The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20

building, where 1t Is dumped into n mill
ana there ground Into fne powder, then
put into boxes the exact shape of brick
Inc boxes have no tops, and. rs soon as
they are full n ram comes down and
presses the dry particles of clay into a
bricS. The ram thea rises and the bricks
are delivered onto table. where man
takes aud sets them on 10 wheel Onr1-1a=s
to be taken to a kiln and stacked up for
burning. Your little friend, Hugh
Franklin, Texas. = Dear Haphammer.
Here comes another girl Is years old who
wishes to join your happy band. 1 have
been reader of the Happyhammer letters
for good while. I enjoy reading them
so much. have had such nice time this
summer: l went to see my aunt last
week; she lives forty miles from here, aud
went through the country; we had to 80
through three lakes that came UP in the
buggy bottom. They washed there during
the big flood. have been on good many
picnics. Our school Will commence in Sep
TEMPER; | will be in the ninth grade.
nave been taking music lessons, but quit
during the summer vacation; ! will begin
my music when school commences l en-
Joy reading books; We have nice library
IN our school, am reading "Fanchion the
Cricket now; 1t sure is good book. Have
any OF the Haps ever read Elsie Dins-
more II has twenty one volumes: have
only TWO. am going to read them when
! hnish the one l am reading now.
have wheel. l surely enjoy riding; but
We haven't got very good roads up here
to ride on. l went to party last night
ABOUT mile and half from town; the
girls went on hay wagon and the bows
had to walk. We played out ON the lawn
long time. then we went In the parlor
and hao music and games. had rather
live in town than in the country. I have
oeen living in town two years. ! went
TO school here two years before we moved
am member of the Christian church;
go to Sunday school and church every
Sunday; / was elected organist for the
sunday school and church. enjoy play
Ing for them. l have the sweetest Sunday
school teacher; her name is Mrs. Lucy
Langford. Well. as this is my first time
and know you are all getting tired of
me, l will close with much love to the
Haps. Ethel Cram
Colmesneil, TeXas.-Dear Haphammer:
have been silent member for a long
time, so thought / would write and tell
you something of our little town. Colmes.
neil is at the junction of the SouShern
Pacific and Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railroads. II was laid out in 1882 and
named for the first conductor on the
Southern Pacific passenger train. The
Missouri. Kansas and Texas was built IN
1883.
Colmesneil was once a thriving little
business place. 1t had the largest saw
mill in Eastern Texas but 1t was burned
in 1892, and since then our town has been
rapidly decreasing in population and en-
terprise. Its inhabitants then numbe
in the thousands, while now 1t claims less
than 800 inhabitants. We speak of Upper
and Lower Colmesneil. Upper Colmesneil
contains one large mercantile houS1 with
large millinery department in connection
with IT, one drug store, hotel, livery stable
and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas depot
while the lower town contains five bust
ness houses, millinery shop, postoffice
printing office, livery stable, two hotels
and the Southern Pacific depot.
Our society is very good and we are
blessed with two good churches, the Bap-
fist and Methodist. We have large two
story Masonic building, with an enrolment
Of seventy members; the lodge was organ
lied in 1889. Our school is usually very
good. The soil and climate of Colmesnel
and surrounding country Is adapted to the
growing of all kinds of vegetables and
farm products. while We have fruits of all
kinds to grow well.
AS l have talked so long already, will
not cast my vote in the present contest
4 until my next visit. > true Hap,
| FlorTle Mcdonald.
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