The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-18

Milton Price, Dodge ..............,. 10 |
Della Hoffman, Dot ............... %
Total ............ ....-...........s- -
Amount on hand ...............'To 90
Gail Texas.-Dear Haphammer; | have
been reading the Haps page gooa Wnlle,
and now ask admission. There Is large
mountain near our house. 1t has some
cedar trees growing on It, although tney
are small | have a little kitten lts
name is Frisky, and a little cali whose
Nellie Hale.
Houston Heights, Texas.--Dear Hapham-
mer: Here l come again after about
months absence. Guy NJ. Payne, | think
YOU made a mistake Travis SAID they
could surrender, but he said he would
rather stay and die like soldier You
said thay could not escape. | cast my
vote for Travis Many think Houston was
brave because he won more battles. But
this is not why he should be the bravest,
hope the rest of the Haps will also vote
for Travis. l wish some of the Haps
would send me Sweet Bunch of Daisies.
l will send in exchange Lost After All,
Your true Hap, loa bauer
Slayden. Texas--Mr. Haphammer: Here
comes another 10-year-old girl TO JOIN
your band Our school has closed, and
am enjoying the happy vacation. My papa
is a farmer near the San Marcos river.
love to gather wild flowers, make pretty
playhouses in the shady green groves and
climb mulberry trees and eat the berries
go horseback riding and many other en-
joyable pleasures ! was helping my SIS
ter and little brother TO hoe the potatoes
Yesterday. We came across snake. OF
course we were all frightened. | ran to
tell mamma. She came and killed 1t with
one OF our hoes and hung it up on the
fence to make it rain. as she had heard
some people say it would. but 1t has not
rained yet, but is cloudy today.
Corinne Cunningham.
Yoakum Texas-Dear Haphammer: Will
you admit another 15-year- old boy into
your happy band of girls and boys? II
you will let me in l will not stay long
wish to speak to Joe Farmer Arthur
Jewel Wharton and Ethel Croker. Joe,
come oftener with your interesting letters.
Arthur, I agree with you for the Haps to
describe their towns. Ethel. tell us an
other fish story. ! will describe my town
: 1t is center of the San Antonio and Aran-
| sas Pass railroad. The round house and
machine shops being situated here makes
! 1t quite busy city. Besides, there is the
new depot built of brick and stone, the ice
/ factory water works and electric light
! plant near by. We also have a compress
oil mill and three cotton gins. We have
two schools, seven churches and prospect;
are bright for a canning factory and {
| round bale gin. Haps, don't you think W,
have beautiful and business-like town
| AS | am occupying too much space in the
dear old Post l will close with the hes
wishes TO The Post and Hsps. | remain
new Hap, John Gill.
Bertram, Texas.-Dear Haphammer: TIL
itch for scribbling' has seized hold OF MT
tonight. So please let me in for a cha
before go to bed and then | can dream
. about the Haps. Give me your attention fol
a while, Haps, anu ! will tell you some
thing about Bertram and the surrounding
country. Bertram is situated on the Aus
: tin and Northwestern railroad abou
! forty eight miles from Austin. 1t is
, small village but is not hacienda, b
} any means, for 1t is a live. wide awak
2 town and hard to beat for anything.
9 Forty years ago this country was YER
$ thnly settled. What few houses ther
l were were made OF logs. Some years late
r a saw mill was erected at Smithwck, o
the Colorado river The lumber it turne
S out was very rough, but it was very dur
j
e are still standing and in good repair. On
q of the most picturesque scenes TO be toun
+ in the county is at Mormon Mills (so-calle
: on account OF some Mormons who settle
I there). There is natural dam in n
i creek which runs by the mill and fall
r over the rocks for about 20 feet and a
5 around 1t are mountains covered VII
II finty rocks and cedar brush
d Just across the Colorado we have anoth'
q fall The water does not usually ru
If very strong: but 1t falls over 100 feet I'M
Is a large circular pond over 100 yards
d diameter. AS one STANDS upon the top
. that bluff and looks down upon the Col
o RADIO river in the distance with weste
IS waves of ebbing day bathing each MN
spire in foods OF living FIRE, It makes nj
think of the scenes IN Scotland which a
., so vividly described by Scott. we h'
10 have lots OF wild berries and nowel
m which nature has provided for those W
;" are too stupid to raise them. we ~
a. have tame flowers and lot OF nice saiae
growing. ,,.or,ar cot
u1itted suicide by putting snake IN
- bosom and letting 1t bite her 80,
D. will answer Maebelle Lyttoh qu
tions. What is hacienda? 1t is an lsola
MACE. What white man reeapturea
American girls from the lndians rsor
er Governor Ross Aqu''a
ad san Saba. Texas-Dear Hapnall lle5
ad am very much interested in our penn ra
Id contest. l consider Colonel VIM p II Te
on me greatest hero in the war tof ie
la. independence. Some poet has salu'
all Drhe noblest and best part
I'm man
lie Is the part which he never hath II
played out
ett So it was with Travis. In the pFim'
,oess his life the great summons came WI
~ with foes pressing hard on all slues,
ne fought as only men can fight VINO n
'ul that death at the hands OF villains Is !
on reward Joyfully, not sadly WIN
go of dead around him attesting MS ms
20 valor he died, the first fruits oil tnat ,
,no OF glorious martyrs to the cause OF re
''- OF Travis 1t might have been SAID; Ut
err love than this hath no man TO give
life Tor his friend" and in this case
NY his friend only but commonwealth sti
rds Cling in the clutches OF the most desp
emit government OF its time, which stained