The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER s. 1901


my vote for Robert f. Lee as the greatest
man born In the Nineteenth century. He
OF engineers 81 Hampton Roads. Washing
ton, st Louis and New York. General
Scott took Lee with him to Mexico in 1915
placed him on his stan and made him mill
tary adviser After the war he was as
signed TO construct works for the defense
OF Baltimore harhor In 1872 be was called
Military academy. This position he illed
Tor three wears. In 1885 congress added
two regiments q cavalry to the. regular
Davis assigned captain Lee to the lleuten
AT colonslcy f one Of these regiments
He was hrst sent e. Louisville, rhee 20
TcAas. From tlis time to 1851 he he was
stationed on the Texas froptier. When thr
Confederate government was transferred
from Mont Soniery to Richmond Lee became
the lnilltarv adviser Of President Davis
His men luvod him with q tenderness aud
devotion stronger than, death AFTER the
cept its results In good faith and 10 look
20 he future Instead OF the past. In 1865
he accented tho presidency Of Washington
the great work IL trainlne the Young men
OF the South for the responsibilities Of the
Iutme His death occurred at his home in
you Lee Hans ind let us have Lee In tue
lead AZ the close Of the contest Well,
guess had better ring % Ter thi: time
all of the good writer's 10 come again
Belle siugletary,
Boggie Creek Texas Dear Haphammer;
! was a reading one day in The houston
Pest ana seen a letter from Peter Snipe
Now Peter he's my cousin, his pa an
my pa air brothers. so that circumstance
mnhes us cousins, ma says. Wen, as
Wus sayip', / seen where he writ a letter
an y was so surpisin' TO me tibet jest
sot there aud looked at It fer ave minutes
know, TO see II wasn't mistaken fer
onct in my life, but ! want. fer there It
was eS plain as your hand afore yer. !
got up and took thet there paper in ter the
Kitchen where ma wus maxim ginger
cakes an / seq, Ma 70 there amt piece
IN this here paper frum Peter my name
amt Jonathan Snipe, thets ALL Ma, Sue
drapped the dishrag on ter her clean
clean scrubbed floor aud seq she Let me
read It sgin tetSetaer Ma she wus tibet
excited thet she Jest sot down IN O cheer
what didn I have no bottom in It. she
cheer up TO glt her out When She got
up she seq, 500 she We'll ] never would
a thot thet Mmuder's boy would ever
Peter WIS thet ambitions Sez sac, -
and gon ter let him cit er head OF my
boy, 50 sou Jest sit Eer a pen an ink an
oaner an YOU rite piece an get yer gramet
soSt Nol won't make n mistakes an I'm
ler yc 60 Ter mail Ia yerself" So got II
and nov am agon 10 write yer al some
other things Peter an me is about The
same size aud we studded the same NUM-
Der book He always WAS marttr IN ng.
gurs than me an him and Sally Jones,
they wa, smarter than all MS put tcrgetner.
But law. when II come ter spcliip why
Peter wus left az the foot NV the class
eyerey time Now II there Is one thing
| can do IT'S spelling hard words why,
would stan az the head of the class IN
Speu words thet WIS eg cay az soppn
lasses, an Peter he'd miss en- every time
/ But Peter p goes sparEin now down on
! I other side of the creek and J don't guess
! he'll come ter school agin Ontt When
We WIS a husEin corn why mighty purity
an sassy girl got red ear an Peter he
seen her an he up an kissed her rite afore
us oil. We WIS sprsed at him fer he
allus wus baskful Ike around the girls. My
how that girl did blush an try 10 hide
her face. 1du better reckon the girls KEEP
the red ears bid frum Peter. ! seen q
bicicle fore. Peter did 1t was one day
man with nee breeches on and cap
stopped az nur house ind wanted some
dinner Ma she give him some and be
ct till he got epurf lie told ma thet It
show me all erbout thet machine and ho
helt me On II u while an then he give
rne bard push and | Jest went afyin tel
a minute an then the thing beginsto wobbla
er round an | tried TO spot the oritter hnt
it kept d goin. ] seen the man comm
an bout tibet time the thing jumped a
| lOE an Ieli on me SOS I / 1Ouluu I KIT UP
| II had my heel just chawed purity nigh
off. Tibet man he laughed on laughed an
said be tbot ! snowed how ter ride on.
1 but wus Twin model thet ] dldn, Z
man Jest got on tibet bicicle like Il wui
/ ole Nancy and test went giimmcrin hear
some lnement on my heel and said ] wus
daisy 10 Let tibet man do me tibet way
Peter told you erbout HIM gon up Ter the
! city. Pa said II would work hard and
! cot al
| take me to the city an see the circus, Ma
! said her umhltion vus tibet al! Of her
/ to see them big elerpants m tigers wus
| so aspirin to yer heart Ma said when
/ she wus girl her pa took her nearly
| eoin TO git the pertaters IN sost can go
! cause they said monkey wus goip
I to ride n horse and ! shore want 70 see
| IT, ] amt ateared Of monkeys an things
| but ] don't went to git too cidst 10 en-,
cause ma says thet there oint nothn hge
| hein kerful an ma she knows Ma sHia
! ! ort to say something about them great
! Jest as she seq cause II wouldn't do u
not do what ma SEE. Why. pa he lest
| lunes arond when ma glts after him An
nn she VIZ gfin ter hunt s piece s6 Of poetry /,
| would look q heap purtyer to have one
an besides Peter didn't have none. wei
! lngton wus the biggest man tibet ever wui
cause he wrote sech purity piece 81 poetry
! an ma she dotes on purity poetry An theI
ma sed tibet George Washington discovered
Ameriky an tibet We ort to. oner an reyer
1 ence him from the deep Of our hearts.
guess yer all knew tibet he never told ne
Ma said her ma lister tell her about hin
havin little Ratchet an tibet he GU
his pas cherry tree down | don't thlnl
thets anything ter tel. Why. | ken taxi
my Ak an cut big mcrskite down al
they don't say nothin bout II cept ten m'
! ter cut II up in ter stove wood, Well. II
close. by snyin when this you see remem
her me, don't matter how fur away ] be
Jest a minute. want ter be Hap u I
don't hurt you, II this goes 10 the vast
basket let II fall eazy. J hope Peter vii
see this here piece ma sold she wuz agoil
ter cut 1t out an keep 4
Jonathan snipe.
S.
A. Oh 80 L.. 1 n-nnr,