The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-27
Come again, Joe F.. you write such in
teresting letters. Lula May.

Come again, Joe F.; you write such in
teresting letters. Lula May
Moulton. Texas--Dear Haphammer;
am little Texas boy who would like to
join your happy band of boys and girls.
My father takes The Houston Post and
enjoy reading the Haphammer page and
the war news. have two sisters, one
was years old on the 18th of August and
the other is II or is years old. have
one pet dog; his name is Schley. and
have also two doves. new Hap,
Warner Krause.
Millerton, Texas-Dear Happyhammers;
have been thinking of Joining your hap
| by band for the longest and here comes
my letter. l am little boy IL years old
| My papa reads The Post and read lne
letters of the Haps. Papa is postmas-
ter. l go to school. am studying the
| fourth reader. love, all the girls and
boys and / would like to correspond with
some of the Hap girls. For fear my let
| ter gets into the waste basket will close.
Love and respects to all the Haps.
w. Royal Miller.
| Fulshear, Texas.-Dear Haphammer
Here | am again to chat with 1918 Haps.
will vote for the COW, for she is more
useful to man than any other animal. A
| COW gives milk The milk has cream on
it. Skim the cream off and churn 1t and
it makes butter and If you churn the clab-
her it will make buttermilk. A cows
flesh is good to eat. am II years of age.
School will start il September and 1 will
be SO glad. An old Hap,
Willie P. Briscoe.
Goliad, Texas. Dear Haphammer: 1t
is getting pretty hot now. but
do not mind it. School will
open very soon. Cotton is coming in now
and peaches are getting ripe. I guess
everybody has had enough rain for little
| while.
suggest that we have an animal con-
| test
like to read The Post on Sundays. 1t
is such a nice paper.
When school opens will be in the fifth
grade.
Well, l must close.
James Heath Ewell
Arkansas Pass, Texas.--Dear IIapham-
mer: l have been silent quite a while,
| but couldn't keep quiet any longer.
think the letters are so interesting and
/ enjoy reading them very much.
How many of you Haps ever ride horse
back? l do, for one. The Mexican that
baby sister and l often take tide on
him.
Pearl Robinson, come again; your letters
are so interesting.
think an animal contest will be a
! good one.
Well, will close. A true dap,
Lucy G. Burt.
Brennan, Texas.--Dear Haphammer:
thought l would come and chat with you
/ all, as / have been absent for long time.
! / went to baseball game yesterday be-
tween Brennan and Cameron, in which
Cameron defeated Brennan by a score
of to IL. ! have a greyhound. Her
name is Temple. There is boy who lives
close by who brings his out every Sunday
4 and we run races. They both run about q
tie l will answer Chester owens ques-
\ ton, What year was known by the farm
ers of Texas as the black year? In the
year 1875 there was a water spout and
killed the crops. With love to all of the
Haps. Yours truly,
Fred Peterson.
Bolton, Texas.--Dear Haps Hellol
Will you admit another little girl II years
OF age into your happy band OF boys anc
girls! | have been silent admirer OF
the Haps' page for some time, for / like
to read your letters. for they are so in
teresting. just want to chat for few
moments. ! Will now tell you about my
pet prairie dog. His name is Lee He sits
! up on his hind feet and begs for cake and
when you speak to him he jumps up and
barks. He lives in the ground and he is
a weather prophet When or before a
| rain you will see him scratching dirt and
piling it around his hole. Mr.. Hap asked
if we didn't think Hap was good enough
for a capital letter. / think so and hope
you all will agree with me. Dorah McCon
nico. hope you Will dream another dream
and wake up and tell us about 1t. Greedy
Mr.. Waste Basket sits over there in the
| corner, but hope he is asleep. | will bid
you adieu. Florence Reed.
Houston, Texas.--Here is another little
11-year-old girl to ask admittance TO your
happy band. / kept silent a good while
before wrote. but l will not wait any
longer. / think ! would rather give my
vote for the book contest. love to read.
I read the Happyhammers' letters Sunday,
not skipping one. ! wanted TO write while
the contest was on, but didn't get to do
| IL. would have voted for Sam Houston.
! think he was the bravest. / saw that
Travis won. but of course all the Haps
can't think one way. see all the Haps
are talking about their flowers, so | must
say something, too My flowers are all
| geraniums they are getting along finely.
! | hope the wide-opened waste basket Will
close his mouth just in time for my letter
to pass into the press, for this is my first
attempt. AS it is getting late, ! must
leave. Good evening. Haps.
Bertha l.. Doering.
Liberty. Texas.-Dear Haphammer; Az
ter a very long absence / will again write
to the Happyhammer club. but first must
present my excuse to Mr.. Hap for my
delay In writing. / have been attending
the Ursullne academy at Galveston and Il
was contrary to the rules TO write except
to parents and near relatives Last Thurs
day being my birthday mamma gave me a
party. There We're about seventy FIVE
invitations issued and by o'clock jolly
crowd had gathered at my home Croqpete,
! fortune telling. other games and dancing
were the amusement Of the evening and
although it WAS rather warm we enjoyed
the latter Immensely and the evening
passed so PLEASANTLY that ~ O'Clock came
all too soon. received eighteen nice pres
ents and hope will celebrate many more
such birthdays. r. r. Rocket, ! think
both subjects suggested by you are very
good and wish the former would be our
subject for the contest. have written
eight stories and although ] could i'm
| rrrx,o tha,.I navy I think they hav,.