The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-09
LETTER FROM AxPHloy
winters Iccy Blasts KIN a. .
CrDp-Hnppy Tbn,t,.,.,.

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'rnp-Happy Thankssiyi.s
To the Editor of The Post
Amphion, Texas, December / ma. U
ago our cotton fields were bloon,, ,
spring now the desolatins frct n, ~
thelr gay foliage into mourning m
z'ih ultimo the norther reached III, A, }
iieids ana gardens withstood It'd 4, IN
TN the night Of December l. via, N
Frost mantled the earth with Ma rss.
white desoiation.
Thanksgiving Day with US was alrr
real SUNDAY Pastor Thomas prer:d
the Methodist church and the ,ufsy
carved at the residence OF Mr.. EuEsus NJ
- dsoh, OF the hrm Of kicnsfd,v In
Mother Richardson was hostess Of IN
casion and made everyone glad 10 h ~
The i'ost correspondent was inyltsd b :
hospitabie home OF Mr.. Frank Nefaa
help eat a 70 pound watermelon, shsl >
pronounced as sood as any this yai
While people were being caught "
the binding snow storms up In the htAl
down mere We were foasting On the dsltx
watermelon, and they arc never out d
son with this scribe.
Altogether, this has not been 4 vi
with our people. Most u them hstt =
corn to do al home. and the fall b.
fine for sowing hay. The cotton q
turned out much better than at a.
expected, and the village gin has n
more than 6UO bales. Stock Is In tlf
dition to so through the winter, aal y
everyone mas raised enough hogs N
consumption, many having porsen .
Though we are subject to and loot TX
periodical dry spells. this Is one Of ~
sections IN Southwest Iex,s for alFnV
farming, stock raising, gardening e.
Two OF our fellow citizens, Nj. jW W
land and Mir. Selby. have paid sipesi
tention to bee culIure The former ny
an income this year'of 500 and Tie "
$500 from that source alone. II
Tax collectors report better eoilseu
than for years. All this is due 70 e'0a
and an effort TO live at home ia ~
money is tight aud hard to gel' aha
is almost at a standspill. lncrea'ed ~
lections are mostly due 10 tha MaI
laws OF the Twenty-iolrth leglsA'sN
regard to delinquents and parlly wv
cient and aflable collector .. p
The bridge over the Atascosa % ~
Antonio ard AmphiOn road, . mF
and now being used BY the puoue n.
7. l.. Richardson has gone %
to attend the Grand Lodge Of An'''
and Accepted Masons.
Marshall Burney is oil on i; w"
Alamo City, to be gone seveIsl .r, 'at
Or. +. Il. Grooms, our conmunl Il
who has been on the sick isl 's, ,S ~
is out on the streets again and w ~
able TO resume his regular squi''.
the Scsteadero. :, -, mn,
The Richardson Bros. will soo o.a ~
the Oppenhcimef house, j. " s,s,
store, to accommodate the'r ~
growing business. -, ,sr
The Post is very popular w, u =. ID, Il
The Amphion Bryan ana sss va nj 4
a called meeting a few days -. .;;s.,ss
solved to perpetuate the ossaue, rsrl
dor the name OF the Amphioa -. 20
clnh 4 committee on resolution /, a N
poiuted, consisting Of Mess's M.,-,h,ll N
ardson. Max Hobrecht and w. M N
new. At the next meeting, S ,n,,.s, /, |
mi,eee reports a sci Of rsssss s's,aIii 4
adopted, the club viii De e. ,'y ors,uIntc'
object of perpc,uating me ,' u,s rnssi ~
TO encourage the study o. s !, I'M ists
ces and to keep the pin, ia s,,aad
rether. There was not a so a,s, liza
cast n, this box at the iaie