The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-02

IIaH dwell il the heart and home Of ever
hslh y tne wish OF Nellie Denmau
enclosed =. Loss find cents Tor Jimmie. mn, i
mlsin, Texas, Dear liaohamner; No,
WI hiease excuse me from this rontAst y y
qenate. as ! have not read history yet M,
se ssn u y, e When Y comes, to flowers hsy
Inc ~ ana Mus ~ or seeds to plant aud ana 20
w 70 s senn tor that lot OF serd and plants
see advertised Ia The Post from John Inw.
oonilds. that chrysanthsmum alone II ,rort,
"a money. besides all those other sseas.
sia,nula ordered me some fine rcses wnie]
we planted out yesterday / viii divlae nee
Win any ono who vii wrts me OF TIE sind
nave suhhowers. hoiyhotk, ytur lend.
Lois steniifer,
1leenock, Texas.--Desr Haphammer:
! would Ike to know whether you will tag
ths ne lille girl into your happy band a
tne OLD saying Ia, The more the uierrier
an only 6 years old and can read. write an,
Spher am going TO school at home now
,Ne on a stock ranch and farm about twenty
teAinE The Post for long time i take cres
pleasure in reading the Hap paee. ! have Nv,
piothers ana three sisters. As this is my airs
S snishnn ! Nh bid you adieu. Love aud hes
"'sues W an me heps Bessie Ferris.
Shepherd, Texas Dear Haphammcr. please
let me in. Mr.. Han: III promise MT 10 stsy
l ons. we live IN very good country. but II
rains great deal
VIII answer the ouestions ashnd nv
Ernest Knopn V'
|. It was David 6. Burnet who died a, the
advanced age of SO.
~. Z, William u, Wharton who was Killed oy
the accidental discharge OF his own pistol,
y. General Sidney Sherman is buried a,
Anttln ~
I. General Burnet IS buried al Ausuu.
9 Pendleton Murrah madh race tlr life
=; General Burlsso1 ia hurtsd at Austin
Hoping these answers are correct, | will
close, wishing The Post ard Happyhammers
success ! remain new Han.
Thalia, Tsxas~-Dear Haphammer: iolnso
the Haps in 1897 but have written only
once.
.am almost stranger to the Hans, bu,
read the Hans mage every week. I fnd many
very Interesting letters.
| hope little Jimmie viii be able 70 walk
ON his new leg very soon. | have a greet
deal of sympathy for a cripple ! have an
aunt that saws she once knew litte boy
in Georgetown Texas, named Guy Faeen.
she says she does not konw whether he
was the one who was killed in Santa Cruz
which every Han Knows.
] am going to school and study the new
text books
have little orphan colt and a COW,
an reading the "Boy Explorer" 7 am fond
of reading but while I am eoing 10 school
dot have much time for t.
The wind Is hlowlnc at ? fortv-rlle rate
today | can not walk agsinst II bu IL Is
easy enough to go with it A true --Han.
Walter b. Eowiin.
Hooks Switch. Texas Dear Haphammer
VIII you place me among that long row OF
boys and girls? But. dear Mr., Hap, please
dent put me by Mr.. Farmer; I'm afraid ne
VI: go to sleep and pull me oa a ld-9 9eaSa
going TO the ilondike, and then ! would De
pretty sitting up there without hair on my
head, wouldn't l? l guess 1t would give you
sat,Ia rtsr s,ff and
think about such thing as Happyhammers
Now. Mr.. Hap, don't know who was the
greatest hero OF the Texas war for indeneud-
cree as am TOO small to read such pieces
ard understand them, but III ask papa WIN
was the greatest. ard l know VIII thinf
list the owe he thinks, and then I will write
and tell the Hans about II. Oh, yes Haps,
forgot TO tell you how old I am. am years
oil and going ON Z. ! can only write little
50 got my papas hired boy to write this Tor
mo. | haven't any pets except one OLD olaek
hen named Rosy. Your little friend,
Jack Morley.
Climax, Minn.-Dear Haphammer; ! read
letter in The Post from Rex Bumpers which
liked very much, because we are the same
ego and we like TO hunt rabbits and to ride
horseback and like to live IN the county.
But. as live in the most northern State anu
BIZ in the most southern, ! don't think there
is much hope OF seeing each. other but we
*
i calI the Ugly Baist He is good pony to
ride | also have hackney colt which Is
hiack with white spot In her forehead. Her
name is Black Beauty. ! live mile frbh
Climax 20 to school there. but now we
have weeks vacation,
oul greatest sport here in winter Is to
skate and to go on skees. A skee is tnih,
lieht board, about six feet long and as broad
as the foot 1t is turned up like a sleigh run
uer in front |, is very HANDY TO walk on
over the snow, because you won't sink down
in tho drifts, and We have lots of fun sliding
railroad train Sometimes we make a bank or
antw on the aide OF hill. which we call
Jump, and when We come down hill and go
thirty to forty feet will have to close ior
ills tire Enclosed find 10 CENTS of Jimmie's
Ice Your true Hap, Arne STEVENSON.
Comanche Texas--Dear Haphsmmer: have
lust been reading and admiring the many let
Inic the merry band I. too. think that sub
rect chosen for discussion among the Happy
hammers Is a good idea, and the one being
suggested by our editor-'Who was The great
est hero OF the Texan war for Independence -
* SPLENDID one and one that win profit us
1U causing w 10 read and refresh our minds
with the contents AZ those dear old pages tell
INC how Travis. Bowie. BonhRm. Crockett
ana A host Of other noble sp'rits fought and
s,;f4ered 10 win fer - this fair land nj Texas
rut ~ an these. Fnusfon is my hero and
tsvorits Houston vas horn in VirTin'a. 10
i7n9 ~ the nee Of 20 wears he was elrcted to
~. rress where he sarrrA two trrrss md was
,ftervsrd Fevernor AZ Teas II 1879 he was
~, rire hrt IN faw months his hesut'tul
,.ifa ,ert N her fa'her's hnrra and ratui'aed
70 more ~ hts Dove u'vF'srv wh'ch w.s
,avsy .vrlaired We tNpn resig-ed avd sought
- f,ier s-4o~P RIO Chovn'ye>s. tho frianAe ~
lie chrrhcnd where he 'eas werrolv rees'yed
80 sf4er re-rsln{s stree rears with the red
, 81 fate dirActef him Is Tevas where he
/ onra teht ne rlace awar~ hs- 'eptera ara