
sic scholar is waiting for me.
1 send the Household some lines sent me by
feed friend, tbe methodist pastor here.
w, ll pardon the seeming egotism
exhibited in sending the poem. It Is really
?° od i. 1 ?. 0 .* 00 ?. to be wasted upon just me, so
L, . u U ,or al1 to en l°y- “The parson” aud I
get jokes on each other occasionally. This one
or the 4 ‘too early parasol/’ he considers the
hest in his stock, i’ll reserve my best (or an
other occasion.
Greenville, Ga. N. L. H.
Strictly Business Bids Adieu.
Ladies of the Household: I appear before
you lor tne last time, perhaps.
1 was very much amused at the recent moth
erly chat ot your charming Quten. The picture
presented to my mind was tue children’s play—
“Chicken, my chicken, my crany crow,
Iwent to the well to wash my toe,
What o’clock is it old witch?”
Of course I personated the old witch ln the
picture, and your pretty Quien tbe old woman,
with all you Innocent little chicks strung out be
hind her, your pretty eyes strained to tbeD nU
most with Intense interest. Here we went round
and round, the old witch trying to steal a pretty
maid, but outwitted at every point by the wily
old woman.
I wish to disabuse your minds of the Idea that
I want to capture nolens volens, aria- Turk, some
Pretty girl. My proposition was plain (no com
pulsion about It) and I thought could easily be
understood. I described my Ideal woman,
wuom I could love and adore for all time. My
idea was, after finding her, to court her In tue
old way. Is there anything wrong in this? If
she Is hid out, and not In my neighborhood,
bow am 1 to find her, except through the plan
adopted and advocated by me, advertising. If
my “logic Is specious and my arguments far
fetched,” I submit that your fair Quien did not
refute them. Your Quien asks, “it a man min
gles daily In tbe best society, and meets hun
dreds of tne best, sweetest, fairest, most cul
tured girls iu the land, and can not find among
them one who pleases his fastidious taste, will
he likely be captured by a stranger wbo an
swers an advertisement, & 3?” I reply that I
have known some very pleasant acquaintances
formed in this way, and a few happy marriages.
No doubt if tbe custom were general, there
would be a great many.
Then, judging from the newspaper accounts,
and a recently published letter of Miss Cleve
land, on tbe subject, tbe modest womanly wo
man, of whom so much has been said, Is lather
a scarce article In our best society, and if they
are so scarce, hadn't a man better advertise for
them? It is easy enougb to mingle ln society.
Any dude with three grains of sense, who can
get trusted for a becoming suit, and can lead
the germau, is a welcome man ln society. Since
It Is so easy to enter society and meet all tbe
charming, cultured girls, why ts such a racket
kicked up about one poor little advertisement
for a wife?
But enough. It Is useless to try to combat
prejudice. 1 have found my ideal and am to be
married on the 15 h ot June. I Intended to in
vite all of the fair Householders, and with the
Invitation to send comollmentary railroad tick
ets with Mann Iioudoir accommodations for
each one, but then, some of you have behaved
so ugly towards me that I’ve concluded not to
do it, aud will contribute that money towards
building a home tor indigent and prudish old
maids. I especially invite Viva and Olive lone
to attend, and I hope Viva will write up the af
fair, as 1 am not familiar with a lady’s ward
robe and could not do the subject Justice. If
any of my enemies ever come to want aud will
apply to me, I will quickly respond witb the
chink. Wnile some of you may think I am a
strange compound, I want to say m bidding you
a Dual adieu, that woman has no better friend
than Strictly Business.
Admirers Longfellow-
I have bad little time for visiting or reading,
but will steal time to chat my near and dear
Household friends. I some times envy some
of you your time and talent. How grateful we
should feel for leisure to read, and appreciate
what we read. A cultivated woman will not
ofien waste her time reading trashy novels, but
select something improving and elevating.
What is more elevating to our mind than L >ng-
lellow. His hand writing was said to be singu
lar and bcatitllul in style; his thoughts pure aud
sublime. The man who sees “nothing in Long
fellow t-o admire,” I must say, ts void of taste.
He was truly the prince of the American poets.
