The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

hdSs not printed. Tho only letter | ever
"u printed was during the tree contest
bo,S ou see II has been quite while.
a pig wy RtiIS-@ little Jersey yearling and
IL III, l mink | had better close for fear
VIII enter the old waste basket Win
,nneh love TO Mrs Foster and lie Hans. /
"'p' true hap, Archie umlaDd
M Ia Belle, Texas. Dear Happyhammers
I,'ii9' HapS will you let me Ia few min.
g, Row, don't laugh at me. for ! have
hor,, nhP Just little. I fell out Of our
u9Stii. l struck my hip ON a 2X4 rail
,ld mat 10 be- carried 10 the house Nv
sboI G Saw me fall and he hqllooed; "oa,
IKE was sure enough. Well Hans, we
nave got orr rive threshcd. My grandpa is
NNtng us now. Well, | guess this Is
tbsoush, SO ! viii close, With nickel for
VIZ Cripple, remain as ever. a true
zap New Years gift Grace Klncaid.
-, Ia Grange Texas-Dcar Happyhammers:
Wen llapS. il has beon quite while since
! appeared among you all Let me tell
you ] nave been nearly everywhere IN
texas since | wrote to our dear old page
and have had a grcnt deal of sickness ana
sorrow thrown In with IL while ] was away
from home. | didn't get to see a Post
unless ! got n daily which | did every
chance had. ] had rHthcr read thgn do
anything else on earth Tor at least anything
ever have dunel. What has become OF
the old wiitersg | would like to CORE
spond with some boys Of 10 or 20 from the
following. places; Lone city. Bay CITY,
Beaumont Lufkln, Orange, San Antonio
and Austin. VIII answer all letters; VIII
close Vincent philips.
shepherd, Texas .--Dear Happyhammcrs.
Will cndcayor to write to the page once
mare. | viii vote for Abraham Lincoln
rs The grrntest man horn in the Nine
tcemth century. Abraham Lincoln was born
Gtt i'm "a Nftg
1909. With his parents he removed first
Ia iudiaH aud afterWard to Illinois. Young
Lincoln was reared amid the harlships of
DOR pioneer life. Wen, ] will not write
any moro about Lincoln, rs some OF the
Haps lat can write better than myself
cnn tcl more about him, sent to Arthur
Nclthelshy 3ul got my sister and myself
a club pin. They ara all right, some of
the naps are talking about Mrs. Carrie
Nation, don't thak thar belongs IN
our club to talk about. Yours, ms. Hap,
Dinero, Tcvas-Dear Hophammer: Here
| come to chat with You for few min
utes if You don't treat ME as before fer
You Just pushed nue. off into that old waste
basket that | always had a perfect hor
ror Of. Christmas will soon be here. won
IT, ilaps am glad TO see Christians come,
bat ! sure hate to see the cold weather.
! 60 TO school and ! study i've books. !
like 10 90 very much. We raised nearly
two bales of cotton on fifteen acres OF
,Huui WY aui",Ev sonsS WIZ any en-
tell YOU what few know: In the Sh3d-
ow Of the Pine Just One GT," -
LIE w! hos'"vou "SSv3, 'Vl'ul"1 M ,I
~, t,'aHlHllnS on 'pe ~ DGs' Iio{
can see that old waste basket grinning up
there in the corner, and ] am afraid 1t
Is GONG TO goh9Ie my letter up Love To
MIS-, toslct AKA tue maps a true nap,
Lulu Taylor.
Bremond Teyas.-Dear Happyhqmmcrs:
Here come aeun, but ! am not going TO
We have got ont eighteen bales, Haps,
how many Of you ali love to pick cotton ?
J don't for one Haps some Of you ali
ought TO come to- Bremond and come out
90 our house and help us eat red and black
Meu1S 9Ns naye hIl t 5b5Gii.e4 ETI o On 1g,
y ,nod i5eo ,nGsalf to fe,rc n},G san
gaEigfo hptfia cralnd If Ma Fostor ,yiii
e,tir E0o to AZ o,ict win Nav, n s,gned
+ emo w ~ IN" tIans ara gi, ioo 7fboj.
oujnion abonf dancing. ind So Viii tea
/ Ftbiuk dnnring is ali right il carrlca on
,tgs boj bcttor riny an ne ,or MI ,rt
SSnttin@ tirc1 or mo foo ,ciiU onit L,
Eo Vine Dream ahead good drcamortS,"' bI
reyai ,rne nan eGb1rIev q f;add,-
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1,o,4,7,s etoro ,rcv,g Nav rIorrvb,,,.
r,ns viii again ondeayor ~ Ws,f,
r, al ia
ii,,ai,p,onF iI,pn,i 3rp,n,.I ,I,,h If tbls rorI
n lie rn,,Iitiy Mis- thickiy onoGgh 'eet.
lied vGnid mise one here Was sorry
,,tst INV vote for General n, Il res rs fhe
Greatest mnr born In the Nineteenth cen.
has been told several times, so ! Will not
take up space 10 zen IL again. we had n
parry mere ut our mouse IhRrsuay night
ana Just hap the npest klnd OF q. time We
prayed an me g'mes thu, we knew, and
Itat was Boou many BILL some OF me
ltIps please sepu me me words Of me
song, Ol me banhS OF the NahhshF'
/ WI s%3n ~ return lovers iieaungs;
OAly lii'i yIg, biihI mid MY
oNee'ue4ri NeAl Down WIN the Mnlnc,
or NY NAVE Su hHNp great many
\ nap zen otrlhSor.
Iapara Live Oak county. TeXas-Deor
Happyhammers: VIII you admit another
Texan to Join your happy bandY | am A
country hoy and live on a farm Mother
takes the Houston Post She saws sba
could not get along without 1t, as ii comes
from her old home. Well. HRps what
fun did you have for Christmasg We don't
have much fun in the country. NInsi,. ma
dancing Is about all Do any of Tho Hans
love TO dance? / do. / can play The violin
toleraby well. and can plav the organ n
little BIT ] can also hoe aud nick cot
'hf9 ,, EIfs, II MIS- tglrihle Insult
70 ,ug roam pu"p,G ior NJ ho9seVelt
Y" ItN ~ ~ neEIu ~ h,ne WIN MN ~ tue
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