The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-25
cIg. July was my bIr,hday. was Is. And

C,ty., July was my birthday. was is, And
/ l Eae one OF the hes. times
| Mrs lews' letter In ;oday's Post wcs Nry
nice, and | think that ever Hap should re-
member the story about Jesse and her grand
father
III rive you short sketch of my nto:
When was year old we came from the
frex;en North TO the halmy South. We iivcd
l I, Se ,s e. III M t ssr sG va. IN A l
road man, He was melnho- Of the Masoul,
ledge ! being his fayorite cut OF the two
this family could not hear TO stay III th>
house where our beloved ono had lived and
died, so we went TO Galveston. He WAS such
a. sS ca,, aaa loving father ana husband While
lived In the Leland City nntl was 10 years
o. agc, aud then we returned 70 Dallas, and
| there lived until February :, 1897 From there
, W. went TO dear old Houston, aud there lived
until July 2, iSas Mother failing In health we
oecidee to come to Austin. So here | am
scrlbhling like an old hen scratching for foad.
NJ. Hap don't you think every Hap should
| pay e cents yearly dues as Mrs Lewis sug-
rested' bring with me three boys who wish
| to join the club Their names are Henry
Cordtll, Tom Carpenter and Clarence Roberts.
| aia happy Hap. Dora Cordell,
ABOUT BRAzoRIA COUNTY.
| Ballcwe, Texas.~-Dear llnphsmmer: AS my
last letter was printed will write again This
xoria county. Bragoria county has an area OF
/ Wv square miles with population OF about
10000 The general surface rises gradually
from the gulf shore. about one-half is tim
peteu, consisting of different varieties Of oak,
elm, ash. walnut pecan. mulberry. sycamore
and numerous other trees. The balance OF tho
county Is level or undua,lng prairies, 1t is
orc OF the gulf coast counties. and s on the
edgo OF tho Texas coast fruit belt. Tue soil
| Is exceedingly rich and Is well adapted foe
| farmirg. The crops are diversified. but the
oane: Strawberries are great growers. The
people are engaged IN farming, fruit raising
and stock raising. The praaos and San Ber-
marc rivers, flow through the county. These
streams aud the numerous bavous lakes sulf
! coss' inlets and bays teen with fish OF every
variety Oysters are plentiful
Nc'asco. Angeton, Drazoria, Alvin Sandy
| Point Chenango, Columbia and Quintaua are
the principal towns. Anelcton is the county
seat. Nelnsco is deep water port at the
mouth of the Brazos river.
! Now. II word to some Of the Hans Irene
borney OF Houston, | think the temperance
talks are very nice. An occasional debate or
| quite Interesting.
Il c. stockdick after reading your lette-
on the affirmative side of the debate with
much care and dcliberation. / pronounced II
ve..y very good
Maurice Smith and Cornelius Combs, let nls
commitment you boys as being the best con
| Gnssie Boatner. formerly Rosebud. come
again: ! thought you had deserted this page.
eisllked the idea OF aholiahing nom do
piumes at first, but approve of II now.
Ozark Eyes, OF Yoakum, come again and
tell us your name.
But, girls, don't you know that the best let.
the boys, and If Maud naer. sunset Wood,
Miss Nei,ie 7! schofield. Alfina Wallace,
Ira rraIrie FAIRY and ,.,a. host Of others don't
ers Will be thing of tho past. Sincerely
yours, Ellen smith
| KARL sCHoPPE COMES AGAIN
| Yoakrm Texas-Dear Haphammer: Here
stand at your door with my hat In my hand
L would like to come IN, but like n buy who
! has been playing hockey, Fl" hesitate for
am afraid might get n scolding for my at,
sencs, Then. too. am afraid Ut that big old
wastebasket which has swallowed up two Of
my letters. but | will try sgaln. | suppose
nil the Haps have forgotten me. but ! have
not forgotten them, as take much interest
IN the club az ever was sorry TO hear OF the
horrible death of Guy Fagon. viii enclose
! 8 cents for the monument fund. extend my
sy mpathy to Charlie and Willie Price read
OF their fathers murder, and saw their moth
ers letter in The Post
| am little country boy now. We have a
nice country place on one side is a larEe
forest Of beautiful live oaks and other trees:
extending away to the north Is a high rolling
prairie dotted over with pretty farms and
clumps OF liveoaks. 1t is pretty here now.
Mireled with the light and dark green are
patches OF yellow corn and fields OF whiten-
ing cotton, Clouds passing over the sun make
Sput9 or dark ana IlRbt shadows chase each
other across 1t all II was lovely In the spring
Tho birds sang all day long; many kinds that
had never seen or heard. Ono syeot little
goldfincL built i'a nest In q tree In the front
yard. 1t built hanging nest. which was tied
so tight to the twigs that the wind could not
blow II down. Audrey and used 10 90 down
iorP lane 10 school and we dearly loved to
gather the wild holyhocks, prlinrnses daisies
nnc fofget-me -nots along the roadside. Mr..
Nccfeman Was our teacher, and we liked him
vc,y much. He taught old fashion school
yph ta
was boy. He also had Ounce caps which
mama said were used a hundred years ago
At dusk, when the work Is done II Is SO
quiet and still out here. Not sound is to be
heard except the chipping OF crickeis, the
tinkio Of bell or the distant barking Of
dog Sometime the sound OF the Yoakum
bells heard. There Is flock of Owls
over in the forest and every evening just about
sunset they have grand concert over there.
One old fellow starts the concert with NV MA
cocfa for me, who cooks for you all?" Then
all the rest join in the chorus, each singing
his own tune.
am glad the war Is over hate 10 ne,
SO many people killed. think Dewey, samp-
son and schley were very brave, but drawer
than all were the soldiers at San Juan hill
tweer two fleets OF warships ! think It would
be a grand sight. but It would turn out ridi-
culout. Il one fleet ran away like Cervera
die | think the people are drawer now than
they were in olden times Then they wore
coats of mail. made OF iron and steel, and car
ried shields TO protect themselves. Now they
have nothing TO protect themselves but their
guns. Then they fought with swords. lauces
bows and arrows Those old lords fortified
thepselves In their big old castles, and whcn
atts cked by tho enemy would hurl down stones
on them. Now towns and cities are fortified
nv breastworks and big guns and forts, but
they don't stand much chan~e when one OF our
battleships come around and turn loose ore
Of their l3-inch guns on them. DO. you think
these old knights would face Mausor buiIei,
like our soldiers do Joined the club when
Was G. four years ago. Your little friend,
Karl II. Schoppe
WAR THE GREATEST EVIL.
Z, Paso, Texas.--Desr Haphammer: In my
last letter | promised to give my reason why
wa- is worse than intemperapce. but TO those
VINO read the daily papers my argument viii
be useless. II ia only few weeks since our
OWL brave boys who were wounded IN battle
werp left on the battlefield for nearly twenty
four hours without food, weter or medical aid
and SOME OF them were unable TO even crawl
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