He stands pre-eminently above all others. Nor
does England, who claims the best genius, boast
fils eiinaI save in Tennyson, her
are rather luclinea "to muurelfflBRSfcTr
We are -
talent and look beyond the Atlantic for oUr lit
erature aud genius. I love Longfellow, aud ad
mire every poem from his pen. Who could have
written anything half so good and sublime as
the “Bridge.” What a vivid picture to the
myid—
“I stood on the bridge at midnight.
As the clocks were striking the hour,
And the moon rose over the city
Behind the dark church tower.
We iu laucy can see a lone human form stand
ing on the bridge at midnight, wa’ciiing tbe ebb
•uid 11 >w of the great tide and tbe shadows of
the soft moon light play upon the watevs o! the
^Listento the sentiment of this great and noble
man:
“How often, Oh! how often—
1 bad wished that the ebbing tide
Would bear me away ou Its bosom
O er tbe ocean wild and wide.”
The song of Hiawatba alone Is enough to place
Longfellow in front of all other American poets,
it has that complete charm of originality that
but few have. „ .
I wanted to say a word to “Vaurien: No, I
am not “Musa Dunn;” wish 1 could wield my
pen witb as much grace and ease as ourtaient-
ed writer Musa Dunn. Vaurien, your idle laucy
causes me to draw imagmery pictures iu regard
to the “divjn in the bav-wiudow.”
1 see “B. B ” and "Little Ugiy” now, seated
on the promised cosy seat. 1 think B. B. rath
er admires the striking features under that
“poke bonnet.” Who Knows who B. B. is? I
wonder if he is as nice as Kit? No wonder
they are good friends—both old bachelors.
Maid of Athens, I wrote to you last week; did
you receive my missive? You cau have a seat
by me, it will never do for you to be consigned
to tbe “foot-stool!”
Timid Stranger, I have experienced many
cloudy days in the past, but forget them when
tne sun shines out. I close the door upon the
clouded past and turn my face to the bright fu-
V-Vitas, why don't you write often? I am fear
ful you are consuming too much time iu the em
ploy of (hat “street car company.”
Love to O ive lone. “Lee Bee,” Leal Kunmer,
beloved Muda Hetnur andBerton “Kitvid,” you
know what you owe me! Are you too busy to
write? Are you still at Bowling Green?
Tne bell calls me to supper. Good bye.
“Rural Widow.”
Oar White Rose.
Violet, your sweet, tender words bring the
tears to my eyes, as I read them this morning-
waking chords in my heart that sometimes re
spond to a touch. ’Tls thus with us all, Violet.
“One by one we leave behind us,
While tbe days are going by,
All the loving ties that bind us.”
Severed on earth—changed into invisible,
though powerful links to bind our wandering
beans to heaven. Ah! sweet friend, many of
these “dreams and inspirations” ot childhood
will prove only dream i, DrigUt liued visions of
happiness, be out, visions still—but much joy
will come to us where we least thluk to find It,
in Datli3froiii which we first shrink with trem-
hling f.-ar. If we do build “castles in the air”
only to see t em tall, some hours have been
brightened by tne dreams, tile melodies we fan
cy echoing through the nails, help to make “tbe
music of a life.” Aid, oh! these childhood
memories! “Long forgotten scones aud faces,
come gleaming through our minds,” faces of
dear friends who have passed out ot our lives
through this world’s swift changes; scenes we
knew in our childhood, flowers we gathered
then aud as we think of them those scenes are
distinctly before us; the air seems laden with
the odor of those long withered flowers. We
do not linger over these memories—once In a
while they come to us, as breezes blowiog to
ward us over a flower garden, come laden with
sweet odors, tho’ we do not seek them, these
memories come sometimes in a swift rushing
A^d you thought I would write as I did,
Fclaire? thanks for tbe good opinion.
James E Wray, you must be under tbe bewil
dering spell of boyhood’s first love dream. 1
fear you are too Impressionable. Be careful,
brother—r. member him who, for a woman’s
smiles, “madly flung a world away.” I admire
beauty of form and feature, but its “magic” Is
but transitory; do not forget that Its the immor
tal soul, illuminating glorifying, which makes so
divine llie beauty that “lies upon tne wondrous
human lace ” It is that, youug enthusiast, and
that alone, which endures.
Where are our other Household brothers?
