The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-09

| got 70 the cabin ] wont IN 90 49,.
We, wrre several barrels n here; l pulled tie
sold 50 started 10 pull the ,op M W
/ anelner. II came on quicker than I expeci.
i 81 and ] went rolling down The st1e ,f
/ tho sand bar, hlt the waierie tbe river ~
my face. and awokc 70 nnd L ali 4 as fea M
/ l. VII c,cse With beat Wishes To All thu
daps and Mrs fcstey, true Hap,
Laurel, Texas Dear Hapaammcr As /
am all alone this beautiful evening In our
( favonte month thought I would write
I 10 the dear old page TO see " could no.
come 9 Hop, ! hope Will Tor Il is a
I Indeed 10 know that iilne Horton San ~
4 soon have her chair. Aud now / woutJ
/ Ike 10 say a word 10 the Hans who ,reAi
/ me waste basket Il our Kind Mrs. Foster
does not get out OF patience reading lct
4 ters With IN expression uke This. II viii
/ close for fear OF the waste haSkefn III
thcm WY she = dear should say |
basket for this limo, So I viii ask YOU
drcamerS " YOU really dream What Won
+ write y ! could have such dreams 4
! would write real often to the Hans And
7 about the nom de plumes Now Hans [
/ don't see any harm Ia them N any per.
son wants nom dc plume let him have
I ~ Tor my part don't SEQ ANYTHING Ia
object TO- Some OF our best writer's have
\ thcm ! think some " the Hans can
Write real nice poems, Will write one
soon " Mrs. Foster doesn't object \ Will
/ have Il ready Tor the page II 1 DOM IAN
4 10 become a member / would Ike Ia
! eNehanse songs with some Of tle Haps /
4 nnhve two that are very old bnt pretty
/ They are; "Gambling on the sabbath Day
/ and Home, Sweet Home" I would Ike
I 70 correspond with some ~ the taps
about f, my owT,nn age which l. " We'll |
/ ana the Haps. Respectfully yours.
Anilla Freeman
/ Thornton. Texas Dear ilanhOmmer;
] After an absence Whuut fnnr u,Nnths
/ ! come again 10 chat with the 'Haps
I see the contest is over and May Is Inc
\ pest month Of the year ! am elNd May
/ Won, as It's my favorte month sherman
Brady ! would like to have two OF vour
I songs My Home IN sunny Tennessee
/ and Little Lps Cabin In the Lane" |
4 win send YOU any | have IN return and /
know lots OF them too. vig Homeless
nl ,olin99.. ,,BoSs,,cn burglar" Two sywect
Boys" Young Chsrotie" and grcit
many more to numerous TO mention.
,%iMasoineys sgekle" win answer your CUES,
| Texas than Houston stephen Il Austin
! was efectiouately called the Father OF
! Texas. ana David Crockett WAS the r0n,
I Alamo. Am | right sumc OF YOU naps
/ hurry M and omen the npNt contest? am
/ sure 4 VIII oc an interesung ONE and YOU
/ Henry ReyeG "Woodhine" phliip Webster
and Katie Waddln allow me Ia compl.
Nl'il ehul NlfN letfefN 10 the fukt, Your
letters all are lust splendid. Philip don't
You write under an assumed nameg Never.
theleSs | am sorry Won are going Ia Quit
us for yonr letters ALWAYS brighton any
page southwestern tolcY, dream again
you certainly had a terrible dream about
the north pole visiting the south pole but
say didn't you have that dream Sitting npl
! wonder what has become Of unle Mead6r
and Annie Lee, ana Rlchev2 Come again
glrls, with some az your Interesting letters
ana brighten our page VIII close now.
A tpfta
Eva Belle Carpenter
DAYS, Texts Dear lIophammer: As
the contest TX over and YOU are not So
seems as " YOU are fond " dreams, So
here comes QUE We'll party OF Us boys
set out for New Zealend. There were
about twelve Of US IN all president sccrc.
tary aud doctor The Others were known
as cooks and roustabouis We Travelled
overland 10 san Francisco After going
steamer hound for wellington The hrst
day or Two WAS spent pretty we'll Tho
storm blew 80 hard thnt the waves soon
overturned the ship and there We we're
leit M inc mercy OF the sea, 10 you think
We were going 10 give upY so. not us
We were bound Tor New Zealand Quickly
gaihering w a raft Of tbe shin we chung
70 y Ike grim dcnth 60 dying calf hui
/ conld not MAKE much hendway AZ last
q United states man Of war came by ana
seeing ", II came by aud plcRcd us up
army and SO Ia China. Rut on tho WAY
we heard that the war was closed 10
our delight We we're paroled We decided
70 come " Washington aud Rpply FOR a
pension. Do you think we got ltY You bet
your boots; that was nothing 10 DO. Afor
being assured We would get $40 nj mo
end of each month, We began our tourney
homeward. But on the Rock Island Faii
way we had headeud collision Here
III let the liaps guess the rcst hone
YOU will not get Tired OF this wrarisume
dream for US snnd-lappere are teNeerdlnelv
favorable for such. I sec shine ~ ne
llaps do not think Il the girls placr 10
work IN the Held. Nor I plther ~ 'therc L
some one else 10 work FOR her. Yon can
often hear somebody say: II wlsh were
rich and didn't have to work bnt some
one has gO1 TO work or there would be
some one starve TO death They rouid nor
eat silver nor gold. What has become ~
Joe Farmer. Thomas r. Nettic Paiae
schoheld and several others that used TO
be old time writers! Well. as some Of tho
Iiaps ask for birthday letter partIes. sun.
pose YOU give me one on the Sth ~ nest
month"; Roscoe v. RrI,Ipes
Sealy, TeXas,-.Dear Haphammer: am
an old woman who lives about ifteen miles
away from any other house. and Won may
know ! have q lonesome time 1--we in