The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05

| TO read II. ! tlllnk too that all Ind better
ssi gd,,i their a., r ,s name they want to be
what do they write to the page for? /
am sorry | can't send any money for the
| helping fund, but ! am at school now and
! nav no money Win me So | VIII have
! 70 walt until the next time write Look
! see thai waste basket coming toward
me with his mouth Wide open for this let.
iW am writing 50 had better close,
rs my letter is not interesting any way
ahd ! had better give room for an INFER
nap am l3year-old girl,
Susie Layonia Cantrell.
Chappell iIfl. Texas Dear Haphammer:
AS ! have just learned to write Thought
would write my trst letter tn the d ar
old Post. My papa takes it aud says H.
y years old. | like to go to school so
ulich. We have real nice school. We
shE every morning and orr teacher reads
chapter In the Bible. Then what rol.
lows ! guess the little Haps all know.
W. nave to 20 to work in earnest and
gct our lessons for n we miss them we
uaNe TO stay In. When school clos S .r
teacher Is going to give us picnic.
Don YOU know We are going TO have fun,
nuess some nj the big boys win take their
hncs ana fish. ! have hig brother Tom
VINO likes 10 fish but not on dry land.
Hh'Na nave written enough for this
tsHc FIeaSc enroll my name as one of
'"' Happy laps. Mabel Cardwel.
Prospect O. r. Dear Haphammcr: Here
come shocking for ndmIttance in;o your
beSn livfu,, To- ci.,i n"u El4iS; nave
but like 10 live her" re pV' vrii nI Tnc..
Is l"ts Of prairie here and wolves too.
NrGregorr t Tcl slhcGG VIC came here from
nom Rcd river, the linc between )klahomn
to 10 o0r In, NV 20 20 tlsdleen mites
river. but ii1'iinS nlu n1yc 10 cross Rt,d
iHiucr mas been taking The Posi- about
ttyu S'HIs. . i , Is creek on our place;
s named SANDY ~ AZ ,ne h"use; II
or Two when If Is warm "' man, Every uny
rilos. + b,I III y w Wiz s""u letters.
basket has his No , NJ I"' I"r ihe waste
Hap, Iufo Consins ''
'''' '"uSins'
Monroe, Texas-Dc,r u,nh,,,,,.. ~
comes another ig r,,, 800 ii'li IN, Here
happy band OF boys and aiTIs YS5iI' Iffo %mr
] viii tcll Won All ,ybaf h@nncncHi' ,it9Ps'
Me ana one Of NV sistr,s4 iInd M, Iiittrt}
baby brother were Mi in ~ ~" 10y i.,l9
some n our hogs were laying outsidn
around me gate. heard them make "A
10 see what was tho matter when when f'V saw
u big old spotted mad dog had one
Went out on tho gallery and hrltoanJ ~
Il. but IL did NOT nav nnV nttrntiom, a.,
moe Then It jumped over The n1lings ana
brother out of the door and sjamtncd If +"
thc al my other brothers WIS on hrhiud
the house playing and my sister called HIM
Sa%iHtH. ih're r. a mad dog He came
OF my unclcs passed 6ur bon"e ,n I'ia s pnf
~ II II passed and We told him YES He
and some other men killed H. A new Han
Matte Walker
chiffon, TcSas.-Dcar IIaphammcr: VIII
you admit another little girl into vo,,r
happy band of boys and girISy / IivG ,,,
tarm near Chiffon a very nrnttv i,t la
to'Nu like farm life So well: nv noni
his cotton We had - ,Irn ,. mt1rH al OF
which was needed very much lyhIr6
think win bring All Corn ap D. T All the
planting have sroI, uo ,nnt AM % re
tcrs in The Post fbis o many nice lrt-
have 9S pn nns ss aG .ge and do for
hut should like do rs' for mo p pet at al,
II letter from logansport, La. ! have -
him for ten Years and shonid Ia seen ~,
hud out something about his Vhnra nSr 70
through Lillian Markham. Ills name '""i is 3
1raul Lester. With much 1.-Two tn al -
am Il true Han. ncrtic I :" a.,
''' 'oP''s'
Grocnvlc Texas Dear Ionbomuo,..
As IT has been long limo sinrfe n'rl,;
! thought would writr ,r1im H. Wrolr
Is al iarors Grimes rounfvi a., n"lut
three hpndrcd miles from home ~ '''T 70
S,no"l am STAYING with my aunt We
very much It Is much colder i'm borr
,Ilan where live. The people are inst
Ihis month has been very cold and dix
agreeable some people are inst through
picking cotton | have cousin yonnger
man I am, her name Is Annie Parker. we
nave great time going to school together.
Nv" oi my cousins have gone out West
w" erl very lonesome sometimes, hut
we Ivy TO pass on the time every evening
singing aud playing rn the organ We arc
SS'JWuE J." nHtc . singing school here Il
attend ~ Nh liinN nlEht ana we Will
""ttttUnmmTI' ,nink singing IS very nlce. We
people very well mn here ibcv We t ane
mamm e''' nvo r n". get = letter from
10 write 10 Inc liam am mm,.' pnsk,ns me
rcndcr Of 'rbc po.t ,i,d NM dpa Is
other manor thnt ,.,, hoo t"i tHN 'Iere Is no
''"' va" "'"I n N. H. = trqe nap
he"e Mchihhey'
vor.,to
l. a"rLn' leNaS Ilcar llaphnmmer: As
gane written To me lIaps page before, hut
never saw my letter IN print, guess the
waste basket got II. But viii try the
old motto If ~ hrsr YOU don't succeed.
ilN, Try again. The contest, What Is the
hest month of the wear. aud wny 2" l think
May Is the best, because all the tlowcrs
ARE IN bloom, the fields are green with Tue
growing grains the trees have mn onAthnt,
leaves to shield them from tho snh,mcr
heat, the birds are singing so swnefiv an,
httiug from tree to trcS singinT ,', ,".
praises to their Almighty ESthcr wbt
gave them lfc There ia nothinei VI,
better th"n tnl,i n''r ~ nothing enjoy
in Nl,tv doN,n tnmeS ~ 'Httnois some morning
Ows ana cntcr '"si ,ne 1eluS anu mead
birI ny my hFseiL listening To the
80 NJ y anu 10 me wind ruSlinar