Mack was it you who wrote some months
aeo reloicmg over the prohibitionist’s victory
m Atlanta? I have forgotten the name, but I
remember what a kindly feeling I had for the
one who declared himself to be a bold enemy to
the destroyer; tbe cause of more misery and sin
and eternal death, than any one thing on earth.
Havb all our young members read “Wine and
Blood?”
Birch, I shall be glad if you will love yenr
white rose better still, for the sake of one you
never saw. Will you write to me, Birch? Send
a letter to the Household, Qaien Stba can for
ward to me, ana I will reply, or if you will tell
me how to direct, I will write you first, but I do
not care to give my address through tbe paper.
A dreamy springtime languor is stealing over
me, my thoughts are wandering and vague, I
will not try to say more. Rosa AlrA.
An April Day in Florida
An April afternoon ln Florida—an afternoon
all tbe fresher and brighter for the fallen rain
that has cleared tbe clouds from the blue sky,
and left the only trace in the glistening drops
which still remain on tbe soft green leaves.
How fair sweet mother earth looks—how joyous,
how beaming. The heart which feels no re
sponsive throb to her brightness on such a day
must be deeply scared by pain and care.
Tbe soft scent of flowers, sweet song of birds,
HU the air with the keen quickening vigor ot
awakening life and ener. y. An afternoon when
one thanks God for life, when one’s heart throbs
with a sudden choking pity for tbe eyes that
are closed to all this fair brightness, for the
ears that no longer bear those sweet glad
sounds, for the lips that are mute to us who
once watched so wistlully for their unclosing.
I amstttlng on a rock about sixty feet above
the level of a large, beautiful lake, over which
this April afternoon the very sweetest, softest
winds of heaven are playing. How time flies,
as I sit here thinking of the good old days which
have gone and left me. The golden sun seems
to be growing larger as It slowly sinks ln tbe
west. When my letter is finished I will lay hold
to the oars and swiftly glide across the lake to
the other shore. The glorious old moon will
give me light to see the large old oak under
which I will chain my little batteau. Dear
friends, I will think of you as I pull for the other
shore.
Quien Sabe, allow me to extend a friendly
hand to you. I am sorry we have lost Kit, but
still I welcome you with all my heart. Meihiuks
I have had those tiny Angers ln my hand be
fore. I, too, have been to Oliver’s 1’ark. Have
you a friend (a Dr. 8.) who lives about fifteen
miles east of G- ville, at tde M. Springs? Many,
many happy hours have I spent at those
springs.
Vaurien, I will come from behind tbe door and
extend a hand of friendship to you. Mind, Vau
rien. my hair is dark and I have passed my
“teens.’’
Wild Oats.
“Wnere art thou, glorious friend! thou.
So loved, so lost, where art thou now?”
Whose name ts that carved so closely by yours
in the cave? Ah! yes, I know.
Kitty Cumin, if you will have that plc-nic ln
July, on the Scone Mountain, you may put In
dinner for me. If you will stand on the moun
tain and look northeast, you will see the village
of my birth. . . , „
Secliisiu, Wandering Jim, why so melancholy ?
Big Four, how are you?
Vance, where Is that sample case? The tram
Is leaving for W. , „ .
Muda, Rosa, Mack, Vaurien, and all of you
members, write often to the H.
Here is a forget-me-not lor you all.
Good bye, ’cisgettlDg dark and I must cross
the lake. Reckless Ten.
A Corn Flower for Muda Hetnur.
What a glorious day! Bright sunshine, ex
hilarating oretzis, birds singing and flowers
blooming everywhere, from gardens fair to the
mossy dell by the riverlet. Do not think,
friends, that 1 am going to bore you with a long
eulogy of "gentle Spring,” but I am so glad
to see this brightness after the cold, gloomy
weather we have had so long. Verily, apiece
of the Northern winter born of Canadian blasts
floated down to the realms of our sweet sunny
South; even lair Florida did rot escape its icy
breath, and in the near future I wil! sigh in vain
for her golden fruit. By the way, 1 hope to go
there next winter, and shall make it convenient
to stop lu Atlanta on my way, pay a visit to
Qjien Sabe’s sanctum and peep at the faces of
ye merry Householders. May I, Q lien Sabe?
