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The herald., 1897-12-27
SAN BERNARD1No COUNTY
Lively Operations and Important
Finds Chronicled

p. M. Livingston has discovered a val
liable find m the Morongo mining dis
trict, fifty miles northeast of this city,
fourteen miles west Of the Rose mining
company's property. The new mine runs
$3.50 to the ton and the indications are
that the vein will increase in richness.
There is plenty Of timber and accessible
water for mining purposes. Mr.. Living
ston is working full force Of men.
The Rose Mining company has reach
ed a depth of over 900 feet and are run
ming q ten-stamp mill day and night.
Twenty-Five men are kept constantly
at work and the mine is proving very
rich one.
Operations are very lively in the Vir-
ginia Dale mining district. While there
is no boom or Klondike rush, everything
Is prosperous and all people are busy.
In Sweesy and Bedford's mine. the
Leoti, two shafts have been sunk to n
depth of twenty-six feet and 2O0-foot
tunnel has been completed. At present
they are sinking shaft in the tunnel
Kinnucan and Kenny have struck a
good body Of ore at depth Of seventy
FIVE feet in the Little Jack.
HalesWOrth and McRae nave ten men
at work in the Carlyle and have con-
structed tunnel 1000 feet long and IA
feet wide.
Mr.. Harm, who bonded the Ingersoll
and o X mines. has large force of men
at work. The ore is asaying we'll and
five-stamp mill will be placed in within
the next fifty days.
The Ferguson mine, the White Star,
will be equipped with flve-stamp mill
within few weeks The shaft has been
sunk $50 feet and a tunnel of 1900 feet has
been opened.
Boards stamp mill is working at full
blast, with enough material on hand to
last all winter.
Botsford's mine, the Brooklyn, Is down
100 feet and presents a fine showing of
rich ore.
The Lee Bros mine presents fine
prospect. One hundred tons Of rich ore
are on the dump.-San Bernardino Free
Prosc
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The Shirt-Tail Group

Fifteen men are at work developing
Mohave county's group of mines bearing
the euphonious title Of shirt TAIL" says
the Yuma Sun. The owners, Monaghan
& Murphy, Judge j. w. West. Frank
Holmes, Stephen Bedel and others, have
bonded the properties to Thomas Ew-
ing. a prominent mining operator Of the
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Adhesion Riley Of London. who has
long made study Of child life. says that
the result Of his Investigations conclu-
sively proves that every child is q natur-
al-born liar, and that the instinct for
robbery is strong in most Of them.
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William Stevens Fielding, Finance
Minister of Canada, began life az q re-
porter on a little country newspaper. He
raised himself by industry and keen In
terest in politics.
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Cured Of Stomach and Liver Troubles by u
Wong Him. Of sSl s. Hope St Los Angeles, OeA
10 the pmblic-!t givvs me great pleasure q ~
been most successfuL For years / have. been
troubled with the kidney and stomach troubles.
received no permanent help DR.. Wong Him'o
treatment has removed all tendency Of thsss ssou,
like Dr. Wong Hims Ideas Of Herb TreAttnenk
cleaning and rsnovating the system betors c9ilding
II up again. am certainly pleased 70 ~ enas ne
have found him to be . well.educat6d man, unna.
suming and kind. commanding the respect OF ~
good people very lStRsS'ssHTa MfsS ssTatI 4uNrER,
Los Angeles, CAL. April so lee7s ~ Bellevue AvA
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begins at the Baptist church conducted
by Rev. Phillips j. Ward.
DR.. w. T. Brasher. a retired physician
who came to Pomona years ago from
Missouri, is lying critically ill at his
home on Second street.
Christmas day and night passed on
without any chapter of accidents" to
report. Everybody seemed to meet
everybody else with good cheer and take
everything good naturedly
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The Golden Cross Mine

