The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-15
HOUSTON DAILY Posi-: SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER H. l9OL

Linan tat. Concho river ana the creek
were running clear and swift Tho cattle
| ID tho big pastnre are watered from earth.
the ground and water comes on, ,Sre M 81
| pipes under the Graiu into fronghs We
could sec the little fish Ia tho clear water
iest OF sou ,ntee teSt deep THIS is the pref
quarter OF section OF rich, level prairie
he nnL, Ihe. finest farming land can be
81 sT re, loF g. an acre; on i've years time.
some has mesquite bushes on M Psna's
~ part bald and part timbered They earl
A' ''SneS timher' Earl Baliew
budalo Texas Dear Hans; win YOU ,d.
hhm 5"o little girls 70 join yonr happy
about 1000 inhabitants cSn,r, ~ , oSs
puU9l pniiding. city hall. three Churches
~ stor.s Neehodlsi and Presbyterian. TWEEN
in,aSj pest 81 all no saloons We have a
| loNeiv music room IN our school bnii5trs
ana a teacher who teaches clocutiou and
must. she gave us o musicale bbent tbrae
weeks ago n was lust grand We VIII
name some Of tho books we have ,c,d
| me Swiss Family Robinson. "Iucilie. .
! lazy or the Lake and others Going "a
| school Is certainly pleasure, ISM itf we
| VIII not vote in the contest this time.
wns study more on it. You good dreamers
! wake M you have heen sleeping long
/ slough; come and toll Ms tour dreams
| Noodbinc. we en1oy reading your letters
/ 50 nnch' We went after prrSimmons yes
I 'f''-. Wv NANt WIS 20 NtEN 0iGN' [
/ gct many because We are girls and couldu't
! climh, but the girls have just as nice tirnei1
! as me hoyS, ANYWAY We are going pe
! sum hunting next Friday night ana ,ysh
! all Of yonr HapS could 60 with MS vs.
| never do have much luck, but always Nave
| a. grand time. Gypsy has written b}forc,
| nut (Rosmnudel have never. We via try
| 70 write more interesting letter. next
t'me' VIII close. Gypsy and Rosmsnde.
| Troy. TcSas.-Dear llaphammer: Last
| 4 HldNV morning / huSV sowing
my uncle yelled out from the lot all In
a tantrum as he USUALLY l. when ON
! me catch this mule tho little idiot hasn't
sense enough 20 stand stii1." The mule
was running about from one side of the
to say a%pR "e ana ePIRe k 9SE a@q i tba
mule Lcks me III XII her" uncle snid,
and Aren't the time pe threw a blg rock
four feet. He wouldn't have hit the mule
Tor pay. Just az that Zine got to the
LOT Just said WHOM Cot" and She
stopped as II she had been paralysed.
tied the rope in tho halter and handed It
to uncle. went back 10 the house ana got
Ei.aEted az my work hadn't scwed SIX
darn NEE is loose with the harness on
and gone to the back Of tho pasture
Plague on her ! wish she was dead. Go
and get me the az and ! will knock her IN
the head. land she at the back OF tho
pasturc) Well, 'thc next thing for mo Ia
do was TO go aud drive her up. SO
ulh hsli NbdNtN 40 UtlNU UAIhNNNlllG Nef MP.
held the mule until he llt his pipe, aud
then opened the gates aud he was gone
for the remainder OF the day SO I was
down once more 70 my sewing
Morthaha Texas Dear Haps: Allow ne
70, enter ana talk . little while. am m
old Hap and Won viii have 10 excuse me
for not doing NV duty. I iolued when the
club WAS FIRST formed and never wro hut
once. Who was the greatest born I'm the
ia .tgn ion. r,..tsF
| see? Who was he7 Leave IL to twelve
thousand Hnps 70 decide. Competent and
honest judges My opinion n the ma ter
cavilIer, was the greatest man that lived
in the Nineteenth century For the fol
loving reasons He was man equal IN
try George Washington the man whom
every Southern boy and girl oucbt 20 be
glad 10 say hurrah' for Uncle Robert
! ]. Jackson was a grent man SO wa
J f. b, Stuart, hut no equal to Lee In
any military genius Lee was loyal 10 his
native land as was any Lincoln, whether
Southern Copcederacy and would have
been traitor 10 his land and state II he
war and hrst In the hearts OF his country
rNen Southern We must nor le' the Sau
Jacinto bat leheld Question drop. win
WORK Ike n Turk for It II any one does
swell fast. to make other moor inva'ids
happy. Well, ! will close with much love
to Mrs Foster and all Ha9s, \ true HIP
westdeld, Toxas-After an absence Of nj.
most q yenr hope that you viii welcome
me back TO the club | never see MANY let-
tiers from Wcstdeld in the page and l
wonder WHY 1t u.s. Mademoiseue, I kn W
Lady Blanche too and she and I surely
have times when she comes to see mo, or
when | 60 to her ! can just imagin
her throwing cold water on any one 4
she wanted them to wake and they did
not want To. Haps, did any Of yon ever
make animals OUT of the plth Of corn
though ] generally have to lnhe them
any one TO know what they are ! would
like 20 get the words 10 The Girl ! Lett
Remind Me- and Pm Going to Write TO
Papa" and Just Because She Made Them
GOo.Goo Eyes I'm exchange for which
viii send "One Little Word NV uannah
Bred In Old Kentucky" My Old Ken
lucky Home" or sing Nc a Song Of III
Sunny South" | would like To correspond
I hope you viii come back TO the club onlv
please don't abuse we poor girls any more
for after all | believe that the tors dis
Ike souchy girl, So thev are only acting
the hypocritr when they talk like that, for
do not believe that any hov wants girl
to go around with her hair perfectly smooth
and precise and looking either bright rcd
or dun brown, Well, I SEQ how eagerly
that horhd old waste basket Is looking at
nv unreadable writing, So ] viii close, A
new and loving Hap Agnes Humphrey.
Eaton, Texas.--Dear Haphammer Good
evening Haps How are you this rainy
afternoon? ! have written twice before hht
not seeing my letters IN print / come
again, II at 6rst you don't succeed. try.
try again" Our contest was so interest
ing. How can I stay away? / will OK
press my opinion on our brave and noble
general. Robert z. Lee. As the clouds OF
prejudice clear away from the war be-
tween the States Ro0ert Z. Lee is seen 10
have been its greatest 6gure. Sprlnging
from historic ancestry. he was the sou
OF Light Horse Harry horn January H.
1907, In westnoreland county. Virginia.
near the birthplace Of Washington At
West Point, whore he graduated In 1920.
he was distinguished both for high scholar
shin aud perfect department. On JuNe 30,
1881 be was married to Miss Mary Curtis,
daughter Of G. w p. Curtis, Washington
adopted son. After the war Captain Lee
was assigned 70 construct works for the
defense OF Baltimore hlrbor, whence he
was called In 1852 10 the sunerinteudency
OF West Point military academy This
position he filled for three years with great
ability. In February, 1861, he WAS sum.
moued to Washington. Here he was Of,
fered the command of the army, which wa