It is not at all improbable, as my uncle, Dr.
Hawthorne, lives there in Atlanta, I mean, aud
1 may visit him at any time.
Such an amusing incident occurred here the
other day, yet It made me a wee bit mad, too.
A Northern gentleman and lady—regular
• down-easters,”—are visiting their son, who
has lived here several years. He built aud
formerly owned my mother’s home aud they
came over to inspect his handiwork. Mother, of
course, with true Southern hospitality invned
them iu and took tnem over the whole place,
which is beautiful. They peered in every nook
and corner aud admired and questioned to their
prt's content, but they seemed mpeh sur
prised to liud us in sucifa civnizeu cuuu.tie-
Wbile resting in the parlor, they noticed the
piano, the lady said: “Ah, I see you have instru
ments down here, Just as we do in the North.
Will some of the young ladies perform for us?
My sister, who has a tinely cultivated voice of
great sweetness and volume complied, and
when she finished singing was greeted with
“Ah! very nice, it has a flue tone. I almost
writhed out of my cliatr. Sbe had been to Mo-
bile and witnessed tbe Mardi Gras carnival,
with which she was delighted. 4 *i was surpris-
ed ” sbe continued,’to find the Southern people
so hospitable ” “Oil, yes, that is one of our
characteiistics,” mother replied. “Indeed!
Well, at tbe time of tbe rebellion l never
thought I would enjoy a visit down here so
much ” Tbat was tne last drop aud 1 tied from
the room Tbese are but a lew of her remarks
but it suffices to show the sentiments they have
regarding the South.
I think lam “kinder” taking up too much
space, so will desist. This ismy third visitaud
no one has extended a cordial hand.
Muda Hetnur, you were calling for other
flowers, have you no welcome for
Corn Flower?
Pique on Woman’s Rights-
Passing down “an always attractive” street,
yesterday, I was saluted from on high, by a
number ot those sweetest (?) ot all living crea
tions—college girls; wbo, after pounding my new
bat severely with orange peels, suggested that
I give honest opinion on tbe “Womans’ Rights”
question.
Now, I can sit back aud fight my own battles
in a dignified style, with a pointless stylus but
when it comes to faciug a scbool-girl fusil,tde,
my courage falls to zero in quest of “cooler re
gions.”
Yes, “Womans' Rights” is the national cry of
to-day, and If she hasn’t Iter rights. I would
just like for her advocates to demonstrate the
matter from beginning to end.
I’ve been nursing this “suffrage business” foi
quite a while, and even from its most radiant
side, I can depiet no favorable scene from such
a constitution.
Already the taxation of humanity aggregates
the income of surplus resources, and when the
dollar poll-rates are heaped upon the decaying
head of over-stocked feminine poverty, “prin
cess wrappers” wilt be worn destitute of red
borders, and empty-stomached chickens will be
come tbe advertising medium of domestic econ
omy.
Now, girls, cast off the vulgtrrobe of anti
quated notions, and let the political wheel, as
heretofore, revolve on the axes of a sterner
power. .
Legislative honors are foreign to your mis
sion, and I dare say, will never crown the emi
nence qf feminine aspiration. The refiued and
powerful hand of associated gentility will, at no
remote age, take down the blaz ined insigna. of
‘•fluid sin.” which man adorns the sornure im
pediment of human degradation.
Strictly Business, you might as well acqui
esce your conjugal appetite with one or more of
“Mother Pride’s” automatic porous plasters.
Parental voice has called a “parlor session” on
your article; and In spite of papa’s plea that
“his banking accounts were running low,” tbe
“sledge-hammer veto” of mama's tongue
knocked the bill out of parlance. It is discour
aging, of course, but the promulgation of
“strictly business” morals can but advise yon a
downfall of colors; and, in return, tender you
tbose consoling words ot him who was born the
year “Micheal angels” died:”
“Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Wnich like a toad, ugly and venomous.
Bears yet a precious jewel in its head.”
Pique.
“I d:> not like thee. Dr. Fell.
The reason why, 1 cannot tell.”
