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

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! heiusto, Texas.--Dear Haphammer. Pleas,
. hIoss sr ~, lot y 10 SO windy out here | will
, p'1m away ! am a little girl. 10 years old
I stva. go TO school but study at home
, study aye books, like geography and sri,b
n,, aus pest; ! Ike TO read the Hap page very
from .,i , i've IN the county, twenty mile.
nevs Ave pots-n dog named schisy 1 a oai
" nan, pewey, 2 squirrel nnmed Miss Arnold
, s"srs nsmId Jennie and dove / aisu
nans q pony ! don't ride him very much
wrote . the Haps once before. but / guess the
r i Nusm basket got It. think James seidel's
ID Cert, "as very niee' Enclosed you will and
ciup button ] send love and best wishes IN
Tue Haps. Your little friend
Jamie Dora Cummings.
Guy. Texas Dear EIaphammer; Here ,
Inc Inc tnls warm evening for chat with tns
, maps. am 50 glad spring has come, every
ulns y sreen. and pretty. My school viii be
to We % had "a 50 p eGTy q for sssoS
t tais Friday. ] have little owl for my pet
rus nsme Is Dohin and he will come when /
eau him. Isn't he funny pet Hans? can
not hammer much happiness. for am q
SS, nlds ~ and can only walk when somebody
know there are others who may he worse on
than am.
Haps, which of the seasons do you like best
| prefer spring Have you forgotten us
Thomas Taylor? DO come again; am sure
your letters are liked by all. For fear l am
intrudtng, | will leave. with best wishes Of
sut6e to the dear old Post remain q true
Hap, Una GUY Rowland
Edna. Texss-Dear Haphammer. have
long been a reader of the Happyhammer page
and would be more than delighted TO join
Your happy band After enjoying two weeke
OF pleasant weather we are again having
tot CHI of winter | live on a farm NV father
am attending school now and am in the eighth
Grade. ! will ask some questions in history
and would like for some of the liaps to an
swer them:
Give some account OF the ancestry of Wash
lneton Name four noted events which Or
CURED July When was the present Ameri
can flag adopted? BY whom was the Deciara
ton Of Independence drawn up, when WAS II
adopted by congress and by how many MON
was 1t everywhere greeted in the States just
! formed? What noted events occurred on the
following dates October H. 1892 May g.
llo,; % June rs 1919; December Il 1920 Febru-
| My age Is l6 years. Wishing Mr., Hap and
the members much success. your friend
Lille V. Mallick.
| Ledbetter Texas.-Desr Haphammer: As
Fave mover written to this page before, will
try TO write. am II years old. Joe Farmer,
me again; like to read your letters very
much | have bicycle and can ride very
fast. rode six miles In thirty minutes ON
March 2 the young folks OF this town had a
pcnic. Most of the young people went, but
did not go. Some other boys and got some
eggs and other good things and then started
to the woods and fried the eggs. After we
make a speech. told them why March 2
should be set aside as a holiday. They listened
to me awhile but then they got hungry and
stopped my speech and we began to eat
again. We ate everything that was left and
when the sun was setting in the west Oh
March we went home over the beautiful
prairie. ] saw Hon. ". !. Bryan. our next !
president of the United States. He came out
OF the cars and shook hands with all the freq
silver men | saw him in 1897, when he went
duck hunting. May he be our next president |
read the story, ''Undoing of Double" by |
Hugo St Finnistre, and THE Glass Dagger .
thought both were good stories, I will close
Relnhardt C Rummel
Rosedale, Texas-Dear Haphammer Afler
long absence will try to drop you all
few lines, as spring has opened and the
March winds blow the fragrance from the
sweet flowers that have already budded and
bloomed since spring has opened. Violets can
he seen all around and through the woods,
showing their glossy heads, and | stand
a1d gaze at the pretty blue violets, the pretty
green live oak trees and the sweet little
me cking bird sitting upon little twig warb-
ling her morning song, it makes me feel
happy and remember our motto, Hammer
happiness when and wherever we can" Then
we will be happy ourselves. AS for me, am
always happy and doing everything in my /,
power to make everybody else happy. am
GLAD to see our number increasing SO fast If
give us two pages instead of one. But that
vii! be too bad we must not try to take up
all of his paper. Maybe by all writing short
letters there will be room enough for us all. ;
Wen, / expect am taking up too much room +;
row, so / will close. Truly hoping you will
ali live long. prosper and be happy ! am sin
nerely your true Hap, John faggard'
Portland, Texas.-Dear Haphammer; Here !
come again. I live in the little town Of {
Portland. l am glad that spring has come i
Tor good Our beans and peas are blooming {
now The cold weather killed al that we ]
irst planted. Papa has been s ZIP rsd, >
we're shipped from here. The freeze set back 8
he potatoes so much that they VIII not pl {
n for a week or two. hoe or pillow nearly '
very evening after school. put some eggs y
lnder INV hsn. and | win have some little +
.hickens In about two days I
| think Travis was the greatest hero OF the q
Texan revolution 1t was he who held SANTA r
ANNA In check until General Houston could {
oliect his scattered forces. While the MeXi T.
ans were storming the Alamo, the women I
md children escaped 70 piacss 81 81 s Ta
evolution A
ions: What famous Texan lived to be 83 h
cars old? David G. Burnet What public :
ran was killed by the accidental discharge o. y
lis own pistol? w II Wharton. Where is h
ieneral Sidney sherman buried? Al Calves o
on Where is General Burnet buried? AT q
iglveston. Who made race for life? Dr.. h
ames Grant a Scotchman, and X. X Brown. a
Where Is General Burleson buried2 Az Aus ii
in. Enclosed find cents for Jimmie Ed /
ards. CLAUDE craker. r.
Centennial Texas.--Desr Haphammer: VIII 81
gu welcome another girl who wishes 20 join 81
our band OF girls and boys? ] have been II
anting to write to your page for quite awhile. ii
vi every time | would get started my cour- u
ge would fail However. the temptation y r,
) great can not resist any longer. wish
express my opinion in regard to your paper. /
think The Houston Semi-Woekly Post Is a
unsurpassed, especially the Hap page II 10 "
owing more interesting every week. ! think W
q editor is very kind in giving up page M
,r the benefit of the young people II teaches v
: all something; gives us on idea OF the
cople who live elsewhere. and is also in oi
tructiSe. | am not native Texan, but N
de myself on being a Texan. ! love the h
rSnd and glorious old name Texas, and ere T.
,ng she will be the brightest star In the &c
ron. Now. you Louisiana Haps. don't take re
n, exception TO what ] say, for Texas Is v
MS my adopted State: am native Louisl- ~
ian. Just forgive the praise that is justly \;
ne ones home when they sincerely believe ei
10 mselves TO be right 10
think the subject suggested by the editor ~
AZ Rood az any one would wish for. am a.