The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-06

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Eh Hondures. At all theec towns tho
s,eatner anchors quite q WAYS from shore,
The last place Is Bcl'se. tho capital OF
! British Honduras. There was an English
| man of WAR there, We anchored near
her, Soon there were lots OF sail boats
| that coine ont to get na~scnceiS to 40
| 20 tho town. for which they charge 20
| cents each. Several OF our passengcrs
| went ashore. Rcfse w quito the largest
| town In these parts, aud looks very rrct-
| " all tho houses heing white aud sur
rounded by srcon trees,
For fear my lcttnr will be too long l
VIII fn'sh describing our trim In my next
voyage" x * ,r sus i hSm az h''' ." '''
Charlie Price
AN OLD TENAs TOWN.
Bllvile, Tcxaa-pcar ilaphamniey
austin county IL ccn,n,llv situated IN the
STATE az 10 climate, soil and production.
aud contains ahcu, 200 square miles. II
he's never lost a crop in the seventy ycars
since It's hrst settlement. 1t Is u hundred
miles from the sea shore. The altitude Of
| tne punlic square at Bellvilc Is 800 f.ct
a ,he the sca level II " bouniei on
| RIVER. MIN creek is a large streSim, with
Numerous Il tributaries. Tho 81. urrnard
| river he's l,s sources "a the northwest
anu FORMS the western boundary. purNsu-
ihk an independent course To the aca
NuStn county occupies the central ndrt
OF Ansuhs colony. Tho AIRS; American
| settlement In Texas. In 1871 stephen r..
| NuStln chose FOR his colony site lands the
| nelshhorhood OF what was soon known
as S'n Feline dc Austin. In 1872, that
d dpW n,s MaS laid ont , by Austin and Baron
mrs. saw the light. As babies were source
~ ltNhs Sho was quito a nttlr CURIOSITY
ShS w,s born ~ san Feline. In lSgH. II
| ueWSi'her, the Gazette, was published ut
o"'l f'llpr, uhe FIRST In Texas The town
was Tor while tho capi,ul Of the re.
nl"ie ~ Texas. but WAX DESTROYED bv
llro IN 1896 and never rceaincd its pres
AbNfs NiEnDnCn IN he a
uhtI 1877. In the early records II was
SaihN Ausun, The Gult Colorado and
SANTA No railway trlvcrsos the connty
.niNush ltS entire length, from north lo
nouch. aud the Missouri, Kansns ond
a ,S IRON east 10 west. crossing each
Ntp'V1t OF the PHOSPHORUS county of Aus
nu. ~ Is htty years old at this, time
naNmg been asiahlis,hol In April iSt5 a,
rnn,, .i'no the cani!ei OF the county was
Ic'noNcu from san Felipe 10 poilvilir IL
W. nAinnd In honor OF Thomas ncIl. who
uWhN"n lpo acres of land for the prre,nt
S or" S' IN, town. l. is on the Gulf col
northwest from Galveston 'rho court
'Tt 1 u . grand structure. coating siSo0
cost OF pss 5"., t"nnle was erected NJ a
was ron,,1c - Mnrys Hpisoonal church
costing s6coo' NJ S'"'' also u hne tail
horn e sIr'.N,s are smooth and hard. having
n,>e ,h ." r,' W. over the heavy sand aS tiRo
~ Sne fua,ls leading out into Tho couptrv
several miles IN every dncrtIon '"ys,N
Sr1onn You WIZ md 10 cnnts for ,,,ri'g
er Wo,," n,,,etN. . ccnts from my hroth-
io"r trne Hap, '''' "NAel'
Hernia rarthcna Burns.
