The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-22

~ - the weaver snu'e.
.s,,tIe makes the cloth in the
m. swift moving months and
M making history. Eighteen hun
"a slnety. eight was historic year
a, year in many respects. How
':s.sot my purpose in this letter tc
= ~ past, but to talk OF this year
M Just been ishered in upon us
-, j. ought to do and ought not
= ought to carry with us into
4. Year a grateful spirit, for after
U ..ssnnesses OF men and the mis-
.,ilte and all the ills We bear and all
jlppointments we encounter, we have
NJ Il grateful fora thousand things
80 gratitude, where there is one to
q. rrowl or a kick. This year, ii
man would set in with the purpose
,sh ID help himself but to lend a
<<shsnd to ncighbors and towards all
IN xe might see the best VIC have
~. believe that every calling and
tusiness can, by counsel and advice,
oouic suggestion, help every other
Win which it is connected In the
81 life.
~ myself. occupy sort OF mani
fastion to things. | am sort of a
III preacher and lecturer soIne-
/ am farmer; and | have been
Fl millionaire but that's a lie. l
wv Ne II j could, and L couldn't be
xeuld. have enough things to an
if maybe, but shall never answer
3a hereafter to the accusation OF be-
millionaire amid the poverty and
~ that | see on all sides. As 8
= my highest ambition is to prac-.
}Azi preach. AS lecturer l seek
gyalue received; and don't lecture
n health especially. As a farmer I
on different lines this year. Here
have been simply running my two
lone in Kentucky and one in Geor-
- hsort Of negro orphans home, Just
4tsands of Southern farmers have
35olng every year and getting about
rom the farms 10 pay taxes. guano
~ repairs. This year i purpose as
e not TO go in debt for anything to
secondly, not to stand. for any
Aas the saying goes, but to give
y enough work between times and
Zlssl ior It, SO as to tide them through
y times In their crops. They can be
sno paid to make our home made
and eomposts. hillside ditching
7y!sc'ng and various other things on
Wich VIII cut down guano bills
1.-Two tne farm in coed condition. /
3ssoiyed again, as farmer. that I
Nv tSo acres in corn where | plant
S syslon VIII SOW more cats than
III 10y cotton. and | purpose to put
~ ~ pcst land in cotton and corn.
y iahos Will sow down continue
improve in wheat and oats. and
il the stubble fields In peas and
pea vines under In the fall r
E,h,s mat II don't make any
~ 81 'sar farming won't lose any
v y, i. .sso,fed again that | have been
$'sls enough and If am ever going
fh w ", THIS is about the time in
"a zs'r oeen q young fool and a middIe-
5fs.,, LORD deliver me from being
ss.,. 1 nave had enough experience
1ira,us spheres of life to have
nOiomon out OF ME, and / am he-
9 look at the lessons have
y gut experimenting in other
IA 'sso'sen again in the home life to
4 ! can't pay for a thing
III I. y ! am not going to get IT. III
nm 81, IN N, Asfp out Of debt like Pat got
q n, 's s.i ne got rich by doing without
"a III ~ " Obliged TO have. I have re-
|oee ssa,n mat / am going to quit max
Gsm,s " going security for men. Oh
\ 49, ! nave made by going security
n si i1 3. ueots for the other fellow!
= M sas enc'nles have got are
ia sSa ss ~ rascals of this conn
4 0bIls . nnd friends for whom have
|se6 ~ mey were lying down. / have
|af lss sa,n 70 help every fellow | can
NJ. ~. MN lie down on me.
= ~ csoived again that / Will be !, |
nj am about rs good q citizen
!: ja,ss &c, don't want TO nav anv
~ don't want 10 be honored
y 0eorr,ss e'ng one of the constituents
h b IL ,rors s stature. | have resolved
NJ keid ~ ana more thankful that |
i Aaye ~ o.nce in office in my lie. |
7 u Cad Ypsoi'ed again that. BIZ the |
! III h.n never viii hold one. though |
ltlorv - peen q few good men In !
Il I'D ~. ue United States who held
f1akIn, ~ ana died good men. I am
hi rssa nom my personal knowledpe
~ rh, sslNed again that am goinr
& isyshny and the devil eyervwhsrs
ana mar see these two twin
I5iss MAJ ore and more to be against
n; ia I IS for the devil ana
~ eor, ~. lay resolved TO have more
lgAles ,hap. LOT every man in the
&. 81 ~ !. urinlss 1t or votes for it. |
2r3olsed anes y, or champions il. / |
~ aud rc, 10 do my best 10 get
al IA fown sunch OIL Gainesville. Ga.
,nsr. ordnance taxing any ex-
r. mn I, OF public carrier IN the
Town frc, s ue,ivers a Jug OF liquor !
teeiare y ~ ms time on. want
INLAND - =. Nar'ersvilIc that liquor
3 aerord,,s neg may nor be able to /
q !1l<s frcr, 70 the Interstate law.
{ ~ 81 ars. Hnipplng II in To US. but
can hs LASS lawyers that Geor-
a n al y, pullawed by special en-
efie,. Y. u is an outrage upon
(inen, su oecency and the mn
n Hi .nat these dirty. damnabIe
III, ! nrs and jug drinkers
~ On j. Immunity by shipping