It has often been wondertd »t, theb «1 odor this
of c qao’ed doctor was in. ’Twas orobably be
cause he, bains one ot the old-school d jctqrs,
made np pills as largess bullets, wh-ch nothing
but an ostrich could bolt without nausea. H- nco
the d alike. Dr. R. V. Pierce’s “Pieasaut Purga
tive Palleis” are su<ar-coated and no larger than
bind shot,and are qiu tk to do their work. For
a'l d rai gements of the liver, bowels and stom
ach they are sp.-cihc.
A lady friend onoe importuned JohnC.
Calhoun to write an orignal poem in her al
bum. Strange to say, he consented. After
many attempts to fashion his thoughts
fancifully he wrote the word “Whereas,”
bnt to save bis life oould go no farther.
Having selected tbe most nnpoetioal word
in the language to start with, thfe muse fled
from him in horror and affright, leaving the
stem logieian completely baffled. Despair
ing of tbe perf rmanos of liis promise he
wrote to the lady frankly admitting his
plight. She asked that the albnm be return
ed jast as it|t rod.
Dear Boxers: Please don’t get worried
at me for coming so often, fori really come
after breakfast, bring my dinner, and will
be sure to leave before sapper. There now,
did I hear Queenie say, “thank goodness for
that?” Welt, as she’s an “old maid,” I’ll
jost pass her by anyway.
FJaxie Frazzle, I feel highly compliment
ed indeed to be chosen from so many to fill
the position of chief heroine in yonr “Ro
mance in Real Life.” Mack, Town Taekie
and Palmetto, as yon are to figure as law
yers, I trust yon to take all dots of the oase,
and dear my Mountain Boy lover.
Snnbeam, yonr letter was mnoh enjoyed
by me. Yon certainly have selected an ap
propriate “nom.”
Since I was last witb yon, I have had the
pleasure of meeting onr Poet Laureate, and
girls, “between me and yon and the gate
post” he’s jost splendid looking. By the
way, P. L , I saw yon on the 8.h at the oar-
shed. I was on the oars at tbe time on my
way to Marietta, Qa. Yon saw me, but I
don’t think yon recognized me at the time.
Mountain Hoosier, why select snob a
name? I know yon are not suoh a “oritter”
as that denotes.
Weloome, Ruby Lynn. I know yon, lit
tle brown eyes, and yon know me if you will
just think fora moment. 1 spent six months
in yonr little town two years ago this spring,
and boarded with R&v. oh, of course,
yon know me.
Annt Judy, yon turned tbe Monk (ey)
over to Flaxie aud me. Well, Flaxie, dear,
excuse me if I “take the lead,” for I’m kin
der in earnest about this oase. Now, Monk,
own np, who are yon? I’ve nearly torn my
pretty wavelets (or bangs) to pieces, trying
to imagine who yon are, but am forced to
say: “In vain are ail my thoughts of thee.”
1 am very favorably impressed with your
letter and wonld enjoy corresponding with
;/on “through this medium,” but, papa says
.1 mustn’t “correspond with yonng men that
have no moustaches, ln oonstquenoe of
whioh, I’m almost tempted to go to “Jeriko”
anyway. I feel so “broken np,” bnt “there’s
a good time ooming, boys, a good time com
ing.”
ADnt Judy, I'm so glad yon let tbe “Calf’’
in, of oonrse I know yon, and also know
why yon eeleoted such a “nom.” Aunt Jady
seems to enjoy a stroll by the side of the
Hudson of late, bnt oh, me, I’m always
saying too mnoh.
I think Bonhomie’s photo jost splendid;
in fact, I think oar Letter Box albnm can
' show up” very handsomely, indeed.
Aunt Judy, please pardon snoh a “lengthy
document,” aud I’ll stay (away) a little
while longer next time I come. With love
and regards to all the girls and boyB, I em
as ever yonr
Bonnie Sweet Bessie.
Marietta, Ga.
I’m just back from a most delightful
horseback ride, and will “dropdown” in
the large arm chair, (only for a few minutes
Aunt Judy) and have a social “confab”
with the oonsins. I come withuot being in
vited, don’t like oeremony, only—only—
that hind that takes two folks and a preach
er to make it binding! don't jump at conclu
sion, please. I have stayed away so long,
doubtless, yon all have forgotten me, but
yon hr.ve’nt, have yon “Pnff Stuff?” Oh!
let me tell you something fanny on “Faff
Stuff”—he wrote me, that anriug the cold
spell, ’twas all he oould do, to keep his “little
moustache,’’ from freezing off He should
not have turned them oat, (to graze) such a
severe winter as this—do yon think so, Doc
tor?
sjonsin Will, if I had been numbered
among your orowd, 1 would not have laugh
ed at ^on. 1 tender my sympathies. Per-
'tiBfrafk. e*rpeetfe.I tt>
er feats. “ Happy is the man that expeoteth
nothing.”
