The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-16


} and "Bigfoot" Wallace.
! think u all those lfaps who arc AWAY,
Sskins riddles woniu ask some questions abou
history, or any Interesting suplccj II wuuIt
DO the elue more good You Enuw ,ue ruuius
ano suppose you Just want to see who els,
Knows tnem. ASK some question you roali,
don't know
hope all tho lIaps will vote for Genera
Houston as the great hero. Think before Va,
vote re Was IN Tennessee and started FOL
Vesas TO help them get their liberty. iie wa,
FIR more than volunteer The Texans wpr,
ALREADY mere and had TO night
NOW haps, remember ana hunt up some,
thtng shout the Texan war that YOU nav,
heard and We viii learn littlo more about
ieAAs heroes. Yours Tor Texas history learn,
ms Phltip Webster
Moody FeSas--near Hauhammor. have
been reading the Hans letters Tor some time.
aud ! have at last sdecided TO write. 50 they
s1mt me 70 Join YOUR happy baud am a
BOY aud stili am In my icons and as ncnry
s heyer SAYS ! ,oye candy YET think YOU
nave good subject for discussion. | am in
/ teyot Of General Houston
/ what rhermopylAc Is TO Greece, what Run
nymede y TO ENGLAND and Yorktown is 10
! me tnltou states, san lacinto viii ever be
70 Texas. There. on April e. tSS6 inc eagle
! houston saw the Golden moment he had GA
gerly watched for on his lone and sad retreat
! from Gonzales to san Jacinto A moment
when santa Anna, IN his vain ser confidence
forgot all caro- and went To eieen. AZ o
i clock u, m, April a. 1896. Santa Anna was
:
tondly dreaming OF Houston aud his little
army Of i2t Texans fleeing before him rs no
said liko mule-eared rabbits and all
I Texas her knce In eupnitancc bent and
I trembling At his power" nut that dream
j Nas his last Listen Whas sound was that
rising from those ranks that move down on
the MeNlcan iortlheation2 II ia tho burst of
| tue magic words. Remember the Alamo"
I Remember Goliad' caught IN aud shouted
from lp to W and from rank TO rauk, as
the Texans saw the butchers OF their friends
ana loved ones This fierce cry for vengeance
hnrsi from eyerv heart Terror sezes the
bloody foe, When they Rot within close RANGE
then tho yolley carries death to 100 Next
cans. The Texans rushed madly on over
we Mexican hreastworks, killing with the
butts Of their guns all that oemained 10 re-
eeive them Many q Mexican fell Oh his
knees and pleaded. "Me no Alamol' ME
10 Sollad! The Texans had declared they
would ofGr up a bloody sacrifice to the mem
Milan aud Fannin. Your true Hap
Jim PAYNE
Gardner TEXAS bear ,laphsmm,r; The
sptlpg has ccmc with blooming boushs and
merry singing birds. Everyh hing is 80 fresh
and lovely in the sprinEtine. / am going to
school Our school viii be out In hpril ana
! VIII be sorry. 100. for tho hpppcst DAYS of
our liNeu are when We are going to rehool
o. they are my happiest dayS. l can't forget
tho past For many hapnv hours | have
nhd Win my dear old schoolmatcs In tho far
west. and since ] have lived here | have had
fine time at school; but ahi how snd
ltel wren ! think OF my old playmMes far
away IN the West | sometimes feel like |
could ny out there and see them MS they
were when left out there several wears ago
! then was small child and so were they
nut some of them have grown to be men
ana women. others have departed 10 n better
world. ]. too, am almost past my teens but
oh! those days shall never be forgotten
the SPOT where once we played whore we
gathered flowers from the glade! How often
! think Of my childhood DAYS In the old
farnway home. II makes me think OF the |
Lat m a nm In my hon IN IN
far distant West. to the house Of my child |
hood = OH there let me gol Net that ! am |
home as any one could have. If all would do
their best in their youth they would. am
sure, have happy past to think or and a
much hsppier future to look TO- Haps. II
bright golden flower. try--do try-to make
your future So But let us do our very best
when We are In the school room let not
pass unlmproved. and let us make
the best of all we undertake. RS did the
braves OF our country who fought bled and
died fighting for their rights. Now. / am
not capable OF saying which deserves the
greatest honor-the men Of the Alamo or the
men of the battle Of San Jaeinto. know
mat Travis and his men fought brayey for
the ceuse of their country; but maybe. II they
bad not been in the very Jaws ~ deith be-
Icfe they knew It. they would not have
fought so valiant Travis Bowie Crockett
and Bonhams names may be written on the
orRes Of histories for centuries, as men
WHO ulP1 VINO gave their llEos 10 the Cuuga ,
II then country. who shed their blood. for
seek th4t dear families and homes but
Horston's men were az brave az ever fought
n the cause of liberty, ! should think VI
S no u.s. quoting the words from history !
