The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-06

Tes ! noted FOR lts mineral water. Carrie
words OF IN would would be so glad TO get the
az ~ me sun Went Down / would nEe
ace NJ ecIitsregSpond With some Of the Haps. My
iovo 10 Wen. | will close. with much
rove for the Haps and Mrs Foster ~
true Hap, Tiludr StcReo
Nixon, rexas.--Dear Haphammer WIN
YOU admit another i4.vear.old eiri mn
IN happy band? As the rest Of fhe INNS
minS ao9nt their pets VIII ten about
pesriar nave TWO little sister named
ny, SJaFland and pony whose name is Per.
sslue her to school. / am a dear hover Of
conttSi Uut could not grow many on de.
sorry pbu, maIHeer being. SO scarce ann
no the page: he is such n good vritaps
wake up, some Of you good dreamers and
e emo n y your dl dream; ! am never lucky
III some Of YOU Haps please send me
tne songs Goo Goo Eyes ana cone lii
uS qluY' | VIII close, hoping to be en-.
V"N' as new hap. Bessie Short.
McDade. Texas.--Dear Haphammer. A
y mas been a long time since | wrote 10
cnvra vIeD thought ! would muster up
many OF the Haps are picking cotton. nut
lne Gays are too warm to pick much
eo NOT pick much as have three broth.
| eds anu my papa says he doesn't like to
see girls 20 to the helu when they can
1rSuP ~ nave one brother Is years old
o e,o' e'ck I,, over 200 pounds in a day and
aaearly 10 pounds day, haven't many
Lowers this year. It has been SO dry
Ion t, N expect many OF the Haps have many.
| CluD Talk, 1t teaches us So much for dear
| MIS-. Foster always writes something to in.
= IelesL the Haps. l always read il hrst
"BluS'Eyed Bessie"
| Timpson, Texas Dear Haphammcr,
After being absent quite awhile / viii re-.
turn and chat few minutes with Mrs.
roster and the 4aps. September has arrived
4n@ ,coito1, picking is the order of the day,
tue year for country folks Everything Is
SO melancholy. no one ever passes unless II
Is negro with cotton sack or some one
haullhg cotton to town. The cotton crop is
snort IN shelby county and will nearly all
pc gathered IN this MONTH"; Then Cad Oc-
Toner nepe VII arrive with good old nuts and
helping to buy the old stone fort Ii hardly
mink we can pay for 1t by ourselves) and
lncose find cents for that purpose or in
any other way Mrs. Foster sees ht TO use n
( | have never seen the fort though | live
| only twenty-five miles from Nacogloches
/ NY nncle has a beautiful picture of the
/ stone structure in crayon. Good bye for
TINS Time. Webble Bussey.
Mart, Texas.-Dear H0phammer Good
morning, Haps, Am | welcome to come
this morning and have good chat with
You while the waste basket Is sleepingy
| am afraid 1t will awake before 1 finish
my letter, after all live with my grand
pa three miles from Mart II ever you
have chance read "Tcmnest and sun
shine and Minnie Loyle.' | am 10
/ years old. Wake up. dreamers and tell
us another dream. Do you like to pick
cGottoni don't railroad is coming
through Mart now. Last year our school
house was burned up and this year they
are teaching In smaller school house until
I they can build larger one and the teach.
ers don't want to take any scholars under
the fifth grade. l don't know anything to
, write that will interest you, so | will
close, hoping that ] will be enrolled as a
Hap and also hoping that the waste bas-
ket is SIN asleep. goodbye to the cosy
corner for n while. "Honeysuckle.
Willow Point Texas;-Dear Haphammer;
| My father is a subscriber to your valuable
paper, and | always love to read the let.
tiers from the Eappyhammers. ] would
like to tell Leona Korthaner Of Eagle Lake
that her description of the cathedral NJ
Pasa Del Norte is very good, except her
religious criticism. If Leona does not nm
derstand Latin that Is no pip9f that the
that no man can be admitted TO the priest
hood until he is conversant with that
language, and for that purpose alone col
lions of the Catholic world, and at con-
ventions and conclaves of the clergy OF
the world Latin is the language spoken.
which is conclusive proof that the priests
do understand what they say at the service
l think religious criticisms should not be
allowed among the Happyhammers Each
has a right TO his or her own belief but
no one has right to adversely criticlse
nnother's Wishing The Post many years
of prosperity tehce Rotl.
Water Valley, Texas-.Dear Haphammer:
1t has been over year since ] Joined your
club. If / don't write oftener / enjoy read
ing the letters. | live in the country. and
we have good many watcrmelons ! guess
the Haps that live in town wish they were
here to help us eat them, 1 win ten You
a i,tnn
mis- legs are about eight inches long HIS
body Is about the size Of hawks body.
The chaparra has neck four or five inches
long and his bill Is one inch long and il
has little curve at the end The bird
eats eggs and can boiler, like frog. II has
short wings and can't fly far without get.
ting on something high but II can run fast
They can run faster than they can by,
and catch IT, The chaparral makes nests
In trees they lay four eggs The eggs are
about the size of a hen egg. Hans, that
in one week Why. II that was I wanting
chair | would begin to think | would
never get It at that rate. Now let MS send
In our nlckels and dimes faster En-
closed please md cents for the Helping
''' Henry D. williams.
Livingston, Texas.--Helo Haps: guess
you ali have forgotten me, as | have never
written but once. have just finished read
ing the page and seeing so many interest
d
lines to the dear old Post. Say, what has
! become OF Arthur Dawsont ] think ne
must be afraid TO attempt writing again
/ think he was wrong In his assertions
| about the girls. Woodbne you write such
| nice letters; admire them SO much; am
! sorry you are going 10 quit the page. Why
! don't all of you good writers come again:
| / enioy reading yonr letters Wake up VII
/ liam Naught and tell us your dream You
have been asleep long enough, Laura Moss
Z had an excellent letter on the subject OF
/ old stone Fort; II makes me feel sad 10
think OF those brave Texans who taught
and were killed there; l even love. the old
fort myself ] sec some or the Haps are
telling about their pets. won't tell about
mine for ] haven't any. what noble work
The Happyhammers are doing. / think The
post Is grand old paper, FOR u gives us
n page to hammer happiness. The helping
fund / think, is growing very slowly Come
IN YOU Haps with your nickels and dimes
ana LET'S hurry and get another chair soon.
I viii bid you all adieu. Love to all the
iiups "4- Blue Bells.
Hot Springs, Ark.-Dear Haphammer:
viii Won please admit another boy into
ynur clubf | pm IL years old. and my
3oTe Is IN Crosby, Texas / am lust up
here for my health. which Is not VERY bad;
| r. Is caused from l0Zness more than any
| ming else ! haven't any pets only q Few
head Of cattle, two horses and bunch
OF Jo oSsS Boyd are you the little boy that
was in Nj Reynolds room at LOngfellow