The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-08

resolutions, One OF mine Is 10 handle The
ii, an, OF hsrniucss cftone- this year than
nn MAY lSyo ard badness reign IN every laps
century Is the wish OF your Sriond.
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| \ LONG WAGON "TRIP.
| Titkilws, lll.--Dosr flaphamner: y thought
would write letter TO the Hsrpyhammsrs
mr. a,a iit;le eirl 70 years old and i've GU tnS
Tt,s ISL. ana Illinois ean' TWO ycars ago
I, .Voh a trip from Houston. Texas. TO 0utnri,
~, IN q wagon. We came BY the way Of the
Indian Territory Karsas and Missouri W.
ntrses died st Pryor Crcak, Ii;,iisn TsftNcrys
got Oh. OF the Mississippi bottom. Just one
day before The Hood. s
! got several Christmas presents. have
tWo pretty white kittens. I had my picture
taken. With them would like TO b. a men.s
Der OF your happy club II ygu Will iocait
me. Nora Mooney.
A HAPPYHAMMER's HONE BURNED.
Carthage, TeNas.Dsar Iaprammer;gI will
come again after "a long absence. We had al
a.s honse ntesa OF Shsas s
other night after the presents were delivered.
our constable shot and killsd a aarkey lie
Inn and tic 't nsrr o Soesed te s rnnstabe and
the onn-armed deputy down. snd in RettinE
III the constable shot the negro. That same
evening about Dark two negroes Killed n WGlio
man Mt Beclvilie and stabbed another. The
ia!i. - ~ : N'sN' 80 : '-~ '''N -
Will begin to 20 to school again. Dir. o.
u. Cooper is our teacher: he is finc teach
err don't know whcthe you have heard
about ono Of the Happyhamner houses burn.
Mr.. Priest rented 1t, and 1t and another ad
joining house burned up. ] viii close by ask
ing riddle: (which Stats is round Mt both
ends and high in the mid'is?'' your true
Hap, Lee Carter.
SHE LIKES TO HUNT.
At,nnta, Texas.-Dear Haphanrner: Here /
Gene. this pleasant winter night, to chat
awhile with the Haps. Well, Haps how are
you all getting along these cold. dreary days?
Have any OF you played SNOWFALL YETI have.
ana ] had very nice time playing. Y showed
having vacation now. am. Our school was
out last Friday 1t will open again ON the
the principal and Miss Annie. Moores Is my
teacher. She is a very sweat lady and We all
love her. Do any OF the iappyhammer girl
enjoy foine. / hardly ever Kill anything, bit
like to shoot. whether kill anything OF not;
When ! last wrote to the Happyhanler,s Rs. |
We moved last February. ] like to live IN
the country great deal better than In town.
Christmas will soon be here. and ] an SO
hope old Santa Claus Will visit all the Haps
and leave them many nice presents. How
many Of the Haps like to read? 40; .. ! have
enjoy horseback riding! do. We have two
horses. bit they are not very gentle and papa
doesn't allow me to ride them very often.
Miss Nettc Paige Scofleld, come again with
ono OF your Interesting letters aud some Of
your nice poetry. admire them very much.
up and tell us your dream lrma Trnhani.
was very interesting ny Birthday was the
~ btc n, nd nixrpl pruI NJ
presents. l would like to correspond with
some of the Haps II they will write first. I
viii close. with love to all the Hsps. Your
true Hap. Vergna Cameron.
MUST HELP 70 HAMMER
Lyle. Texas--Dear Haphammor AS have
not written to, the Happyhau,mers in guitc
awhile. thought would write. Hnps. hope
dc. have been to one party and am going
to another tonight ind am expecting good
and vi aSs hsans ssst and s
had delightful time. will send 10 cents for
little Jnlnies, artificial leg. feel like IT is
o or een years anps Ws
to do more good thar. We do. We can buy
thai artificial leg and then buy that little
Henry Boyer, think you had fine time
on your trip 10 the IIappyhammer reunion.
Miss Nettie. come again as I enjoy. reading
co,ubs. Nicholas Belden, NSumpter Etheredge
Thomas Taylor. E.. G. Stockdick and olive
I..asen Haps. our club tree is all of the green
-liat is left IN our country, and tho knocking
BIRDS are thick here. and when II SHOWS they
nm TO our windows and love to feed them.
iogand Il is the cutest thing Its maine is
Lion for It looks almost Hike lion 1t will
ump higher than my head and catch a bali.
md Will play all kinds of tricks Haps, |
rave never been lucky enough to see one OF
he Haps There is one who lives ten miles
rom me. and, Thomas Taylor. you arc the
ieyt closest one; you are only twenty-five
niles from Lyle. Well / will step out and
cave room for some one else. as some one
ray be standing outside IN the cold waiting
. come In. true Hap.
Bessie Chapman.
ADVENTURE WITH PIGS.