The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-04
HOUSTON DAll1 rosr SUNDAY MoKNlNo.

all have? Well. some of you sleepy Haps
come and tell Js another dream, Though
don't expect you have had much time to
dream during Christmas. Wishing you all
q merry Christmas and happy New Year,
as ever your wculdb Haps,
Addie and Aineiis Lee
Odds, TeSss--Dear Haphammer: Will
you let another girl IL years old join your
happy band. | 20 TO school az Locust
Our school has about eighty pupils en-
rolled. We live in Limestone county. |
think the contest lie very Interesting.
though 1t is very hard for the smallest
Haps. Papa takes The Post and | like
to read the Haphammers' letters. win
close for this time A new Hap,
Beulah Mckinley.
San Antonio. Texas Dear Haphammer:
Here comes another little girl 20 Join your
happy band of girls and boys have
been reading the letters in The Post for
some time now, and enjoy them very much
I am Is years old and live ON a besutliui
place two miles from the. city of san An
tonic. The place IL called the Target
Range. The soldiers come out twice a
week and practice. I had a very merry
Christmas. We had a Christmas tree and
did not take 1t down until New Year. ]
have four brothers and four sisters. We
are merry crowd and have very much
fun together. Well, | will close for this
time. With much love to Mr.. Hap and
the Haps, from a true Hap,
Addie Nelson.
Mason, Texas--Dear Haphammcr: VIII
you admit little girl 9 years old into
| your happy band Of girls and boys9 My
uncle takes The Houston Post and enjoy
reading the Haps' page. live in the
country four miles from Mason. Well, |
see you have got another contest. l will
send in my vote for the steamboat. | ain
9 years old today. My papa is a farmer.
! am in the third grade. go to school
at home every day. We have no railroad
here. do not know any OF the Haps.
G. h. Raney and Willie r. Carpenter,
your letters were very interesting Well,
] Will close. with love to all the Haps. A
new Hap, Alice Lee.
Youngsport Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
Here come to chat while with you.
Will you let me come in? | Will promise
not TO stay long. What an interesting
contest we have now. Let me see If
can name some useful inventions; The
steamboat. the locomotive, the ferryboat.
the engine. the telegraph the telephone
although | think the ferryboat or the To-
connective are the most useful. Well | will
close, as | am afraid that big-mouthed
waste basket viii get my letter ! hope
this letter will be printed as the waste
basket got all of my other letters, In
closed find cents for the helping fund
Your true Hap, Birdie Siawson.
MARQUEE, Texas. Dear Haphammer: !
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hope the steamboat will win, as | think
1t is the most useful invention in the
Nineteenth century. Now, Haps, II you
will take a business thought you will
agree with me that the steamboat deserves
the praise. Just think what slow prog
ress 1t would be in carrying commerce
across the ocean in small wooden sailing
boats. imagine 1t would require quite a
number of them
am going to school at Marquee Teach
er will have a nice little school. There
: are about 100 scholars going and have
three teachers, ! will close with vote
for the steamboat. A true Hap.
Grover winn.
Harrisburg, Texas-Dear Haphaminer
Here come to chat while with you al
once more. I nave visited your nice clul
before. but then | came from Northern
Missouri came to Texas last Septembe
and the climate is so different from Mis-
, souri, have enjoyed the warm days an
beautiful roses SO much. but also miss tn
, sleigh rides and skating that Nilsson;
people enjoy so much in winter. ! hav
) had the pleasure of reading the Haps
! page for several years and am glad TO Sc
how much the letters improve and hov
: much good is done by the Hapss The con
,, test now g very interesting. ! VIII cas-
my vote for the locomotive, as I 0eliey
IL is the most useful invention Of the cen
fury. | suppose the Haps had a good tim
CHRISTMAS. ! spent Christmas with friend
p: at Almeda,f Texas and, of course, had
e splendid time. oh! how | wish ooul
- write a good letter like some of the Hap
Il do. i like to read George Ford's letter
from Dallas so much and am heartily gia
he isn't bashful. so he will write often.
will close now, wishing you all happ
New Year. Louise Mase.
e Starks. La--Dear Haphammer; wi
? you be so kind as to let another strange
= into your happy band? Perhaps you wi
Just open the door few minutes for m
to come in and have short chat wit
you all have been constant readt
:: OF this page for long time. and hav
r at last decided to enter in this charmin
2 circle and help to hammer happihess int
others hearts. ! do think this club hi
9 its real name. to hammer happiness whc
Z and wherever you can. | was So sorry
bear OF the sad death OF dear little Ell
Mahon; her nice and interesting letter
will sadly be missed by many of the Hap
~ for she was always welcome on this pag
- The last contest was certainly an interes
- ting one: although the horse was my favo
q tie OF the two the COW is very useful
+. think the future contest will still b. MOI
4 interesting. I will not write on approach
- ing one just now, but will wait a viii
4 and give It more study. Come again.
B. Raney; your dream was just splendi
and also Willie Carpenter, yours was goo
=, I would like to correspond with some
II the Haps II they VIII write first. r.
10 main as ever would-be Han,
ne Gwendolyn Hursey.
n Nile, Texas.-Dear Happyhammers;
~ Joe Farmer and Sunset have broken Il
=, ice, ! will have to follow SSH oh, "
Is all have no idea how | wanted to writ
~ but have waited until now. The reason
have been absent so long is that | ma
always heard that " a still tongue max
wise head" One day last summer Il
sister and | decided that We would
I" fishing. When We reached our destinati
We we seated ourselves on the bank. Pre-
ry emily there came little fish. ! though
~ and began nibbling at my hook, SO
le named him my pet AS you all knc
e they come first and foremost" Al