The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-11

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usefu' to travel over the waters where
the railroad tracks can not be built. Then
there is the telegraph wire and the tele-
phone talking to people miles and miles
away and thousand other things | can
not think OF just now. Nevertheless | viii
vote for the old iron horse anyway We'll.
| will close for fear my first letter lands
over in that blessed old waste basket.
Good night. Pleasant dreams to YOU all.
A happy Hap, Albert Smith.
Columbia. Texas Dear Hsphammer:
1t has been almost a year since | last
wrote to the dear old Post, but remember.
have not forgotten you. have been
reading the letters all the time. ! am
when 1T is too muddy to walk. live
about two miles from the school house. /
see you have nice contest now--which
invention of the Nineteenth century is the
most useful to man? think the locomo-
tive is the most useful TO man. II II
wasn't for the locomotive we could not
get The Post and all other mail as We do
think George Ford's dream was an en-
cellent one. think he had better dream
some more and tell us about them. Now
| VIII close true Hap,
Fife Tusley.
Goliad Texas Dear Happyhammers.
Good evening to all of you. We have such
nm interesting contest that | will have to
write TO the page. Everything is buddpg
out as If it were summer time. There are
so many useful inventions that ] can
hardly decide on it. am not going 10
vote in this letter but will try 10 get in
my vote before the contest closes. /
would like to know when does the con-
test close? Mrs Foster asked ''Mow many
OF us had ever been on the Mississippi
river?' have been on It, but really
crossed 1t on ferry boat. There are not
very many Haps from Goliad, Texas /
wish all the boys and girls Of Goliad
would join the happy band of boys and
girls. We have certainly had lot OF
rain here. Every little hole is filled up
with water. have a little boat which
runs by springs. You wind 1t up and Il
runs ten minutes. Nearly all the water
through. is muddy and can't sail It. a
true Hap, James Heath Ewell, Jr.
Ramirena, TeXas.-Dear Haphammer: !
guess you all have forgotten me, but
nave not forgotten you. What kind of
Christmas did you have? / had a lovely
one and am sure you all did, too. had
a letter from little boy by the name OF
Clyde Rivers OF Naugbt, Texas. aud he is
editor OF paper. 1t is 10 cents for six
months and he wanted 10 get a wheel
chair and II the Haphammers are willing
let's each of us take up collections and
get him wheel chair. We would be doing
such kind act and think we would be
making one little boy in this world happy.
l VIII do all | can toward helping get him
chair and perhaps in a few months we
viii have enough. l hope TO hear fsom
the dear Haps on my suggestion OF the
chair hope TO see my letter In prin,
aud hope to have success in getting Clyde
Rivers a chair. Love to all of the Hans
am your little Hap
Leona r. Foster.
Wharton Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
wrote to the club once before but as my
letter was not in print / will try again.
am girl IL years OF age I live nearly
four miles from town on the bank OF the
Colorado river | would rather live in the
country than in town. because | can have
more fun. Now for the contest. think
the locomotive the most useful invention
OF the Nineteenth century. The steamboat.
telephone and many others are very useful
but | think the locomotive is the most
useful. We could do without them better
than we could the locomotive. How could
we go from place to place without the
locomotive II is true we could go In
wagons in good weather, but when 1t is
muddy weather they could not go very
far, but the lomomotive can.
| send cents for the helping fund
would like to correspond with some Of the
Iiaps IL they viii write first, will close
now for guess YOU are all tired OF me.
Your new Hap, Ida Damron
Brookeland, Texss.-Dear Haphsmmer
VIII you admit another little stranger
. years cid into your happy band OF girls
and boys? Ny teacher takes The Pcs
and like 10 read the Hap; page. go
TO school ard study six studies, aud |
love them very much. ! like all my
playmates; they are sill good aud kind TO
me, There arc about ffty-one students
when they all come, but now the
weather is SO bad that the ones who I've
across the creek do not come because the
bottoms are so bad. | have missed hu,
one day and | did not like 10 stop thai
day, but ] had 10 help my sisters AMI
brothers pick cotton. / have two brothers
and three sisters; three of them are
grown and three Of the little ones 90 10
school but my brothers do not like TO 60
TO school. have a psf chicken and her
nlme is Daily she likes me very muth.
Ny little sister. s years Of age, has
large black cat; she likes him very mucn
bad better close for fear OF the vase
basket. A true Hap. Alice Lskey
Thee, Texss.-Dear Haphammcr: | have
written once before, but that dreadful
old waste basket got my letter.
! am not going to let this contest rsss
as | did the other without voting. Tntis
are SO many very useful inventions OF
the Ninsteenth century | eau hardly de-
eide which Is the greatest. Ar,er sume
study have decided the steam engine
the most useful 10 msnkiai, We surely
have to put on our studying caps in this
couttst.
was glad 10 see a letter from jlhI o.,
Edwards this week. coma often Jinme.
guess Edns has ner char nov and
know she Is proud OF II.
Where are Joe Farmer. Nettie P. SEQ
fold and Prairie Fairis? ! suppose they
are married.
/ am sure letter from either OF them
would be appreciated 81 all. send
cents for the helping fund hope We
will comfort some other cripple soon ty
getting chair or anythl1I they Eted.
As my letter is getting ie7gihv an1
see that old waste basket with mouth
vide open ready to catch my letter, !
will close. true Hap. Bessie Eof