The Golden Cross mines at Hedges will
be operated again by the Free Gold Min
ing company. The litigation that caused
the closing down of these mines has
has finally ended.-Ex.
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west. 1t 10 said the large bodies Of low
grade ore have rich stratas running
through them. which win render the
working OF the mines at moderate cost
an easy matter.
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Rev. DR.. John Watson Clan Maclaren)
has declined the call from Presbyterian
Church in London and will remain in
Liverpool.
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| Mrs. Jennie June Croly, the we'll
known author, has been appointed one
OF the New York City School inspectors.
Hers is the full term Of five years.
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Berlin Is to have several clubhouses
where single women can get their meals
and pass their leisure hours.
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LOS ANoELEs, cAl.. Dso III. lss7

% Ths nHT h 70 csrtik tSss pP wong Him cured NJ
Of liver and kidney troublss. We. srsatiy con;
srenat ttnuble II sieepius, When went 70 Dr.
Wong % Him. b fsls ny pulse aud sa!d my trouble.
wsrs caussd BY y grippe which l M nad ssvssn. s
thouSEs anyone could know. ! took his medidine
g dirscted. and am now we'll. have gained eieae
Ssttef and feeI better Ia every way than ior yeat
can chssrfully recommend Pr. Wong Him Y the
'''- ios West Ann st Police Oficsr l. 4 dify.
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four months had regained my lost nssh and
health, and today ann well and sound. In DT.
any disease that he says he can cure have m.
bounded confidence and faith, and would recon-
mend him to all needing doctor. Yours truly
President Citizens Bank. South RiversidA ca
Sept. 8. 1897
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Ziska Institute

s7I8 Sacramento Street,
Near Van Ness Ave.
Home and Day School fof 0lrls
From Primary through COLES late work -
perior advantages IN Languages and Hue1o
1nd1vidual attention. Small oIaasoA oDoolA
'-~s 1lfI. 4 z,sxA :. ~ rsinansA
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DR.. WONG HIM
83l South Hope Street. Los
Angeles, Cal.

DIR. WONG HIM, ssl
g. Hope st., Los Angelica
Cal.-DeAr Sir: In JUS
tice TO you and for the
benefit OF otherh / Wish
to mako . statement Of
my case. ] was amlcted
with liberation OF the
fectum and hemorrhage
Of the bowels. 1 was
treated by two good doc.
tors, until Ilost 80 pounds
Of flesh and became 10
weak from loss Of blood
that I was unable to At
tend to business. Ithen
commenced dOctortng
with DR.. Wong Him. The
bleeding stopped and 1
r0m mmoncad tn I'm 0r0vo
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-14
THREW AWAY A FORTUNE.
Hut the Poor Fellow Did Not Know
what He Was Doing.

For lack OF little knowledge Nova
Scotia fisherman has Just lost $4,000 This
is high price to pay for ignorance, but
there arc many people besides the fisher
man who would have paid It, perhaps.
This man had never heard of ainbergrls,
or II 90 he had but n vague notion OF what
that valuable sea product is. lie Is. how
ever. an obseryant man, and one day re-
Gently, while rowing about the shore Of
Annapolis basin. he noticed floating on the
water a peculiar gray substance, well
streaked with black and yellow.
For some unknown reason he decided
that this curious substance might probably
be made into soap, and he carefully gath
cred the floating mass. about 100 pounds
In weight into his boat. Naturally enough
lis soap experiment failed, and in disgust
he threw the presumably worthless ma
terial back into tho water, reserying only
about six pounds for further experiments.
The more no tested tho strange substance
the more did his wonder grow. The aro-
matte odor that arose from his lye pot
aroused his peculiar Interest. AT length lie
Iowed 10 the nearest town with sample.
and there learned that the material that
he had so ignorantly discarded. and OF
which he now had but q small quantity.
was worth s35 an ounce. for II was nothing
else than the precious anbcrgrls OF COM
nerce. The six pounds that be made haste
% rescue from tho lye pot brought him
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hRuStiOn.
No owner could IA found for the dog,
and Mr.. Carr. OF course. adopted him as


