The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-28

lnh disguised ola MIN no 5000. l beneNs
that Santa Anna was the meanest persol
in the whole war.
Mr.. Hap, ! have some flowers, I have
some verbanas that are Just planted and
some phlox, luckspur and johnny jump
ups In bloom | think every yard should
have some flowers in it. ours has a great
Many roses aud honeysuckles in bloom in
IT,
How many Of tho Haps have read
l"Thelmn?" Rave Just hnished reading
/ IT, like It vaiy well.
! Prairie Fairy. are you last? II not.
! why do you not write to MS againY hen-
Try Geycr. Thomas Taylor and others must
dream 10. us soon.
! will answer Nellie weir's question.
when did a pig cause trouble hetwcen
Texas and Frlloe2' II was an Austin
hotel Keepers pig and got into n. de sh-
ligny's stables md ate a lot OF corn. The
hopiler killed the pig and tho hotel keeper
whipped the hostler Salignv made com-
plant trd the president had trouble TO
satisfy him.
For fear OF oustaying my welcome ! VIII
close. Lovingly,
Lnne Humphrey.
Buhter. Dear Hapnammer: Atier an
absence Of about four months | viii Wrte
ageln IL you wiz please give me space
Well Haps. do any Of YOU like to work
or farmT | have been helping papa
thin corn We have corn with tasSals. l
thinned twenty-five long rows one AFTER
noon and at tho end of one row SAT
down to rest and fell asleep, hut can not
toll my dream. as | had Just began dr,am-
ing when / felt something touch my tace'
and looked up to and our pet dog Bon
Tavlor." by me. ! suppose he thought
ought tn have been at work
haven't read Texas history much uut
think General sam Houston the greatest
d D. f4a1F
hero Of the war Papa limits nc ~ 'o w,
Well. | will let Thomas Taylor take my
place il he will. A true Hap,
Cora Pearl Hewitt.
sutherland Springs, Texas.-Dear HAP
, hammer, Here / come to chat on the
contest. | think Travis was the greatest
, hero OF the war for Texas indep haener'
because Of his bravery at the Alamo ~
md his men were stronger there tnan
Houston and his men were at the patue VI
7 san Jaciuto. ] will answer some Quo9
, tions First are Robert o'Connots l..
Which Is the oldest railroad In the sta',
= of Texas? The Galveston, Harrisburg ahu
= San Antonio railroad The construction
. commenced in 1852. 1t was hrst eaueu
: The Buffalo Bayou Brazos and Coiorau'
o railroad. . What city in Texas mas lul
. nishod rho most governors? think Waco
what men were called the horse ma
q zines? Mai. |. W Burton's Next VIII an
~.
Il syer Lima Dedmon's questions. l. Nh'
a ,yas tbe Old Alcalde2 Ex-Governor Ofal
n NJ pobcris >. Who said 1.-THE first act u
II tho great drama is now performed th
!: Rcpublic OF Texas is no more Ahso'
o toncs & What is Palm sunday The
e sunday next before Faster, III c1mmelho
e ration OF our Savior's entry tuio Jefus
It lem when tie multitude slroweG PAIR
W branches in the way 4. who raised tn
lie frst ,rv "Remember the Alamo Genera
,e si5nev sherman. MIR, Hap, you askee
If which answer was right, Anne Games
Iona Iaytons, to the question 10
monument Texen is buried IN California
Lena was right II was eX-uoVc'ho' ~
smith. ! will now let some one taEe II.
Mace that can do better than Yours
pi"0e Emma Jones.
Irvalde Texas.-Dear Haphammer;
viii cast nv note for noble Travis. Nopi
Is he who is not afraid to die lor III
country and Travis was nople anu utd
If ever any man was. the let'er why
, he wrote while in the Alamo sho"eu W
brave spirit within him. J never "a
studied Texas history yet but reau
sometimes and have found that no ma
In Texas was as good and brave as IraVl
C. II Travis had been born and raised
TEXAS he could have had no more ei
lection for 1t than he did. am sure w
the heroes of the war or they were nv
ingl would be glad to know that we al
turning into Aowerland the land whc
they so bravely saved from the hehais
hands of the MeXicans'
will answer Chester owens question
Who felt that the Lord had called him
be a member of congress? DAVID NtocAet
Who raised the first cry 'RemempeF u
Alamo?" General Sidney sherman
5: | will ask question. way WAS u
at Alamo named Alamo?" | must close nov
in From a loving Hap Anna Grace Elns'
st Bremond. Texas.-Dear Haphammel
ta 7 will write and tell who ] think was Il
u, hero of Texas independence ihlnk
on was Travis. | Will not give MS ire
~ il has been told before. Hans. J Won
no like to have every Haps picture IN o.
re- large club, il any OF you would be
il9 kind as TO send il to me. We celebrate
~ San Jaclnto day at school. We had Pr
:. gramme ia the morning and had na
- holiday in the evening. went TO y
ne train in the evening and two universal
,o passed through BAYLOR and Fort Wor
~ universities. All we could hear for ID
an hour was the Baylor college yell,
wound I'D something like this: w
are we, who are We, Baylor un-i-Ver-s
ty" WIZ don't more OF the Haps q
scribe the towns they live IN? II We wa
me to do that we would know more aba
Is about Bremond Bremopd Is little q
we with about 900 Inhabitants. Is on
on, Houston and Texas Central railroad g
ne Waco and Northwestern railroad in 10
In ertson county eight miles from big braz
'Iy and 1--WE miles from little Bra2os. forty n
= ~ miles from Waco and 14i miles from Hoi
~ ton: we have four blacksmith shops.
,,.e hardware. ten or eleven dry goods stor
i'n thirteen or fourteen groceries, three
], looms one beer vault. one market, I
va as drug stores and one opera house 7
~ railroad company has lust completed
~ big well ll5 feet deep and twenty 4
~ across. IT has sigty-hYe feet Of water IN
~ Bremond has many flowers as any "a
~. OF its size In Texas. Every yard has r.
M bushes. bridal wreath and pansies, a
IN those that haven't them the rest hf
hat enough to make 10 for II. | VIII
nv eWeT some questions. When did
az cause trouble between Texas and Fran
20 was 1t when pig belonging to tre'
.en hotel keeper got into q Texans stable 2
irg ate his corn. the Texan shot the pig z
ans me Frenehmsn reported IL 10 the Frei
had consult The twin sisters we're TWO SIN
-ere brass cannOns presented TO Texas BY
people Of Cincinnati ! Will ask one a.
,ind Who were the New Orleans Grays, ana
o,d they do any hghtlnE? We bave liter
NON eccietv that meets every Friday. we Z