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

houses have been erected and the plaee IL
getting to be quite a nice city and a basl-
noes place. ! am going to school at the
Lockhart college / hope may be able
10 send some funds this year for the helm
OF some needy Hap. Nos. dear Haps
wishing you all a Happy New Year i
DID you all adieu for the present.
Make Bills.
Buds. Texas. Dear Hsphammor: live
In the country and work on the farm.
Ike to 20 hunting and fshiug and csmp
out In the summer The country live
In is hilly prairie and Is good farm
ing country, about fifteen miles south o.
the capital city In Hays county. would
Ike 10 correspond With some OF the Hans
about my age, which Ia 13 years Who
Will write hrst7 My address is Willie
Rogers. Buds. Hays county, Texas. will
close, with love to all the Haps aud a
Merry Christmas. Willie Rogers.
Arkansas Pass, Texss.--Dear Haphau-
mer; | am little boy years old. L
came from Missouri December 4 las, snd
would like to Join your happy band. This
morning my grandma made me some
candy and I was cutting some OF II on
plate and cut my thumb, ! have a pet
men she Is 40 gentle can pick her up
anywhere. AS this is my AIRS, letter
VIII close and not make II too long. Hop
ing will be welcomed as Hap. | send
cents to the helping fund
Tom Coehiil.
Houston. Texas,--Dear Haphammer;
here comes little hoy years old Ny
grandma reads the letters written by the
Happyhammers and think they are nice
and Interesting. have some pets. a mug
nos named Bo Peep aud some white rab-
oits, pigeons and my sister. Mabel, has
guinea pig, We had rice Christmas
Tree and old Santa Claus brought us nice
presents. We are going to have a party
tonight TO watch the old year out aud
new year in. Good bye for this time
Mat r. Forney.
Whitney. Teyas.--Dear Haphsmmer.
Hello, Hapsl What kind OF a Christmas
are you havlng7 ! am having very nice
Time. How many of you Hsps like to
dance? for one went TO dance last
night and had nice time. am so glad
the COW won in the last contest. voted
for her. II the COW is slow she was fast
enough to out run the horse Well, | will
bring my letter to close. As ever true
Hap. Katie Careerry.
r, s,-Encloscd md cents for the
helping fund. KC,
Huffman. Texas. - Dear Hsphammer:
Here comes another little girl to Join
your merry band of boys and girls
Hsps. what did Santa Claus bring you?
He brought me paper sack full of pota-
toes and rice and corn bread and he put IL
on the bottom shelf OF the table and the
cats eat on It all night and had plenty
left for myself So the cats got part of
my Christmas gift,
Come again. Alice Hooper, your letters
are interesting. Good bye,
p. ST. am II years of age H. S.
DIN. Texas.-Dear Haphammer; Here
comes another little girl to join your hap
py band OF boys and girls. My papa is a
subscriber to your valuable paper and
enjoy reading the Haps' letters very much.
Christmas is now on hand and We had
two dinings and party also; one OF my
aunts from Robertson county enjoyed a
nice visit with us. ! go to school at Sum
shine. have eight studies l like physi-
ology the best OF all. We have a new or
gan and | am learning to play. am IL
years old and would like to correspond
with some of the Haps OF my age. A new
Hap. Pearl Boatner.
4 Rockdale, Texas.--Deer Haphammer: !
will again write to the club. as | have
/ written one letter and the dreadful old
waste basket got it. / will try 1t again
and send Is cents for the helping fund.
| Now. Haps, Just think the sweet old
4 year has passed away like dream and
think, we can never recall 1t again, Now,
we ought TO try to make this sweet year
God has given us much happier and pleas
anter than the old year we have just rung
out.
| think we ought TO all throw In and
get monument for Ella Mahan, our dear
little Hap. / am as ever, a true aud faith
| full Hap, Lizzie Turner.
/ Peters, Texas.--Dear Haphammer VIII
you kindly admit another little girl into
your happy band of boys and girls? |
read the letters every week and enjoy read
/ ing them very much But now we don t
I have The Houston Post any more and so
can't read the letters any more. and |
am very sorry Of It.. | am a little coun-
! try girl aud help my mamma raise tur-
/ keys. and II / am a good girl and help my
mamma then she sometimes gives me a
| turkey. 1t is my work to feed the chick
ems and then | 20 and catch my turkey
and 90 behind the house and take some
I corn and then give him a good feed. and
then when Christmas time comes ! sell
I him at HacKbdrt Tor FL, l uon KNOW
what to write. think | have written
enough Of my turkey. would like to
correspond with some OF the Haps. ! am
II years OF age. will be 12 February 4.
1900 | hope that all the Haps had 4
merry Christmas and happy New Year,
I With love TO all Haps,
Martha Christine Engelking.
Corsicsna. Texas. Dear Hsphamrner:
thought would write again 10 tell yo'I
what a pleasant time we had Christmas.
We went 10 visit my uncle, who lives IN
the country twenty miles from Corsicana,
and oh. what a delightful time / had We
did everything imaginable for amuFement
We went horseback riding, opossum hunt
ing. squirrel hunting. and had children :
party every night. must tell you what a
time we had going TO dining given by an
old bachelor friend OF papa's. who lives
across creek from where We were stay
ing. We all got in a wagon and went 10
the creek: we couldn't cross in vehicles
as there was no bridge; some OF them rode
across on horses and the rest OF us walked
across; and Haps, | know you would have
laughed II you could have seen us slipping
and sliding in the mud trying to get to this
log. | came very near slipping into the
a creek. but papa caught me. When we gol
across there was wagon waiting for US
10 carry us on to the house. so we got
there without any more trouble. When w
arrived yve found A large crowd OF friends