Laurence Hutton In ST. Nicholas Is tell.
Ing what boys did IN old New York. un-
der tho tito of "a Roy Knew" In tho
February number he says; Johnny Rob-
erison and The hoy had one great super
stition--to-wit Crnoksl For eomc now In
eApltcable reason they thought 1t unlucky
to step on cracks. and they made daily
ana hourly speoiacics OF themselves In
the streets by tho eccentric irrcgularhv
OF their galt Now they would take long
strides. like a pair of ostrichcs. and now
short. quick steps, like couple OF rob-
ins. now they would hop on both feet.
Ike n brace of sparrows, now on their
toes; now with their toes turned IN. now
with their toes turned on, at right an
giles, Ia q aplay-footoi way. now they
would walk with their fcu, crossed. afier
the manner OF tho hands of very fancy.
nld-tashonel piano players rkipp.ng from
base TO trcblc--ovcr crncka. The whole
performance would have driven scnsi-
tive arm scrgrart or ballet mhatcr to dis
traction. And when they came 10 n brick
siicN ak they would 20 all around tho
block to avoid It. They could cross Hud-
son street on tho cohhlc@ones with great
effort and IN great danger OF being run
over. but they could not possibly lrnNe,
uTon n brick pavement ana avoid tho
cracks What would have happened 10
them IL they did rtcp on Il crack they
ala not exactly know. But. for all that.
they never stepped on etacks--of their
own free Will.
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A Lrrrrn Anour ClucKrNs.

Houston. Texas Dear iiaphammerl
Somebody has said that You would not
read any letters unless they came from
surc enough ilappyhammcrs hut / do1't
bchoNc 1T, and ! know YOU are sorry for
person who has passed his nmph eth
hlrthdaN and oan mover be happy again
a, least like HAPPY hammers are eunposod
30 be
have been reading ahc Hans letters
latcN. and | think most Of them have
tired of writing about birds and trees and
things AND are plnlng FOR nov SUBJECT,
- | thought | would write end ash you
what YOU thought about chickens. or Mt
think about them, ! know that al the
Hans IN the country could tell "a lot V
You would give them q chnnrc.
Not long ago thrre was 4 piece IN Tho
Post about the large sums of money pnid
out each wear to nthcr countries for eggA.
Now. ~ SEEMS like that mnney ought 10
be kent at home and "a could be u all
pcrtunity to rl'so chickens would give q
poriion OF their time 10 that business |
am sure they would ind 1t int1r' sting.
and no doubt would he very nroni also.
of the profits. | should like to know how
many Hans are In the busmc aud how
they arc doing, | have u lot of hiuo
chicks md they ar. very cute and intcr-
esl.ng. Their mother left them when
only n few weeks old, and had to take
them under my wing ~ II were. They
come around three or four timos day
10 ho fed, aud if they fail to we, thor diu-
nor on time they WI come no on he back
steps and fuss md cry untl | attend to
them Then they Will ruv off as horpy az
can he Hoping ths VIII bo the means OF
honof,lnc or at least starting the llaps
I'm Al new line--l a,n sincerely YOURS,
Well Wishor.
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How n mongrel, good for nothing DOG
n cur of the streets. saved IL mans hie'
WINS lately recoricd by tho LopsV'h"
couidcr-J ournul as part OF the nc"h OF
the day.
Louis Carr was painting the rear OF
vacant house in Lonsviiie. M the noon
hour approached he was al WORK AT t''e
very top OF a ladder. just under tho eaV's.
BEING an haste TO iinish his EAnt, ana nor
wshfng to spend t.mo 10 go doWn niu
utovs. the ladder, ne stretched as l"r as
Just then he felt the ladder slipping
away from him. and as the only means oi
saving hiusaalf ne dropped his brush snl
scizeJ ahc gutter with both hands. Down
v,,snt the ladder, and there the paintei
lung ihlrty-nve feet from the ground.
lie shouted for help but no one heath
btn1--no one but n email dog, wh.ch came
nroustd the corner in response 10 rs cries,
I,qd.n1y the dog took IN the situation
nj once He parked furiously. winding up
With a long howl. Then hc ra1 out OF the
YARD and across the street 70 PONCE sta
lion Tacre he barkoc aga n. ana then ran
bnck ID tho yard. These tnanruyers hc
repeated two or three tines. until the po-
iie.man began TO see that eometh-ng was
the matter and followed mm TO the rear
| of the house.
10 put UP the ladder and rescue Mt. Carr.
who WAS al but ready 70 crop from *
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cA1,Gllr A TlfRrL.E.

