The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-04

Cole at Waco on the FIRST train. niece
OF that old cap staid In my eye sixteen
days and on the seventeenth l had 1t
taken out The doctor cut the ball open
and took out piece Of copper about the
size OF The end of a good sized match
We'll. l viii close and 20 play game
OF tops With some OF my locomotive chums.
but | remain o locomotive Hap.
1 Arthur Jewel Wharton.
San Antonio Texas--Dear Haphammer:
was mixed up in the race which Philip
webster describes. but as he did not ma
ish the story ! will. with your kind psr-
mission. "re-tell' IT,
! heard Mr.. Goodman offer $40, 900 for a
copy OF The Post. We were at the depot
In tor convenience We Will say) Hearne,
Texas. and, although 1t was very early
10 a. nj, there was quite number of
people around the depot and the news
spread like wildhre, Everybody wanted
trial at winning such prize
Engine 1876 came putting through the
yards and all the locomotive fanclers made
a rush for II. They wanted TO get to
Houston as quick as possible, and as |
had done all that had to do so far as
my part OF the race was concerned, fol-
lowed and watched them.
The engineer was surprised al such an
odd request as they made and replied;
Welt boys. Id like to accommodate you,
but must obey orders | don't own the
engine but II you can get the orders the
old girl can make the run as quick as
anything on the line" Everybody made
rush for the agent, who soon secured the
necessary order; the engineer read IT,,
signed a duplicate and away they went.
BY and by they returned and handed MI.
Goodman copy OF The Pos. Next came
the steamship Haps and pretty soon It
seemed like the woods were filled with
Houston Posts.
When they had oil arrived Mr. Goodman
announced the name of tho winners
George Ford and Thomas Taylor had
handed him copy OF The Post In just ono
hour and thirty minutes after HE offer
had been made. 'Impossible!' cried oil
most every one present. Why, it is a
hundred and twenty miles," so It Is,
but they tcl9graphed for It, and before you
had gotten out Of sight of Hearne their
message was III Houston. Texas. Carrier
pigeons brought It over Git was too heavy
for onel and OF course they made good
time for they came straight aud the wind
was in their favor" But protested
Phillip Webster, they only used the in
yention TO send for the paper, we used
ours 10 20 and come, Yes. but they did
not use any invention except their fav-
orite." Nor did we" said Phillip. on,
yes you did you telegraphed for orders
going and coming the engineer was under
orders sent to him by telegraph. It was
telegraph orders that held train at
81 Bryan till you passed. The telegraph or
dered freight train to clear for YOU at
Wellhorn; you met a train at NaVasota,
one at Hampstead. while another was
passed at Waller either OF which might
have delayed you had they not received
orders by telegraph to give you right OF
track All the way you were under orders
of the chief dispatcher a. Houston and by
his orders alone II was possible for you
to make such a run" But" argued Phil
lip, "the pigeon is not an invention on,
no. No more so than was the engineer or
fireman on your engine, nor was the boy
that handed me the paper or the one that
gave YOU the paper nj the Grand Central
depot in Houston an invention. The tele-
graph Is as nearly independent as an IN
vsntion can be for II could and would
exist without either steamboat or locoino-
tive. while they could not be used success
asfully without telegraphy. About 70 per
cent of the news IN this paper was gain
cred and sent 10 the office by telegraph.
4 The telegraph, like our club, Is great
Z but its chief object Is making others great
y or happy and therein lies the keynote OF
all greatness. Let us stop dreaming anc
all vote for tho great invention that nag
done SO much for civilization, that makes
our interest common, that helps TO make
life more pleasant. that gives lie 10
trade and makes our great country pos
sibility and its government easy
n March 2 is TO Texans what the Fourth OF
.July Is to all Americans The day that
Texas declared itself free and Independent
of the government of Mexico. AS ever a
hanny Haphammer, Thomas Taylor
Big Hill. Texas-Dear Haphammer:
. z aan,oa apnthar TpNag bOy for au-
mittance to your happy band. am u
, wears old There are two stores ana a
y school house and gin and blacksmith
shop al this place. | will cast my vote
for the steamboat. as | think II Is the
3 most useful invention of The present cen
: fury. Some OF the Haps cHlm tue loconio
Z tive as the most useful invention. what
could we (the United States) have done
Lin the late war with Spain had it not been
for the steamboat? We would have been
! conquered The commerce OF England
with the United States would be less II
II were not for the steamboat The OLD
slow sailing ship would take much longer
to come from Liverpool to New York than
the steamboat: therefore the steamboat
,, saves time The locomotive is very
useful invention but not as useful as
that OF Robert Fulton. a true Hap.
, Walter r. Rogers.
Il Plum Creek. TeNAS.--Deaf ltappyhsW-
ners, We'll. Haps as the waste basket got
. my last letter ! come again, bringing my
twin sister Aria. with me. Please en-
; roll her as a new Hap. OF course, We
! will vote for the locomotive, as we THINK
n &c The most useful invention OF the Nine
, teenth century to man for this reason
fer how could our goods reach us II i
we're not for the locomotivc2 IL would
/ take the best part Of our time bringing
them by private conveyance. We are SC
! glad that dear little Edna has her chair
as we know she is so kind and gentle
Now Haps let W. brighten up our ham
. mers and keep them ringing happiness
. when and wherever we 20. Come again
5 George Ford With those elegant dreaii,i
: OF YOURS. As Mi Waste Basket has his
e ewes on us We had better close for his
4 time With love TO the editor aud an o
the Haps we remain rs ever true Haps
: Mimic and Aria Johnson.
! McMahan. Texas Dear Haphammer
I The "a of March Is one OF the great his
; torlcal dates in the events Of the worlu
0 On March 2. 1896. Texas was declared I
: free and Independent Republic. The ial
b of the Alamo was just four days later. 7
/. great many Texans wanted 10 declare thea
4 independence before they did, but some
Y OF the wiser ones knew II was mistake
~. 1a1 no cxulnathy Of tha outside