The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24

portune time to say that any reader OF
this department who will send q self-ad-
dressed. stamped envelope for postage l
should be secured now and saved for early
spring planting. tMrsl D. G. Carver.
Coimesneii, Texas.--Dear Haphammor:
have not come for visit this time, but
have just run In for minute to bring
my little dime for Edna's chair, and to
invite all the other Haps to do likewise.
Just think! We number 1915, and II
only few OF us would come In right soon
with 10 cents each. what lovely chair
we could give Edna for a Christmas pres
ent. and what happy Christmas 'twould
DO for her, SO hurry your dimes along
with heart full OF love for Mr.. Hap and
ell the Hammerers. I am, true Happy
hammer, FlorrIe Mcdonald.
webberville. Texas.--Dear Haphammer
II has been long, long time since
wrote to the Haps page: guess you all
have forgotten me. but l have not forgot
ten to read the Haps letters. | will send
In my little mite 10 heip buy our little
crippled girl chair. for know she would
appreciate 1t as Christmas present
am SO glad that Christmas will soon be
here. see the Haps are talking about
the greatest inventions The printing
press is one Of the greatest Inventions. for
| love to read good books. Your little
Hap. verna jackson.
Montague. Texas.-Dear Haphammer.
AS the door is standing ajar we will
come In for chat. Good evening Haps
Oh. what a jolly crowd; all here to help
get Edna's chair There are so many
new faces. am so glad the good old
COW won. We are so fond of milk and
butter, and we do love to milk. We are
two sisters, Fannie and Laura Brown.
We have been going to school since De-
tober 30. Our teacher boards with us.
Her name Is Miss Sallie Hester. Our
teacher told us II we would get our les
sons perfectly she would give us a nickel
for every perfect one; and how we did
study to get the nickels for little Edna's
chair. and here they are, Mr.. Hap. We
send two apiece. I tFannie) am nearly
~ and / Laura) am almost o. am
mammals baby. We have been hammering
happiness for five years. We hope to see
this letter in print as 1t is our first Our
brother Frank and sister Rosa also send
nickel apiece, which makes 80 cents.
with lots Of love for Mr.. Hap, and ali
the Haps, we close.
Fannie and Laura Brown.
Lake Charles, La.--Dear Haphammer
Hello, Haps! Here am again. Haps'
Xmas will soon be here; / hope we can
get the chair for Edna Fowler by Xmas
The beginning of another year Will soon
be here, ] 20 to school regularly, only
when ! am sick. We are going to have
middle term examination just before the
school turns out for Christmas: we get
reports at the end of every month. Miss
Keener is my teachers name. There is a
great deal of sickness here. will stop,
as l am afraid my letter will go in the
waste basket. From a true Hap,
Annie Haynes.
P. s.--Enclosed find 30 cents for Edna
Fowler's chair
Garrison, Texas.-Dear Haphammer: |
wrote a letter once before, but Mr.. Hap
cast it into that hateful old waste basket.
Christmas is nearly here I will be glad
when Christmas comes; will have nice
time playing with my toys and hunting
rabbits with my gun. Marrying King and
myself have a gun apiece, we have fine
sport with them. Papa works at the coal
mines here. Every day when school Is out
I 60 out to the mine and help him dig
coal. can dig about 500 pounds of coal
a day. I had rather be down under the
ground than up on top We live 50 close
to the railroad that can always see the
train when it passes. MIR. Hap please don't
throw my letters into that old waste
basket. My age is IL years. remain
new Hap. Ellis Mills
Buffalo. Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
come asking for admittance. for 1t Is 80
cold out here. Oh, yes. how nice ana
I warm. have not written for so long y
( time. but have read every letter on each
page. l was very sorry to hear OF the
death of Ella Mahon. She was good
Hap. Don't you thing so, Haps? Well,
see you are getting chair for another
cripple Come on. Hsps and make your
! hammers ring and let's get Edna chair
for Christmas. let some of your candy
alone All of US ought to give as much
as 5 cents Just think what a nice sum
it would be--s500. What about that help
Ing fund to send in cents for each
month? 1t would be SO nice. You see we
could send right on and get chair or
anything that might be wanted. | see
Mrs Foster has suggested for the next
contest Which invention OF the Nine
teenth century is most useful think
it is excellent. don't you, Haps? That
would make us study up some. So good
bye. j.. Haruy.
I p. s.-Find cents for the crippled girl.
Granger, Texas--Dear Haphammer: Here
| come two little ones to join your happy
band. We have made collection for the
I little girls chair: Mr.. McGlofand, 1oc;
4 Mrs. j. l.. Dean, sc; DR.. Mcdaniel, soc;
Mrs. ]. +. McCarty. 10c; Mrs. ]. G. Me-
Crazy, 25c; j. w. Walker. Sc; Hazel VIII
son. 1oc; Mrs j. r. Stalings, Sc; w. H
Walton. 1oc; Matte Barkly, Sc; Minnie
Kirby. SC; Matte Bryson, sc. We Will try
to get up more this week. We started to
school yesterday. ! (Mattie) am years
old; picked something over 1000 pounds
OF cotton this year. and papa gave me rs
cents hundred. (Charlie) am IL
years old, and picked nearly 1000 pounds OF
cotton this year. paid for all of my
winter clothes by myself. We are SO glad