The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-01
HOUSTON DAILY POST. SUNDAY MoRNrG. DECEMBER l. 1901

left deep Impression upon their time he
Was noru ~ poverty aud ohscurlty. being
consplcuoasly n selfmade man, HIS educn
zion was under The direction ~ his moth
or yet nt hest was but superficial u Is
not too much to say that Mr. EdlSon's
ideas haNe entered largely into all the
clcctric discoveries OF recent time. He Is
also the Inventor ~ the phonograph. The
qnadruplcx aud scNtupleN transmitter, the
mlcrophone, the mimeograpb, the electric
Mr.. Edison SAYS shout some Of his work;
II believe that in yeags 20 come by my
own work aud that " others. who viii
doubtless enter the field. grand opera can
be given az the Metropolitan opera house
~ New York without any material
change from the original aud With artists
and musicians long since dead. But !
10. SO J WIN say. just give Edison the
glory he deserves. Charley Colcps
oakland. Texas Dear faphammer Ons
DAY not very long am while sitting under
hlg oak tree With my hook In my maud
! suddenly stopped reading 90 ll>'c1 tu 80
htlc brook trlckllug hy my side. As
locked out ON a large bill ncu by saw a
crowd " noNs and girls coming towards
me. | could not think who thcy were. They
all wearing the Itappyhammer badge u
had mine on. tool. They told me their
Rchnic Belle, William vault, phillp Henry
Bcycrs ANA whole lot more whose names
! can not rcColect II thcu remcmnercd
having read their nice letters IN rhs Pustl
AUcr told them my uanr thcj told me
that they had started out TO spcld tho day
IN the woods and asked me 30 lola them,
] did So with pleasure leaving my book
where ! had becu sitting. We started out
60 20 about two miles further. which we
kcUn reached wagon Grove WI aud
stopped where We were sitting, They told
me that they had come part Of the way
IN the wagon and had got tired hiding, ~
they had walked the rest of the wa the
BOYS took the baskets out of the wac ~ and
the driver turned nronnd and went hack
the same way he had come. We all agreed
to eat lunch aud then ramble around IN
the woods; SO we spread the table down
on the grass. emptled the baskets aud sat
down to eat We soon finished and started
out on our ramhes. We came To- grape.
vine swing which swung ont over u siuul
rlvulct Ihv first one 10 get In was Wood.
u,l'' uiu she hHu JUST Ntuttru across Whch
The swing broke aud she fell Ia the water
Well We got her out, but that did uut
make us turn back; we kept on going As
We were walking along talking ahllt the
iaps we hoard something rearing atoyc
our heads LOOKING up We uoucrd hlNck
clouds all over the I'd ana wind ana rain
driving wight at us We dd not know
which way tu turn. so started hack the way
we bad come, all NJ us wrjnglng wet We
lost our way aud Went two miles ont of 10
before We discovered our mistake. II was
shutdown ana We had three miles to walk
ana I'VE miles to ride We got to whore
our baskets We're at dark and found our
driver and wagon waiting for MS We were
tired and very glad 30 see the wagon. SO
we got 10 aud started Tor town. which was
ABOUT tVc miles awav, We drove I'm town
Just as the moon was rising at iO O'Clock
singing was just telling them an good
hyc when | WIS aroused from nav Slumhnr
by my sister calling me and telling mo that
1t was DARK and lime tn come Ia the hol Sc.
| VIII close and leave room Tor snmehrdv
else. with love 10 all Atruc Hap
Halle Bessie lock.