The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-04

wil not attempt 20 describe them, iof |
could rot. They have a great deal 10
do with What is regarded as ordinary COM
fort. Mrs, Foster. are the crippies which |
the Haps buy chairs for unable TO walk
There is little crippled boy Twins here.
HIS name is Isom Page He can walk
with the aid OF one crutch He is an
orphan boy. both his parents are dsad,
He lives with his uncle. | think he de-
serves all The help We can give HIM. |
wish you would give II full cons deratoa,
for ! would like to see hun gci A chair,
I'll help all I can. Sincerely yours
Bessie Smith
spivey. rexas-Dear Haphammer: &
thought | would write q little letter this
cloudy DAY TO let the Haps know I've
never forgotten them. see Mr. Hsphan,-
mer has suggested that she next contest
should be, what Is the most usetul invcn-
ton OF the Nineteenth century, think
that will be nice don't YOU Hans7 Tha,
will put our studying caps on. | was so
sorry 10 hear OF little Ella Mahan's death
most sincerely sympathixe with her par
ents but we must not grieve after little
Ella. She Is In Ear batter land than
this. know she is with the angels 10
above.
A precious one from us has gone,
"A coice we love is still,
place is vacant IN our page,
Which never can we MI.
O. my. I will be so proud when little
Edna gets her chair. Hurrah. Haps, Let
the hammer ring and get her chair. was
so in hopes she would get II by Christmas
or by New Year anyway. Well, Haps,
how did you all enjoy Christmas? Nee.
know. | enjoyed myself splendid. indeed.
oh! Oh, just lookt see Mr. Hap frown-
| ing, will close, wishing you all a merry
Christmas and happy New Year a true
4 Hap Minnie Grace,
+. s.--Encicsed please md 10 cents for
little Ednas chair. Bye bye, Minnis.
| South Canadian. l. T.--Dear Hapham-
mer. VIII you please admit another young
| lad into your little band of boys ANA girls? !
| Well. If / stay too long | hope you VIII
forgive me- for this is my first attempt,
Haps. how did you all enjoy Christmas.
l certainly enjoyed it fine In way |
never did before. | spent three days
hunting deer. There were three others
and myself, Christmas day we started
! for the mountain top abou, sunrise and
\ scattered out for hunt. We went some
where in the neighborhood OF about two
miles, and heard one shot and about one
minute FIVE more shots were fired. we
when we got in sight Of him we found
that he had killed a deer. How proud
was to know that one OF our crew had
killed deer. He and the rest were bet
ter shots than. papa and were. we
shouldered itand packed 1t home. That is
not all the fun ! have up here. Hunting
squirrels takes my appetite. Well | viii
try to tell something about the country
we live ina nice valley. Our place is
surrounded by mountains on one side and
water OH the other, My postofhce is nine
miles on and somehow | don't get half OF
my papers from the Happyhammers.
do not get over one a month. 1t surely is
not sent to me. People are scattered here
You might ride half a day and never see
man. We have nice Sunday school III
our little valley and are going to have a
free school in few days. My home was
Texas until month or two ago We
moved to the Indian Territory nation
where / will remain while. Well a.
; m, letter is getting long will close
Wishing you all 2aS happy New Year. d
, new Hap. Elijah B. Gregory.
: yinton. Texas. Dear Haphammer
/, notice that the debate orSSontest Is beine
carried on very quietly. so please give M,
p the floor Tiny feet will cover, most OF g.
! for a few moments and ! will raise
:. racket. / am going TO cast my little oil
vote for now. LEI me, see How d
'y6tts spell such a long word --telegraphy
That's the word, but rot the invention
The invention is the key and sounder
!. and there are few people who do rot know
sofnerhing abotte It's uses. Railroads
!, newspapers. armies and why. everything
: and everybody is dependent rpon th
i great invention, and for me- to lake spac
/ in Telling ITS greatness would he lik
3 writing letter to prove that water /
a wet. To do away with the telegraph woul
4 be worse than famine, a war aud al
I endemic all combined. Phillip Websto
Y asserts in his letter OF today that | mus
be an invalid. Well, II must must an
that's ''all the air oy It, but If he ha
IL been with me during the holidays thin
r he would have pronounced my ailmen
4 consumption. for I consumed enough tur
e key. Well. ! Convinced the cook that til
h meals were ali cooked to perfection an
+ that ! did not need any rolling chair, I'm
e less it be TO roll me away from the table
9 Phillip also gave a list Of statistics tina
o staggered me. ! said: Units, tsns. hun
s breads, thou o. Gee! ! cant enumerat
u 1t, but anyway his locomotives would nc
amount to fig without the telegraph
sec happiness is contagious for Jimmi
3 Edwards comes forward with a quartz
. that he earned by picking pecans, and
: am sure he felt very happy 10 know tha
: he. too, could hammer happiness. Wish
trg success to the telegraph and al th
"a club, am as ever a happy Happyhamme
Thomas Taylor.
Ia p, Sat present can not correspon
, with airy OF the Haps, although | woul
4 like very much to comply with some {
their requests to do 90 TIT.
). Hutto, Texas-Dear Haphynf1el
Which invention Of the Ninteenth centur
is the most useful?' Had the questio
been: (Which invention OF the Nineteeni
century is the most wonderful" l woul
20 say the ocean cable or the telephone
~ talk by cable with an ocean rolling b.
. tween: We speak with our voices 10 frien'
hundred miles or more from where v
- articulate before the microphone. New
esl-was there such activity Of invention
~ within the history Of mankind as at q
~ present time. Ii is not too much to so
m that in these respects more has been don
a richer and more prolific discoveries ha'
4 been made, grander achievements ha
I been realized in the course Of the last M
w years than in all the previous lifetime
"A the race Under the blazing sun OF Ju
we produce ice by chemical means riyalii
"A the most solid and crystalline producti'
a OF nature. We make a mile OF white prln
,e ing paper. and send 1t on spool that
no. perfect printing press unwinds and prin
81 and delivers to you, foi>ed and counte