kosse. TeNas-pcar Haphammcr; VIII
Won allow me TO call for a Few moments
and chat with tho club | have Just had
a splendid time this afternoon. | and my
cIai,, had a picnic. We boys went on
horseback How many OF YOU liaps hkr
10 put up sovepipos? | had a job OF put
ling nm ihe siovopipc In my school room.
II fell this morning ~ time OF school. we
thought one OF the girls was horribly IN
jured after the pipe fen on her, but we
found ID was BOOT on her, insteau OF d
large. black wound
Did YOU ever NJ. scared st so simple
thing as n turtle? VIII tell you OF
chase David Quits ami myalf got on
clark lake. We had gone on a hshlng
expedition TO camp one or two weeks, one
dly David and | got In the boat to bait
the trot-lines. When we 700 about the
center of tho Lake David lifted oul a large
turtle. and not thinking OF what he was
doing. cut the limo In TWO and set the
fellow free IN tho boat lIc ran 10 Que
end Of the boat and | TO the other He
FIRST came for mo, and after had got rs
far back az could, while he was as clos.
as he could got without hitting me. | gave
the buck with my oar rhcn he tnrnef
for David After DAVID gave Inn blow
over tho back With his oar he rhn out or
he boat. After he had been chased from
~ le to side several times. We hgd boat
him with he could hardly walk. J rowcd
Tho boat 10 the shore with one oar.
/ would Ike Ito compliment pollc stroud.
"GeycuH" and many other Hppa ! could
mention our club "a Improving - the
rate Of sixty miles an hour. Your friend.
Ernest Keeling.
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The Happyhamncrs are the young
people who read the Youths Department
of Tho Houston Post. There are no fees
or charges of any kind connected with the
club. Boys ana girls who read The Pest
may be enrolled as active members py
senlng name. age and address,
II Is the object OF all Happyhammers TO
manner happiness when and wherever
possible Hence the club name and motto.
The club flower Is the violet. the club tree
the live oak. and the club pet Is tho mock
ing bird. all being chosen by the merlners
themselves. The favorite dog OF the Hap.
pS hammers Is the Scotch collie. or sh"p-
herd.
The club colors are rose and gray. These
colors are intended TO DO worn with or
without the club button or pin. They are
made into badge by pinning or sewing
together two pieces of narrow ribbon. ono
OF rose pink and the other of light gray.
Tho club button Is made of celluloid. mo
ground Is white. with the words houston
Post II. II. Club" painted In violet color
The clu1 flower IL engraved In the center
and 10 OF violet color. The letter H IL In
large type on each side OF the violet. IL
makes u pretty little badge and VIII Dc
sent TO any Happyhammcr upon the re-
ceipt OF 10 cents. In ordering putto.l'
address your letters to the HaphammeE'
care The Post, Houston. Texas.
For every new subscriber sent by =
Iiappyhammer for the Scmi-Weckly POSI-
| club button will be given free. Tho SUD
scrlbcr secured can be either Tor tnree
months. six months or year; no mdt'ct
which of the three II IL, your badge WIZ
not cost YOU anything. When sendinS "a
subscriber send your letter to the business
office of The Post.
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SOME SHORT LETTERS.

