The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

My uncle is clork in tho postotiico. His
,,ame Is James X. Brown and when / 10 TO
,no 81 again viii get Uncle Jim to take
me to see you. Your little Hap,
zelma l.. Turner,
huntsville. Texas.--Dear Haphammor; Al
loM NC 10 join your happy band. | AN
enali boy. 10 years old / go to school every
day. Ny studies ARE fourth reader. spelling,
have no ps eSe pass one ale SSsS mig
,pa.u takes The Pos, and enjoy reading the
Han letters very much have one horse and
SADDLE The horses name is Nat | have
iVuf new Han Earnest Black.
Houston, Texas. Dear Haphammcr; VIII
you lie, little girl of years into your happy
band of children? My name is Robbie Dale
TIPS | will ask riddle; Why is coach
ns1 like The cloads got three books for
from Shakespeare by Lamb. aud .'Tbe
strange Adventures Of billy TriI,' by H. A:
Iheever, l have Birds Christmas Carol"
love TO read and am In the high fourth
grade. My papa has been taking The Post
long time-as long MS can remember.
Robbie Dale Tips.
Hollis, Texas.-Dear Haphammer: have
been reading the Hap letters for some time.
live Oh farm about mile from Hollis and
snicy a farmers llfo very much. have
bought mo pony aud am going 10 try to
cultivate crop myself | began blowing last
week. expect 10 plant ten acres IN corn
ana ten In cotton. ! am boy, is years old.
l will write again and tell you how | sue
| coed with my farming, A true Hap,
Thomas Cautey.
Grocsheeck, Texas.---Dear Haphammcr: For
tho first time in life l appear Ia your midst
and notify you OF the fact. II may be OF in
tefest to distant readers TO learn something
of this section. We live ten miles west of
Groesbeock on rich black land. 1t is very
productive aud high in price-from SIS to $40
per acre. This fine prairie country is very
thickly settled our markets are Waco.
Mexia and sometimes Grocsbeeck, though the
latter is not so good for trade We have
quite n number of negroes In the county, but
they are generally confined 10 the timber and
creek bottoms am going 10 scloo and like
United States History better than any other
study. l see tho president avors more terri
tory. and so would l. if he would colonige the
negro race. Well. ! will not stay too long
this time Yours truly, Mary Oliver.
Elgin. Texas--Dear Haphammer: have
jus, finished reading the lIaps' page mud IL
was so good l could not resist writing any
longer. Sunset Wood S letter was Just splen-
did. | am going to school now. ] have the
same teacher | had last year All of her
scholars like her. DO any of you like to 70
out driving? ], for ono do and Ike horfe-
back riding very much. | ride from my
to the fence and brother comes carrying the
feed for him. ] have horse and saddle oil
my own. can ride t. suit myself. raw.
son. what relation is Dick TO Tom? Answer
1t is his grandfather A true Hap ,,
p ST. will send cents for Jimmie Ed
wards artificial leg. IL. H.
Crosby. Texas Bsphammer; Won't
you let me come IN little II promise 70 be
good? We are having some real bad weather
here II rains so much and IL is SO muddy.
Para tnkes The Post and like 90 much TO
read the Haps' letters. ! wrote once. but ,
suppose you have forgotten IT, J see some OF
authors. | will write little about THE Cru
sader" John G. Whittier. He. when bov.
hyed In Massachusetts on iarm. ne NM NM
familiar with poverty and hard work, ne han
access 70 but a few books and received but a
poor education. But with chances against
him he became famous poet IN ms you.n
he had supported himself by teaching school
or nv making shoes. but his reputation grew.
so that subsequent TO the war ne was avn ,
TO support himself with his pen We'll MI
Hap. IL you will publish this VIII come
again I suppose you all want me to quit.
Eula Iloliingsworth
San Marcos Texas--Dear Haphammer: The
HIM club has reached and passed the seven
thcusandth milppost This Is very large
club indeed II they were In one crowd aud
have a reunion 1t would BE- a great event
There arc enough 10 do a great deal oil good'
II wouidn't take long for the Haps to accom-
plish wonders Now the Haps are sending IN
contributions for the purpose o. buylng JIM
m @ Edwards an artificial leg, rms u anothcr
good deed OF good Hnps. Now. II each ana
every Han were to send in cents each
which Is a very small sum-it wonla amount
90 S3s0-enough 10 nuy several haps ohhrs'
legs etc Mr.. Hap would have 20 have an
assistant to halp count money. Seven thou
sand nitkels would make pretty BIZ PILE.
print a small part of Them. Now. iiaps. lot =
! haze hnc tame and give Mr. Hap little
work. lei every ore OF re .ege hsps f sena
! Al present only few send n contributions.
Your friend, Phllip webster
FairsviIle. Texas. Dear iiarhammer: How
( many of you like to so TO sch1oli dearly
I love H. 1 always feel like | nm doing some
tiing that viii no useful in the long run.
| Our Christmas here was very nice.
! The ,iolets daiscs and 'ariols other wild
! flowers will soon be making their appearance
/ and We will heartily welcome the dear ltle
! flowers which Mother Earth has so long been
| shielding from the bleak nofth "ihu nno
Daisy O., wIlor4a L., Georgia a. and Blind
Carl. come again; have you al orgottsn u.s.
we should write more 10 show our appfeola-
] lion 10 Mr. Hap for giving us II page. say,
, Mr. Hap, do you know your paper is grow
| ing more interesting each NUMBER II you
don't mi Just remind yOu OF II. think 1he
Post IL The greatest paper In the world. or as
good as can be found .,,
I am in horror Of that bis-mouthed waste
basket swallowing u9 my d lemeT ssa IN ho,.
/ " $50 Edna Stewart
| seclusion, Texas Dear Hnphrn'rner; VIZ,
| you admit another little girl tn'o your hald
! para takes The Post and enjoy reading we
J ia1tsrs very much BY favorite writers ar
iIau,y Rever Frank Brown, Thomas IaSior
ND Ne,tie Schoneld. | am 10 yenrs old we
I've twenty miles from town and three ana a
9 half miles from school. ,,. -, ~.
I I had delightful time CHRISTMAS ana nope
How many Hans Ike 10 so to entertsln.
ments? do. Tor one. went 20 TWO nu'lhs
Z christmas and had a grann YIN, a. sae.,
1 will answer a riddle; Wnat " y tna ma so ,
over The mountains IN the daytlIns ana H.. III
on the table at night? 1t is the hspt' Anu
4 another one;
Tn marble wallis as white as MIX
1 lined with skin as SOFT as SIN,
xuV,hin a fountain. crystal eie9r'
Golden apple doth appear;
| ~ ednoye there nre TO this StrcngnoIl.
NJ, thieves break in and steal the gola.
II is an egg. .,.a fiddle what is II
! hd,.opn heaven and earth an1 XII .I1 ~
/ tree?
Crosby Texas Dear Hapham'ner 10 and
! eor,e 10 joiD your happy . ne,o ii,t7e while
boys VIII you let me ~ lust ~ the uspa M
LINK ,,o ~ some Of Americas great poets
Ti. with wyite little about Washington irs l.
VIA Az, great author. He was born 10 ~. n
/ 9ur sa, during the revolutionary war anu va,
} Jersey fnr Inc commander OF the America
1 n1sInsu u,s family was well-to-d? ana lry,lns
hsa an sasy time lie spent holidays expo,