The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23

Luther Smell.
p. Enclosed find eeats for the
helping fund.
Franklin, Texas-~pear Haphammer: =
haven't written TO the Haps page in about
tour years, and so decided 10 write. Wo
are hayias-lots OF rain row. II has bach \
raining here every day Tor about TWO
weeks | am going TO tell Inc hAps a.
dream had not long ago perhaps II
win help my letter some. NY s.s.er
Georgie, two friends, Lucille and Ssdaiia,
ana myself. were all coming from Church
on horses We thought We would go I
riding before we went home, We saw
small tent In the edge OF tplck forest.
ana sc went TO see who lived there IL
was Gypsy tent When we got to tho
door of the tent we oouldnt see or near
any one, and we thought We would GO
in and lake look at tho things. we
wore Laughing at something, and then W.
heard some one walking very heavy, We
( all ran out OF the tent, and hid. TIE
man stopped and said: Are you All
! negroesg" 1 ealSss< No. What are you
doing here?" eve E-J looking at your
tent We locked and there stood tnli,
! rough looking man. He said ne was gong
! in the tent and get his gun, and gong
! 10 XIII every one OF us. We all began to
| cry ana run. We went and got ON our
| horses. and rode of as fast as our horses
! could go. and tho hast we saw OF the ugly
man he was running up the read with his
gun In his hands. was very muen
| frightened, but soon found that was only
| dreaming.
For fear or that dreadful waste basket
/ will close, with love TO all the Haps'
Ellen Hamilton.
Huntsville. Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
II has been quite while since wrots
last. but during that time nave nav
some terrible experience with Giant Ri
balsN. terrible creature that lived In
our neighborhood, but he suddenly dis
appeared aud we thought he was not
going to return. 80 after he had peen
gone about ten years ! thought wouid
take a stroll In the woods, SO | wan
ldered on and on until came TO q deep and
dark forest and stopping awhile to rest
thought | would 30 back. but not be-
Ing able to retrace my footsteps | gave
myself up as lost All at once | heard
an awful roaring sound. and looking up
saw a dark cloud that covered over half
the sky and a mans hand above tue
cloud as big az a house, and l soon rec
ogrized the Giant RibalslH coming toward
me; his great red eyes looked like two
balls of fire, and his poisonous breath
filled the land with heavy fog. hard
: ly knew which way TO go, but at last ]
climbed up a tall pine tree. 80 by this
!
in which l sat trembling with fear. All
at once he got down on his knees ana
. put his nose to the ground like he was
seeming something. As he did so he
, gave a terrible groan, which blew the
small trees around him many miles
! away. Seeming satisfied he arose and
, pulling up the tree in which was in he
laid it across his shoulder and started
home and as / was rather close TO his
car thought l would step In and take "A
nap or else torment the giant. His ear
looked like a large room with shallow
well in the center. So ! stepped down
in the well and began to scream and
, kick as hard as / could, at which the
giant Quickened his pace and 10 soon
: reached his home threw down the log
? and ran into the house TO his wife. and
( judging from the noise / heard, which
$ sounded like two cannons, | supposed
, they were talking. All at once l felt
o something punch me vea hard and |
g perceived a fork Ave times as large as
!. our pitchfork and | knew II | Staysn
t there l would be killed. so I caught hold
r OF the fork prong and was drawn out,
/ and Immediately handed over to the baby.
t who tried to eat me: suddenly ] awoke
t ITO find myself standing on my head in
. tho middle of the bed and so after all
4 II was nothing but dream, dreaming
y Hap. Enos.
] P. s.-Enclosed cents.afor helping
r fund.
Cedar Park, Texas.--Dear aphammer.
n While there is no special subject OF
~ docket" for discussion will come in 90
! chat with my Hap comrades I am
q beginning TO be called a member OF IN
o II. II. c., who Is hammer OF happiness
n But owing TO my present situation / O.
N not receive much time for hammernl
"a happiness, as this is the busiest season o
" the year TO me. and am constantly ham
l mering away at something of a business
RI like nature.
ID Generally, as a rule, have to work al
IT day and go somewhere at night, and yo
20 can readily see l do not even have muc
Of time to dream. But what spare time
o. do have l put It to the best advantage
g know how, as some of the other Hsps VIII
y devote much of their time to the ,eGdin
l. OF good books and literature | hav
1t been studying book entitled 1.-THE Liv
h ing World" 1t tells all about the insec<
] fishes, birds, reptiles and animals, etc.
and of the globe, giving much valuabl
information about each I came IN con
tact this morning with a singing insec
described in that book as the humble be.
.. which is found very numerous through
out our own State and others, and whe
= stirred up to the full height OF his tempe
NJ It can not rest until It MS punished some
a thing to the full extent OF it, singer.
IS. KNOW tnere are some OF the HapS VIII
W have had some dealings with these pest
a and to satisfy my curiosity, this mornin
turned the homestead of about 500
az these insects bottom side upward, an
q: every brute OF human being that an
ia preached that spot two hours afterwsr
er moved away with plc2ty OF compan,
s. This Is my first letter to our page sine
vs. the two contests closed, and l think III
er letters written upon that subject wer
IN splendid, considering that many OF III
10 Haps have never read the history of OF
a. late war.
n. Where Is the poet OF our club that
ok going to write that Hsphammer yell7
lg certainly looks like there ought to /
of kome one in this large band OF bright an
as intelligent boys and girls that could wri
pa few lines that will answer for a vel
In When j was down at Galveston sever
10 weeks ago on an excursion trip l mad
II. numerous inquiries among the young pee
pie OF the Island City about the famoi
Hap. Thomas Taylor, but none OF thei
seemed 70 know him, and concluded tn
:, he wal never as well known down the