Ethel Tubb Of Anahuac Is glad the shep-
herd won IN the dog contest
Mamie brennan, a little Houston HAP
hns been promoted to the low nth grade
in her school.
Myrtle NJ. Seymour OF Warrenton says
she has a little guinea pig and pair OF
squirrels for pets.
Ada Pyland. who lives ait Reagan, In
Falls county, ~ enrolled as Happyham-
mcr She is IA years old.
Bessie Sheperd of Dye. Texas. wants
TO correspond with some OF the Haps. she
likes 10 read the letters
Martha Best of Columbus has made two
quilts, and Is working on another Martina
has a pretty shepherd dog.
L1zis Kolb of Sealy sent a contribution
for the Georgia Anderson chair fund Her
sister Ethel also contributed.
jamie Stoncr OF Victoria is added to the
list OF Haps. jamie must remember 40
write with pen ana ink next tlmc.
Maud l.. I.ockln of san Gabriel hopes
Georgia Anderson will receive a nice char
She sent a contribution for the fund,
Carrie Shrader of AFTER Miss, thinks
book contest would prove Interesting; S@-
rie wants to hear from Daisie OliphiM
M1y l. Terry of Marvel wants J,,. to know now
used to write such nice letters 10 the
club.
w. Lawrence George of Willow City
thinks Guy Fdgen writes nice leu.eis;
Lawrence has shepherd dos h"'''u'
John.
Fiona +. Anderson, new Hap. VINO
lives at san Gabriel promises TO seha
descrip ion OF her town and county III he'
next letter.
Annie Rcddin of Greenvine thinks Guy
Fageql's letters are very interesting An
ME lives near Dollo Stroud, whose nome
is at Burton.
Una olive Seymour wrote from warren
ton. She enjoyed Ella Mahans iast lcsu.
IasY lad hIut
| nice presents.
Leonora Berry new meinpH ~, m
writos from Georgetown, has shepns.u
dog that brings up the horses every MORN
| Ing and night. +,
| Rosa Morgan OF Cedar Bayou Vls,tea
! he.i. cousin In Harrisburg last December.
and also came to Houston on Vlss'' Ho"'
| Is new Hap.
Emma Besser l3-Year-old Hap VIZ VIC
! lives m, Pine Valley. Texas. says sne
| would like TO correspond with some OF tue
| Hapo of her age.
Alice Clyburn is a new liappyhammerr
| who lives at Cree1nore. Ahce y, oi. -,
10 write a description of her 'i'''e ''""
In her next let1sr.
Myrtle Adams of Bedias celebrated hef
tenth bin, hday Oh the 18TH OF Jhnu NJ,
| Myrtle like, her teachers, MT. ana ANTS
Henry, very much. - ,,,..,
Let Lamb. who lives at sou ~, m''a ex'
street. Houston. has some SONGS ~, W n,
change with the Haps Lea was p"'" "
san Antonio in 1885.
Sules Brooks pamen Is a niue l rlii 4
year, old who lives at Houston. nn n.,,,
enrolled ss Hap, but must "r"e w.
pen and INK next time.
Stella Harris of Corn Hin says the sni
den death of her little hrother I.ati, 10 ~.
saddened them all The club sympalh'So-
With Stella IN her grief,
lIattla odon of I,ecomple, La, VIII cei
ehitpte her birthday on the .lst OF rsoo
r-uarv Hattie Is very much pleased VIII
her teacher, Mss Bessie Erwin
Agnes Addle Waits. who lives a. '. ~
is onIng 10 n convent school. Her s'stc
Willie also goes to school there.
Ethan. Valera and Mollie Ashley sr
! new members of the club who write iou
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FOR GroRGIA,s cnA1p

