The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-22

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20 capture man with record like San
"a Anna, as Houston did. would whip him
IN, I'M senooiooy with a cowhide) for q
.un neur ana a nall, high as his military
S, ,a po,nvM standlng was, Just to give
.,'.' nsie iuea Oh torture. which no SO
"Ypu I'm oestowed ois the Texans
81, naiaS MIN nope tnat an me Haps
ham, ~ ''e way anu az always ,ae
i oO' e'D'o".
! sherwooa -
Here rome affair i,nr ans"nra =,
$50, you al nave iorsot'eh me. come
dresn, a. ~ "ivas, una' Was soou
,sdnclsa. aooo' , ilaps uu ~
didn,I 20, ~" 49,. ~ i n'i, ~,
\ don,t nosts a., nicaune ~ ,ots, ~ , sns
,,,,a - .A, u."sio ue ,,, as ,ho iooonio'
our littIs crsst :, rssos a, 49, ~ a so.,.
AND hills go, h',h,'. "'uvnk .ae ,Gsn =.
S nn ni,.s, great cupohng' cooling springs
I ana h.,,,,. -, I, -, :. - -, -
Which is sr, vie nav we. name T Tor our creek ,s
as crystal: we can sec m. esn swimr,,ns
ashSns ~ r,s,. someNanss srea. CROWDS "
go inss speai anu rope 'ne nSh'
risrs Nv " sev Wv poor hsh strug-
,,.ns see nvc. Mei'. LOT the creek.
,,tae, y nows aoont mile It's banks are
ra.s Mn ..ees, sucn as pecan, Wild plum
/ seems ,u,a 80 VINES unut IL
/ ,rats ~ peiauise. sat u you pene-
ana get red bugs" on you It would not
seem IKE a paradise then. Then creek
continues Tor about three miles, when A
! y intercepted by dam, but the water
I tricklos through and with the aid OF som,
more springs keeps going" One more
rnlie ana there Is another dam In the sauna
Wy .ne water urges lis way through, etc.
IN an there are three dams. Spring creek
Is about twenty-five miles long aveyav
depth Is about ten feet. width abo,, ,,,,,,,S
" feet. II emptles into the coros,, rI,.a,.
ANY or the Hans coming lin ,hts s,, ~ = .
VIII find plenty Of aYnusen,on, ,,, n"n, si,
ing etc, To escano fhe w,stS IN. ny"
viii havo TO 20. Hui ho,or. '1sNss
correspondence with an. 70 l solicit
some or them oil, NJ re-, tue ndps'
too. Inciosed ma t gnu IN IeNas
fund. A trre t5., oenS Tor the helping
Amy Wood
MaxwaJI To
the Hans ara cLa.tN iiap'auiher. IS
at present. viii ,,,.,,s suelr own subjects
ment Of tbe c,,ha,', . i'e apout the "Amuse-
Ia spite Of mo 80, my loVe 70 dance.
dances are ~ s, innate hut their
Of fans ana s'ow oIder ana by the use
keep cool After isn'Ns tney manage to
late hour The nr,,tt uaNs danced TO
comes off. II r. go par OF tue ball
the ''pinata Th; uu IeIsm' ny called
pendant fron, A. ~, CONSISTS OF having
and flowers M nk d form CT ri6bors
and hang fro,, ~ o are numbered
down like nrIzes IN 49,, qua are pulled
draws a. I. oe,,.,,', a ~ nc WorNn who
The otbere o,'.o 80 NuoSn Oh the Bail,
The same onnor,wnti, oi ~ enn obedience.
man as the king 1;ha e.,n ~ crown
pretty and Interesting a.. ~ ~ WY
young men rive then,sel,,os -, VIZ paii 'ne
all kinds of deyillrv ana ,,tIpnh,as ~ 10
have cock Aghtlnr on snn6, n,o 10y
Goose fighting is a very cr,,el san,n ,.hin,
they indulge 10. They sels,t sn,no,n
place and put up two forked sticks n sho,t
distance apart. A rope is then stretched
from one pole to the other. y ,yo,sa a.i,h
his neck well creased, is ted to the rome
Zen or fifteen mounted men gallon by and
sttempt TO sever the gooses had from .is
oody' The goose generally dies before the
game y ended but he who If
usoiartd victor. In the villages they
ua,e hihu OF Te4lglous procession where
h1lle slrl dressed as an image is placed
~ a. onrt, Whleh IL profusely decorlted
~, - tloNeIs ana panhers -Four or six men
60 80 neI dressed as lnllans ami
ts,S -, w." oeh,nu her cISd as Moors,
toiIn, III an" ,uo people ol 'Ae village
u.han ~. ohua .ta.. "'''"N''
comnosi,t,,, ~, &c o t w auu r.eltes
Re ali a u,iii Iii ~ ~ ~ .ne ov.as'oh' Inls
hang remain tfa', po'7"' "pou' W.
Mirrto Va, r,...
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Houston. Texas Dear uapbamn.r. A..
I have not written to M uans s,nns
1899 think thar am nriviIeged 70 %rits
once again and NV Iefter 10 te -. ~, ~
mos interesting o. .nhiacts "yyhn W.
The Greatest General in he C',ntodor.cyS 81
have been thinkinr about tho snbIo
eyer sinoe II uss erst broscbed bv va
hammer ana hardly Know yo, y,hon, -
choose. There are 40 many hras,o ga,,ar,t,
Lee. Johnson peanregsrd uoeS W.
Darn Early and .TaclrsorI,h,t 49, en,I'
lv chosen Leo
We ali know that To. a. ,ho o,,,,,.o,t
Of tho war wac IN hish ,ast,io. 80
lieutesant co,onol ~ ~ ca,,air,, ,, ~
Iovo for Tho dear old eo,,tb a.,acta,i,. ,,9,
glnia caused MIN 10 resIgn bts nos,,,on
On accom-, NJ his d,stins,tshoa r,i
in tbe Mexica, wsr he n,as ~ -
mandor of VirgInia,s sornas in,u LA Io,nr
he hecnmn a eenorai - ~ coa ~ -
ono of Lees Grst con,naIons ~. 80
ductea a,st,st ~ rTnia ..I Ae ~.
General MoTleIIan Ia tbo sovan Y,ave. ~.
lies which took niace JurIng ~ 80 ~ "a un
lar campaign, Lee certajnly attasEnd sb.