The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-20

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nnn cents for the helping fund Well /
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krenham. Texas Dear uaphammer
write TO tell yon how much I cniov thu
n mrny gooa letiers that appear In our col.
aef what the future holds In store for the
hhpS whose names are SO popular am0nr
US Perhaps IN years to come the laurel
Wreath OF fame win deck their broWs Per.
henS In far on lands some viii tell the
hntathenS the wondrouS story OF the manecr.
tue garden, the cross That glorious gospel
story thai makes life noble npre and trnc
ana hGlghlens the valley oT The shadow
IffhSns in the oAsncils Of the nation they
vii labor for the welfare of their fnllnw-
men. Who knows: a veil honrs beforr the
door ~ the future Thls however. / he.
leye: none can be- true to the 1lappyhain-
,hcrS notices without making the world
brighter and happier hy their iivIn. In
~ Even the hamblest can brng happiness
iho inc ives OF others. for all WELD an
influence Tor good or evil II thar COD
given influence be used Tor good hnnplncss
not only 10 others, hut to ourselves is
tRte result. II he used for evil sorrow TO
Vthets remorSc aud regret 60 ourselves Is
the inevitable consequence For iii Of Ills
creatures God has given gifts and talents:
lei us Try TO- nse them Alright. remembering
that we VIII have TO give an account %
true Hap,
Annie Leigh Gillespie.
Orange, Texas, Dear IIaphammcr. Here
come with my unlutercSting talk
wrote to The Post once before. but | did
not see my letter in print guess thc
almost ashamed to write, because have
bce9 reading, So many coed letters here
lately We live about seven. miles. west
OF orange ON small farm. My father is
a rice farmer say. llaps how did you all
stand the mosdlhtocaF ! toll yOu. the
horrid little things were So bad that We
simply couldn't sleep. would like to
exchange songs with some one who has
the song II was Happy TIL | Met Nou. "
! have the songs Bring Back My Bonny
10 Ne "On the Ranks OF the Wabash, .
Goo GOO Eyes and several others. |
VIII tell you, Haps, just what I think
about Mr.. Wallace. | think he Is some
old bachelor Just trying 20 make folks
believe he IS some hashful boy aud can
not hold up his bend in company. Well, !
had better hush my ciattcr box, for l
can now see the greedy old waste basket
should have her picture put on the llaps
page. Just think how nice Il would bc
for 9S9S children to look at her picture
and say, Oh am 81 glad to see our
editress picture! | would like 10 cor
respond with some Of tho lIaps of my
age Il am 10 years old IL they win write
hrst. With much love TO the Ilaps and
Mrs. Foster Ella Lewis.
Loyelady, Texas, Dear IAphammer; Last
time ! wrote ! did not see my letter In
lIlnl. nNts OF course, II WAS INV lGNlls II
was not dear Mrs. Fosters fault, Tor she
puts all the letters in that she thinks ought
TO be printed Our school VIII start next
Monday. VIII be 50 glad, for ! dearly love
| Mr.. McKinley's deathf was so sorry
when ] heard OF y. Mrs Foster did
| Arthur Wcathcrshy send You the club pinst
Please answer this question soon as | want
one Well. Haps / have been muscadlne
hunting and got about eight gallons. GER
| ulinly do enjoy going after. grapes or
muScadines or amy kind Of fruit In the
woods. The muscadlnes that We got were
| In our pasture on the bank Of o creek. We
would shake the vine and the muscadines
would just come tumbNng down In the
! creek We had lots OF fun gathering them
after we got the trees cut down. We cut
/ three trees down TO get them. Well,
| guess YOU oil are tired of reading so much
on that subject So VII tel you Az OF my
to see ME and | went homo with her and
stayed a month exactly. ] had q nice time
down there | went through the pcntep,
| tiary and went TO the sam Houston normal
school. ! think 1t such q pretty building
| Both Of them are. Well, 1Iaps. | expect
you are tired Of reading this uninterestlng
letter. so ! expect had better bring 1t to
"a Reader"
Yorktown. Texas. Dear Brother and Sis
| ter Haps: Now, don't think hard Of me Tor
coming to see you so soon again, but Just
| open your eyes aud ears and listen awhile
| to me for | have something very lmpor
! tant to tell you There Is a member OF our
| club Arthur weathersbyl who IS cripple
and can not use his feet ut all so he ~
determined to use his hands Instead. lie
is making club pins III H., @ Of gold wire
many of YOU would make such a nice pin
for 10 cents3 II is beautiful, for | have Or
dered several for the llaps here and ne
| also makes the whole name uf any one that
| wants il and lot OF other things Of which
! | have a list. ! have got mp 81 for Arthur
and sent II 20 hint, ana several others
| have called FOR different things which Ar
| club plns or want % SOC the list Of different
things that he makes ! VIII send II to you
Remember he Is a cripple and membel
of the H. II. c. ana can not get around
and work and play Ike Us merry Hnps
! Hoping that all that want club pins vii
order from Arthur ! wiz remain NJ his
| service nv changing the subject. Iiaps nov
| let me tell you OF my trip 10 the bay anc
other places J. with other companions
| started from here on a Monday morninl
and arrived at Gollad at about shutdown
| morning started out bright and early
Reached RcfuEio about o o'clock p. M.
| stopped to camp about three miles on thu
other side OF Rcfugio. on the Rookie ranch
| where my father Is building a house fol
| Mr. Rookie Well, we stayed there al
night and the next day we went to th'
| Aransas river Eighteen more Joined uI
from Refugio and what time we did have
! Well we got 10 the river about 3 o'clocl
n m Tho hoys threw up the tents ans
the Girls went to the house "a house abou
ltwenty-h FIVE Yards from The river which be
longs TO Mr. Rookie ALSO 10 sweep up an(
make a fire IN the stove for tho house wal
furnished by Mr.. Rookie for the purpose o
having Il ready when he wished TO com'
and STAY month or so Mt that place ant
nsh and hunt After the boys not thei
fonts mo thev set the trot Hue and tonk NJ
girls out sailing In Mrs. Rockies sailboat
4 IVe also sailed the Horseshoe lake an,
seined several other small lakes We hat
moro fsh aud birds aud Wild ducks thar
/ No could eat We stayed Al the lakes ant
/ river I'VE days and started for the ST
Il Mary's hay, which is about twelve mile
II from where we were We arrived at tn,
bay about II a. m As my letter is get
4 ting TOO long ! viii have 70 stop for thl
/ time. VIII tell about the bay and our triI
coming hack next time, Hoping that eacl
and M Of you win send Arthur Wenthersbj
10 cents for club pin. bid alden
Indian.
Il Huntsville. Texas Dear Haphammer
Il The broom having "Haphammer Broom
for its trade mark Is somewhat under OFdl
Il nary size and Is very popular broom II
Il This county. being made near Huntsville
as s1ppnae you ell kruw. bat perhati
vcry few Of the Haps have seen one on
door X swept With one every day aAd
II wish they could be used IN the homes o
} eyerr HaIpyhnmlner ] waited patienll
at hrsi for the club Plus. club button aa'
badges until ms patience grew the pref
II aim" then I procured 4 club pin fron
our cripple Hap. Arthur Weathersby o
; Nav. Texas. which Is neatly aud beautlfull
made and very attractive. He Hakes va
ribus kinds ~ wire aad shell iewelry. whicl