or every boy aud girl In our land has
tudied Texas history. should fancy. II /,
3nwie Bonham and Crockett were surround
d by 5000 MeXicans and al the end OF the
'attlo there were 1900 Mexi2ans Wing stlil
ma cold. while the last one OF our braves | !
we're lying likewise. fancy every boy and y
,irl OF our land knows that the battle Of the
slamo was fought March 9. 1896 And did {
toueton not flght the battle OF san Jacinto !
With lust as much yalor and herpismg On !
,nril n. at o'clock he told his 700 brave !
men that he was about to lead them against
antn Annals 1900 veteran soldiers As our {
rave men neared the ramp aN1 Jaw before {
hem the butchers Of their friends and loved
mes a hsfco cry for vengeance burst from
lemher Goliad" II Is stated that sherman I
,as t9e first 20 utter the famous cry The y
ID funds at fret shrank back In rror =
IT. fallying forth they poured a raklnE ?
re OF musketry upon our braves. Not a I
loment DID our brave general and his men
eload they grabbed hand TO hand with tho u
Id hends. The MeHicans fought bravely. e
ut. becoming convinced they were hghting d
, flight. In about twenty minutes the battle u
as over and the Texans were In BOSSES Y
ION OF Santa Annas camp The Mexican a
avalry saw the day was lost and they has q
snedy 70 Vinee's bridge 10 make their es- ~
ape But when they got there the bridge g
as gone. On came the Texans. Death stared b
lem in the face on either side, SO It was.f u
would like 10 write more. but as spsce n
oes not allow | viii close. Mr.. Han is saw a
w. The basket is close at hand. a IL y
esr-old Han. Katie Waddle !.
wichita Falls. Tc1as,-Dear Haphammer I,
syeral Of the Haps are writing about their W
,yorite authors. 80 will try 10 tell you 7
lmeihing about mine. My fayorite novelist n
james Fenimore Cooper, sometimes called y
IL walter Scott OF America" and the FIRST ~
reat American novelist. lie was born at IS
New Jersey September IS, 17ga- m
10 same year George Washington WAS In h,
igurated president Of the United States. -
sving received his early enucalion from a ~
-Iyste tutor, he. at the age Of 10. passed n,
Yale College. but he was too restless and ~
iyciiturous 10 become q dlligent student %
I'D was dismissed In disgrace at the age OF n
/. He now determined 70 become seaman a
I'd entered the American navy as a midshlp- III
an. He remained six years at sea. gathering hi
10 experience OF which he was afterward TO M
AXE such good use In his novels. ON his re- to
'enent from the sea, In 1871. he married an
ifs Delaney and the next ten years OF his sa
10 we're spent IN quiet retirement. Cooper 10
as very fond Of reading, and al the sugges vi
rp OF his wife he wrote a book which was ",
ihlished In 1890 under the title OF "rrecau- Ell,
~ wae n N fnferestfug uoyal describing -.