The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-01

editor and all the iaps. remain your
truo friend Willie Pearce.
Monaville Texas.--Dear Haphammer
NY papa takes The Post and l would like
TO JOIN your happy band OF boys aud girls.
am years old. ] am going TO school.
My studies are spelling, reading ani
arithmetic. have a little sister years
old. and little brother month old. Papa
has given mo a horse, and no is going 10
buy me saddle when he goes 10 town
next week. and then | Will so to the
postoffice for the mail. With best wishes
and hoping you will admit me, ] viii
Leonard W. winfree.
Lynchburg. Texas Dear Happyham-
mers: Our school begins about the I'd OF
April, and / will be rather glad, because
l like TO go to school. I am In the hfta
grade. l have not many flowers, but same
Of those | have are blooming. ! know
those THAI live in the city have no Covers
nor pine trees TO look at. A good many
of them. though ! suppose. would rather
live in the city than in the country, but
they have nothing but sand and mud. J
do believe | am sorry for them. Wen, J
am tired of writing. true Hap,
Norah Miller.
Burke Texas,--Dear Haphammer: l will
write a letter from our town, Burke, as
see there are no letters written from here
and as / have belonged to your happy band
for several years and have never written.
My brother, Oscar, and have never voted
since we voted on the dog contest, and as
usual was too late for the last one. We
attend school regularly, but 1t rained so
hard yesterday that | did not 60 Please
excuse sn~ letter. I Will try to write more
I IN for | close.
10 Mr. Hap and all the Happyhammers. ~
true Zap. Sdla Courtney.
p. ST. Enclosed find cents for the help
ing fund. 5. U
jacksonville Texas.--Dear Haphammer;
Whoa, whoo, dingling, dingling; herf
comes. the locomotive. I am a boy IL years
old. al over for The Houston Post and
locomotives. This is a very business town,
and at nearly any time you can hear the
grand locomotive. Our little city is red
hot today over local option. We are al
most sure that the pros. will carry by a
large majority. Carriages, deliveries and
all of the stores are decorated with white
ribbons. Men, women and children are
wearing white badges Enroll me as q
Hap. A new Hap,
| Barber Longm're.
/ Nacogdoches Texas,-Dear Haphammer:
I For SINE time have read the Haps' page,
and find 1t so very interesting am II
years old and going to school. Nacog-
dochos is a good old town; It's said that II
is one of the oldest towns in our big
State. We have many improvements and
convFn1iences. | can't think of them all,
but vre have a telephone exchange. an ice
/ factory, electric lights. planning mill, and
| the bsSt schools in the State. have been
watching the progress of your late con-
test. with interest Seeing that you are
abont TO enter into a new contest, | beg
TO be admitted to your happy band. Ernest
Rigon Coleman, | will answer your ques-
ton George Washington was born in
the year 1871; he was nearly 6S years
Did when he died. Please find inclosed
cents for the helping fund.
1 Mary Lizzie Paup.
Mortalba, Texas.-Dear Haphammer
How do you do, Haps? l suppose you have
forgotten me- as 1t has been almost veal
since 1 have written to the page | havt
been going to school, therefore | have haC
but little time to write or read the page
eithsr. But school is out now, so | am go
ing to turn over new leaf regarding tn
page. Amt we having an interesting con
test, or rather you, for have taken nj
part, but l am in for my share now. Phil
ip Webster, that was fine race. Com
again and give us another dream. | wa
surprised to see Thomas Taylor vote as hi
did. Didn't he cut figure IN the race
though? l wonder how Thomas would ge
along in this world with no invention bu
the Telegraph. I suppose If he wished t,
travel real fast he would go on his tele
graph. For instance, II he were in Gal
weston and wished to be in New York rea
soon be would travel that distance on th'
telegraph. Wouldn't you like to see hin
on the way am sorry to see so many o
the girls vote for the steamboat. | can
see how they look at the question. Blu
my letter is too long now, so soodbys
Yours, Anna Aud.
Aransas Pass, Texas--Dear Haphammer
The two transcontinental railroad line
running steamships from Tacoma au
Seattle to Asia are securing the worl
for STEAMSHIPS wherewith to handle tn
merchandise their lines are leaving a
these ports. The Great Northern was
obliged to refuse $4,000 tons of freight t
the Orient in 1899. Indications are tina
the growth of the present year will b
limited only by the capacity for shipment
There are seven lines OF ships engage
In this trodo. and the largest vessels no,
under way in merchant yards in the Uaite
states are for the trans-Paciilc traffic
The b1ilk of the merchandise carried con
sists OF raw and manufactured cotton:
! muir, IRON duu steel, locomotives an
other machinery, lumber liquors and man
ufacttlred tobacco. These are facts il tn
steam boat did not win the contest. Doubt
less Che locomotive was carried throug
by railroad men, women and boys, lk
Eugene Coghill and Others ] know. bu
you Est wait until we get deep water a
Aransas Pass and then we can tell 20
more about steamships. Phillips drear
reminded me Of fish story ! had read
An old negro went fishing. He got a nib
Bile, tfen bite. He pulled and the rs
pulled, and soon the niger was in tn
waten The fish was large one and h
swan eff with the niger. The nigge
was afraid, let loose and swan back t
shore As soon as he was on land agsi
he slpoR himself aud said; Il don't kno,
whether this -figer has been fishing 0
the fish has been lingering"
Lucy Burt.
DiatNlle, Texas,-Dear Haphammer:
will c,yme back again. after our conte'
is ended and the locomotive is victorious
though am sorry that It won, for vote
for the steamboat. and did all coull 70
1t, but. as the locomotive has won TIL
grand contest am glad that the gres
Invention is among us on land and not o
4 water. ! have noticed the letters on bot
sides and | think the locomotive Hal