The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-14

dtrc fafWtfs ttint again sVVus line ~
read your letters. VIII our editor tell me
how | can get the club pin please VIII
stamps be accepted for dear little Edaas
have written so late that ! am AFRAID
they Will have already given her chat
Tor see you are irving TO get II by Christ 4
mas, but nevertheless I viii lnclose ;
cents anyway. Hoping you will one and
All excuse my lengthy intrusion. and wish
ing you all happy Christmas and Jolly
time on New Years, Will hid SOW all
adicu Forest Burns.
Maxwell. Texas TO the Hsppyham-
nners; will try TO get in once more N
J set lcf, | hope my letter will make
good stock FOR the old waste basket ana
hope all the Hsps spent good Christ
mas. did and | wish everybody the
same luck. II Ia getting cold nov and
like very much 20 eit by a good Are and
read the dear old Houston Post. think
Il Is the best paper In the state. Besides
furnishing the best OF news. there IL A.
chance for the hoys aud girls to hammer
happiness Well, ! will close for am
getting weary and sleepy. Howdy 10 all
Willie Mueck.
Graydon. Texas.--near HAphamner. I'VE
been thinking so Iona about Joining your
club 10 this morning | send With my
brother, Moore, 3 cents for a Happyham-
mer button, Haps, ! live at Graydon,
Texas. We have lovely country TO live
in. We can fsh In the hay or 10 the
bayou. or XIII ducks or hrant during the
cold months, ! am sorry to say that we
have no church or Sunday school here and
very little OF anything else. Graydon Is
place--well. 1t Is we'll adapted to fruit
growing or trucking Well, as this IA
my first letter. | Will close,
Mollie Burt Dsnirh
cliek. Texas. Dear Hsphammer. As
have an opportunity J will call on our
band OF hoys and girls this afternoon lie
has been some time since | SAW you all
You are all looking happy aud gay. /
guess Santa Claus brought you something
nice, | am now attending school, but Il
viii soou close and will be sorry. We
have good teacher Our hand Ia grow
ing very rapidly and the letters are so
interesting that we arc getting joinfrs
every day. Maud r.. come again don't
stand back, Annie VI, OF Blowout has
Joined our band what snrprisol Como
again, don't he discouraged. Your sweet
smiling face Is always welcome. hops
YOU enjoyed our Christmas tree, | know
our debate will he interesting, We have
come extra good debnters ! suppose Joe
Farmer has deserted us Haps, you didn't
know he was a school teacher. did you ?
I suppose he is teaching now. Cornelus
Combs hasn't surprised MS with ono OF
his interesting letters for quite awhile
Haven't we had mild winter so fnrf
iaps. live in the country and pretty
one, too. We have lots OF rocks aud
creeks here. We live close to mountains.
almost surrounded by them, but they ara
not very tall. like country life. never
| lived in city. but | am quite sure T
/ wouldn't like II. In the country We have
so many wild flowers aud many her
/ things. What's the use OF me taking up SO
1 much valuable space when there are 50
many good writer's? | guess the waste
basket win get my letter anyway. Wish.
ing the Hsps happy Christmas and stIli
happier New Year, | remain as ever,
siamhs Smith,
p s.lnclosed is cents for Edna's
chair
San Marcos. Texas Dear Haphammer
Which invention is most useful TO man
kind2'' ! will come In and vote for the
locomotive. and think il the most use
iul. The locomotive isn't the greatest
invention, but probably Il Is the most
useful OF the Nineteenth century inyon-
tlons. The cotton gin, steam engine and
most OF the other useful inventions were
Invented before the Nineteenth century.
The telegraph and telephone also the
sewing machine are useful. but they do
not excel the locomotive. The locomotive
was Invented in the beginning OF the pres
ent century and has been used more ex-
tenBlvely than any similar invention OF
the present age The locomotive carries
people to far OFF places In short time
and the United states mail would be very
late In reaching It's destination. The
Post is even carried by the swift Iron
horse that never fails. Freight and eN-
press would be months on the way from
Chicago and ST. Louis. Besides they
would have to be hauled on wagons and
only very little would be hauled Nc
real inventions excels that OF the loco.
motive, How would the congressman anc
othor officers ever be on timer know
they might ride one OF Thomas Taylor'l
old ponies, but that would never do. TIL,
cotton that Is raised the l2.000.000 hales
would be cut short to about 1000, 600 II
IL was not for the locomotive. The 10000,
600 900 bushels OF corn would be cut
short to one-half II II were not for iht
locomotive. No city would be real city
without the locomotive. aud the pppula'
ton would be cut short a good deal. The
wheat crop that liz SO largo would be da-
crcaHed II a wasn't for the locomotive,
! 1t couldn't be shipped to the Atlantic
without the locomotive, The railroad;
gained 5.0G9 miles OF track from 1880 X
1890. In 1890 there we're 1882 miles nj
railroad 10 the United States. while nov
1t Is great deal larger. The railroads
are valued at 100000 900 600 zone seventh
OF the property Of the United States. Tn,
locomotive tskeF civilization wherever Il
goes. I think Prof Morse Ell whitney
Thomas Edison Robert Fulton and Ben
jamin Franklin svc and were the smartesi
inventors OF the world, The locomotive
has made Texas Whist It IL. In fact
without the locomotive the world would
be behind time The locomotive is nncd
10 almost all the countries Of the world
The British nae armored cars In the
Transvasl TO night with. How many In
ventlons are more useful than the loco
motive are few and none OF the Nine
teenth century are equal TO the locOmp-
tive. The locomotive OF today Is not the
locomotive OF sixty years ago. They arr
large and do the work that would taxi
millions OF horses to do. 7 inclose II
cents for Edna Fowler's chair. II onil
the Haps would send In their contrlhn
lions the helping fund would never fail
but as II Is only a few help and raise ysrl
little money over 10000 could raise $50
at cents each. Ten cents each woulf
DO enough 10 buy twenty rolling chairs
Send IN your contributions and get thi
chair before many more weeks are passed
| do not consider any one Hap tina
doesn't help buy the rolling chairs ant