The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-15

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| IIlLu5 finance ................. O-
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beaumont Happyhanmer club 'Sa4 81
Previously reported ..........,,.''Sii 20 70
Grand total '.'I4,.ii.1.........,....s $40 u
Baxter Ttxae.-Dear Haphammer. lr.,o
! CORES little boy Z years Old 10 io,u van,
G !a,9d NY mamma has been readug your
iet'ers ,9 me q long time, ard | think thpy
fund percy Ri ,iV nIvii,ng
Garmine, Texas.-Dear Haphammer. VIII
you admit another little boy into vmr
nand OF boys and girls? | ana Ii wear, az
age and Ike to 90 TO school have rya
me me mems With thirty little chickens for
eiosc A ms 5a!s Is my first letter viii
Alexander Knocke.
Garfield, Tezas.--Dear Haphammer: VIII
you admit another boy to Join your merry
band of boys and girls: I take The HouS.
ton Post and enjoy reading the letters in
me young folks page I live in the coun
try. about fifteen miles from tho CanitIl
Wv WIN my grandpa and grandma \
ne" rap De witt G. Houston.
Port Layaca, Texas.-Dear Haphammcr.
Here comes another little girl II ye,rs nlI
TO join your happy band Of bows and Girls.
My papa takes The Houston Posi- ana /
love to read the Haps' page ! have a pei
car and pig love 70 go to school and
waste basket, so l will close
Maggie Harrel
Luling Texas Dear Haphammer. Nv
father takes The Post. see You are rei
ting money for another little cripple NV.
SER aud brother will send some. Enclosed
you VII md p cents. Hope that viii
In hH Ftvtst
sgLool boys, aged IS and s.
Marshall L. Manford and James w Man
ford.
ccnteryiue. Tezas,-pear Haphammcr:
May come Ia and chat a little while.
Papa takes The Houston Post, aud | have
f 3ssH eadias me- the d H2ps Letters lbnS
live one inllo southwest Of Chestcryi,le.
How any of to1 Haps Ike 70 splice
QUITS do for one am splicing q string
1t finished Annie Exum
tC,eentervlllc, Texas: Dear Haphammer
TO your happy band Papa takes The Post
and ! enjoy reading the Haps' letters
think 1t Is great thing 10 help the af-
is deaf We had nice rain day before
YESTERDAY We live one mile southwest ~
Centerville. l will close with best wishes
TO Mrs. Foster and the Haps.
hOAlu EsAun.
Lyons, Texas-Dear Haphammer: As for
the contest I don't know who to vote for
but ! think Robert f. Lee was the great.
Come on, Haps, with your dimes and
nickels and make some poor cripple happy.
Some Of the Haps are telling Of their pets
but ! have no pets at all except a little
find cents for the helping fund. With
love to Mrs. Foster and the Hans.
Ben Dee Woodruff.
CLAYTON. Texas.-Dcar Haphammer: VIII
you admit another little girl into your
happy baud Of boys and girlsr NV brother
takes The Post; he has been taking 1t FIR
two years. l like to read It very much.
My age is l. years. | live two miles from
Clayton. 1t has four stores. one drug store
aud postofflce and one blacksmith shop,
one gin, two churches and school houe
/ have two pcts-a pig and a cat. My eats
Flounce. / will close now, hoping to be
enrolled as new Hap. Dora Faulkner.
Hamshire Texas-Dear Haphammcr;
VIII you let a country girl enter into your
band Of boys and girls? | have been read
Ing the boys and girls page for some
to write until now. How many IT Won
Ike to 60 horseback riding? ! enjoy It
very much. ] 60 almost every dav. SEQ
on the page where some Of the boys nre
don't talk Boys, some Of you put on airs
az much MS we grls-sometimes more.
Well boys, don't think that | mean this
Well | will close. for fear OF the old
waste basket. 4 true Hap.
odeyne Bondreauz,
Dewey, TeHas.-pear Haphammcr; Good
morning 10 yon, Haps. Here comes an
other 11-year-old girl to Join your happy
band. have no pets except Que little
kitten. 1t Is very small one. NY
There are two hooking birds that sit on
the lightning rods and sing their sweet
songs. They fly from one tree to the
other. We have los Of shrnhhery In our
ward but none Of It Is blooming now, ex-
cent our lilac hush 7 wish some Of you
Haps would dream something else. I
enjoy reading your dreams very ,mucn'
Your true Hap, Nira Lee hay'
Newton. Texas--Dear. Haphammer: -
It has been some time since wrote TO me
and bring brother Carl with me. Mamma
and we children are having a lonely time
this week. as papa Is gone to court we
hovs have TO get wood this cnld W. ner,
1t is a tough job. but guess we VIII come
out all O. X. How many OF the Hans ever
saw log train? They are hauling logs
on the cars close TO our house. We W'sn
some OF Won Hans were here IN help US
break our warnings To work. We would
ike for some one Of the Haps 70 send rs
the song Of "DlXle Land" Well we VII.
90 for this time. u
Houston Texas.--Dear Haphammer.
have lust finished reading some very Inter
estlng letters from some OF our Hans on
The present contest. who was the g'egtest
man horn in the Nineteenth century, l
see General lee has the lead so far. stone
wall Jackson md Gladstone were great
men. TOO. but that Is not my Idea 81 q
great man George Peabody. who did SO
mrrh Tor tho education % the Southern
children Is the man ] would call great.
While he lived heswas always doing some
thing FOR the moor Al his death George
peabodv left $1,000 coo 10 he Invested ard
the Income was 10 be spent Tor orr free
schools Of the South. He not only spent his
fortune for our schooling. but also for tue
moor Of England, Mrs. Foster. please e1-
cuse this lengthy letter. From. sincere
Hap. LOIS "enS'
Tours. Texas Dear Haphammer: ] think
il is time I should write aud send N my
cotton ncking wages which picked foI
the crInnles II was not much; brit Y WI
help. The cotton was very bad-ths cattis
had besp in the asld SO much. epus