GUY FAGNN's CIiArvry IIsrr,,p
santa Cruz Cal-pn,, lt..,.i
49, hSs 90 Vol shink OF Dolls. W',i,In vi
:. ver, 9lIpHdf Don't YOU 'hiuit thrv a nrn
/ do TN HIRE ''.Lei and charSalble trio
haari>i /, tnuik theN dfr tho most itlnn
,,,' ii"p. know. At Ann. tinr ,, Mtn
tI'n uolns char tublu act OF unv li,,t
cents n,,t,Ss come forward and oirer 6 |
VITO such nce nud cucui,s,ot,',, Hnl
npoii IN" member Nyo nr,, dnIry' -
pi,na eh.p. think "a mother would ho |
., MINK carr could make mora n,oua,, |
rouid ~" m'tnOfamnro of brooms than n. |
,hen =, ,,n ~ h,s musiral Instrument. ana |
!" nlS lessons To- Ism. va / yin s",'i ~ |
nm i"l ms broom machine and Wish |
very good , ,ses Wi.i, Il tKns that a
"a. ,nl when he scts mp IN bushes, and , ~, |
9 r,ler u. VIII , nave plenty of Happy haninsr
~ ,hre letters written by IA ,nen,her amd
W,m "htsh his Or her letters regularly |
ttnctiy .h my W, an, and tTin seo vcr,' dis
Al 'hr'on and wording IN most ar ,benn
49, ~ no,iccdhle - KAN Schoppe's lottors
I,t,crs M ,, h"rl, for picking out Your
'nueh moro Interesting letter than vov
' c'," u, 81, l''~,, Ana | expect Nh Haphnminer
49,, ", ~, great hunroN "mcnt in The apcll.
'.t ana writing, although don't thlnL hn |
.'iil t'f much of other n, nluo oa ,,, |
,"eneta all SAY I'm going downltal' IN
a a"f W'alAG. | lhink ehis club of lInps Is
stti,N's CORRECTLY aud take pride In beirp
hpi1 to rsill myself n u.emlrr exnrrt
y, 49,, : t nmr almost say know that many
o. 'hn iihns can see a prelt lmprovcinDn,
NHi" IN 'uN ftaeIs. The Other ,InV 1 van
rril hs t9nc Of my old Iotrers tint + noI
written quite awhile ngo aud II ma,le mo
nrr'sAions, but | try so correct ns in.,nv
OF them now M IL possible, hut am for
!! ON belhI perfect vet, and I expect many
INST nhriubcfN can t.y Tho nm. lhly,g
NOT loi@t ago a baseball tenn frnt Ans |
ii"h" arrived In San Frnncisco Aiost Of
th h"n am, a,n Grish" payeIs also, bui say
National eame bm thoy ara pretty vond
'all PLAYERS ms II r., even II they do ert
,richct confused w1th baseball sometimes
hoH almost always catch tho Ran IA ~. |
'nv, 'but,cr fingered Z" Thoy Ri " In |
u one would when playing cricket, aud
u, " result they are very heavy hitters |
ne chhhb'"h amateur tnrsn on tho coast |
occurred game with thcm as soon az
'oSsbibir anu on,er having played four
~ I'VE rarnos with teams In San Fran. |
,isco and getting bcaaen IN every game |
ne Australians came to Santa cruz They
i,id shcy he'd hoard "A great GeaI about =
~" ''".'', ~" Nfiinr phR sun thnltElt |
h"N WOMB bo aide 10 wrsst a victory
rom mem. SO they had a great game 7
NJ ~ the ball grounds aud Tho Austria
ihns were btatfn by abe home Tenn bv
I'VE no'nte, the score bong ~ 10 z IN favor
II santa Cruz. II was 81 n,e game. ~ I
ias evident TINT q would DO by the crowd q
haf hal gathered. There were almost
Nl people qhore and among ihcin wer. ali .
nda Of "rootors' for both r.les Every /,
'nnliebma7 for miles around seemed TO |.
9 there az also wero plenty % pooplo u
mo wished FOR Santa Cruz 10 win x
IN" Australians, AZ I heard "A Santa
rue rontcr remark were curiosltics Some n
cry funny remarks came from their llps /,
Amy time. once when the Aust rA hans =
ere ~ tho bat. man was on third nnI v
lay lng on toward home. when the man y
I tho hnt hi 10 deep sight The man who a
as plnvihg off did not notice that .ne n
rh' h"lder caught ,be bpll 20 ho ran Il
ONE and then the fielder sent the hall
hiring over TO the third bnseman aud
adH double. then one Of the Austria -
ans yelled 90 thn nan who had run m oil
ONE lyon blooming IDIOT. why didn't
81 hold your b1seY' At this tho crowd II
,ilet. ana the phrase "blooning idiot"
used all over town. a.
NV school closea on May -, and then :,
Dmcs vacation. This yeaG OF school has ~
enor seems so-ycry short 10 mo. ~