Arcadia. Texas Dear Iaphammcr: l
nave heVn wanting TO Join tho Happy
hammers for a long ume, and now |
want TO be .Jimttci, 50 | can help buy
Heorglt Andorsons chair. | know her. l
played with her once. | was SO sorry for
her. She has TO crawl ON her hands and
knees. am roing to ask my friends 10
give something for her chair. l am a
,ute girl ycur old. do not go to school.
Merle this winter We I'VE three miles
from Arcadia, on the bayou. We have
great run playing IN the woods with Our
little acigabors in the summer. | am
slad the shepherd won. We have n chop
icfn dog, ngid a little purple, have y.
ccr's. which I contribute to the chair
fund, My little friends. Grace. All.c and
Robbie Hoyland each gave me cents
ana the rest | got from Erowa folks. cx.
ccpt c.nta.
My s,Ar Mwle and cousin Jim Down,
want TO Join the HGrpyhammcrs with mo
Ihey each send cents Tor the chair. WIN
love 10 all. Your little friend,
Ncrva Heck.
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Ve,asco. Texas.-Dear IIaphammer; J
lave been reading The Post Tor long
time ard want 10 ioln the bard OF litps
NV favorite dog IL the Newfoundland and
i once ovrci one. named him Grover
Cleveland after the president. lie wGs n
worry piavfri dog. running after sticks
tla' would throw INTO he rsyer oI end
play,ng with the children ENcrywnerc !
would 70 no was sure to follow. Grover
Was n grea, dog 20 keep away. thieves
and othor night intruders. ani often, mes
nj might he aroused US hY his loud bark,
Ing k,w, him for about a year. and
then he d cd from poison since MS death
49,, l,as. a,d am sorry 10 hear that he
id not win in he Happynam n,,; s e2n,es,,
And.r-son'e chair. and hope she VIII sue
eaed IN rsttinE " before long. am IS
wears old and feel sorry FOR ANYBODY VINO
is afflc.td In any way. with much sue
cess 10 the Haps. remain your frlenn.
u 81 also have a sister named Ethel.
who h. II wears OF ase and would Ike to
ioll the Hap band.
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$500. but what must bavo been his
thoughts about tho ninety pounds


thoughts about tho ninety -four pounds
that he had thrown away
Ambergris Is the evidence OF disease
that attacks tho spoimaceti whale. aud
whale fishers search eagerly for traces OF
the substance In the intcstincs Of torpid,
sick or lean whales whcrc 1t is sometimes
found In small, irregular Jumps OF from
three inches to foot In diameter. The
largest lump ever known weighed 1S2
pounds ana was sold hy the King Of Lahore
TO the Dutch East India company. Another
historic lump OF 100 pounds was found In.
side dead whale whose carcass was dis
covered floating near tho Windward is
lands, and Isaiah kinehorn, the Nova SEQ
tia fisherman. with hts find OF 100 pounds,
comes third on tho list.
Wholesale druggists and perfume manu-
facturcrs are always anxious 20 buy this
strange sea product. and should nuch an
opportunity MS Fisherman Kinghorn'e come
TO any OF you. We trust that you may be
moro fortunate than was the ill-informcd
man who incontlncnuy threw away for
tune when It was within his grasp
q II u
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end OF tho contest. thought asveraa
times gbat l would Write and vote but
couldn't decide which l liked the bcsi.
What will We vote for next, Mr. liaa,i. /
think the Haps have voted for moot
everything. they could think OF. unless II
Is hanos TheaS arc ~ many pretty names
Tor. girls that when | went to name my
doll ! wouldn't decide what 10 name her,
hut think Pauline Sybll Claudia Ross
would To quito a pretty and majestic
naine l would Ike 10 exchange. songs
with some of tho liurs Would like L.
have "LAfe on tho Buhalo Range l Eaiess
that Is the name OF 1t; the song has those
worNis In II. l think. l viii send two or
three songs In return TO got It. ~ any OF
the Haps will send II 10 me. Your friend.
Hassie lSvaMs.
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HIS PET SHEEP.

Fresno. Cal.-Dear Iiaphammer:. l
thought | would write ard let the iiaps
know that am alive ] have been sotsns
to school all the rmc mat ] could " "
had lust gotten ont at noon o. the school
house ! wish the iaps could nave peen
there and shared the fun with ns, run
ming ONT and getting the ha lstones ana
eating them The teacher tired TO keep US
I'm the house. but we boys would alp out
and BRINK in tho hail The WIND blew 50
hard that II would bend me trees 10 wy
ground The; Yves the hardest storm !
have seen since / left Texas, have one
NOT and mat il n sheep. | can go out
and call him au1 he WIN come to me, We
have lots OF fun with the dog aad the
sheen Tine sheen WIN run at he dog.
one day he missed tho dog and hit 2
rock and broke OF one Of his horns,
with me my address n BOX f53, Fresno.
Fresno county. Cal, ,,o r,,,,.o,