Ah! Alabama, I know yon don’t make vis
its so mnoh like angels— few and far be
tween, came, and bring “yonr knitting”
again.
Would like so much to know Boz, Venus
and Brown Eyes— (am partial to “Brewn
Eyes” any way ) On! 1 promised not to stay
long—but before I go, will ask some of the
oonsins to correspond with me—address,
“ Spioy,” Perote, Ala. Aunt Jndy 1 have’nt
forgotten how kindly you welcomed me be
fore, and those sweet words—“come again.”
I’m going to rub my “rabbit foot” ou this
letter, so that it will glide safely by the W.
B.
I imagine, I hear the toosin, sonuding—
go, so bye, bye, dear cousins:
“May your pleasures be many, yoursorrows be
few.
And your years glide as soft as the tread of
dew.” ,
Here’s a ki3s for Annt Judy—“I’m gone ’
—yea for a tony time, unless some one oalls
for “ SriCY.” '.
Glad to welcome you baok into our oircle
Hope to hear from you again soon.
Good morning, oonsins, I am happy to
make yonr acquaintance through the L B.,
and hope I will have the pleasure of meet
ing yon all personally someday. Alabama, I
should especially like to meet yon, because
I admire cadets, and I have had a peep at
yonr photo, and I think you are—who was
that said Alabama was handsome? It must
have been yon, Flaxie, or yoa. Bonnie Sweet
Bessie. Which was it, Annt Jndy?
Well, I have had the privilege of seeing
that famous parsonage, onr Annt Judy, aud
since then I am a believer in ths existence
of that fountain of yonth of Ponoe Do Leon
fame, for 1 think she must have quaffed of
its waters. If not, then how does she with
her weight of years (?) and the responsibili,
ties of such a large household of oonsins-
acoonnt for her fresh loveliness, her girlish
—bnt pardonnez moi, Annt Judy. Yon warn
ed ns all not to be personal, and I fear I am
trespassing on that forbidden ground.
Have any of you ever visited that Long
Branch of the South Cumberland? It is one
of the pleasantest summer resorts we have,
for it possesses the finest beach on the
Southern coast, aud the snrf bathing is in
comparable, besides the hnnting, fishing
and boat-riding and the other delights of
the place too numerous to mention. The
soetal amusements, too, are very pieasaut,
and often does the sound of danoing feet,
keeping time with the favorite “My Q;een
Waltzes,” float across the water and mingle
with the soft mnrmnr o. the incoming tide.
Cumberland possesses, also, an historical
interest, for it is the burying place of two
heroes, famous in tho history of onr conn-
try—“Light-horse” Harry Lee and Gen. Na
thaniel Greene.
I hope someone will “oall me baok again”
to the L B., for I am oharmed with this, my
first visit. Sea Breeze.
My Dear Friends: I am thinking of you
to-night, wondering if yonr letters are the
indices of yonr souls; I hope that they are
for of late the letters are assuming a higher
tone, a thing at whioh I am delighted. Per
sonality is gradually dropping out, bnt yon,
my annt, will pardon a few personal re
marks.
Have yon sent my old favorite, Iatalena,
to the H H.
Sprightly Sunbeam quits takes away my
breath. She is prettier than her evening
dress, and mnoh brighter.
1 must say that Monk pazzles me. Please
let Annt Jody tell me who yon are.
Rosebud, wherefore art thon?
How many of yon have heard Moody and
Sankey?' I have heard Moody’s stirring
words, and Sankey’s grand voioe. CalJa
Lily has too, for she told me so. I wish yon
all knew onr lovely Lily, she is a good friend
to each of yon. Good night. Dove.
The party mentioned in yonr private noter
left the same evening yonr letter was re-
osived. I ll see yon soon.
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