The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-15

only pick forty pounds. which makes %
cents, and viii send 10 cents of my money.
nlctor Gchriug, your aunt was M here TO
Nsus she said that you are n Happy
f,nrn TOO 81 come on aud tet us hear
NV "n; | aul lryns 10 get some Of
ny schoolmateS NO write. | AIN going la
wfiA uard Tor that poor little girl SO she
WIN soon have her chair 1 know she would
oe awfnlly glad. A wasp stung me III
NY uttIe niger and my maud Is swelling.
t, uiust close 4 is hurting me 50 bad
iuhd' A true Hap, Nctiie {. Huber.
Phelps Texas.-Dear Haphammer: WIN
you admit another little hoy l. years old
ne Ike to read the lIap% interesting
gp'as very much. am fonn ~ hunting.
S IsllEGs aud pil9lyins ban, enjoy PLAYING
nelp papa tarm. ] have got one brother
aGnu TWO sisters. II Is very dry out here.
dIchpi1h are cnt short on account OF the
Miter IKE some of the Haps can re-
! teNed letter from one of my cousins
me me other day She lives in Frau6lin
/ htnhhln Is my birthplace. / was indeed
! sorry 10 near that our beloved president
/ uag peSn Killed. This Is my nrst lie ter
20 ~ me FoSt aud I hope 70, gain admission;
/ Love 70 Mrs. Foster aud the H0pS. /
." justin King,
/
Montgomery, Texas-Dear Haphammer:
Here comes a girl who wishes TO Join your
| uGppy band OF boys and girls My papa
| lakes The Post aud | enjoy reading the
/ HdPs letters very much. | think we
! nave so many nice writer's | saw where
| some one asked what had become of Blind
Cafl. saw him last Thursday | bought
/ some soap from him. lie is selling soap
| now. lie told me 80 write and tell you an
/ tndt ne was stun living and was Marie ].
lie mad his wife with him; said he had
HIarI |H.H FsHH HN..
/ lad his broom machinery but that broom
corn had gone up SO high that be could
/ NOT make much So he thought he would
| Try something else for q while How many
| or you iiaps are going of to spend Christ
mas ! am ! Will 70 to Bryan Well |
must close for this time. With much love
true Hap, Helen Foster
Huntington rexas.-Dear Haphammer:
VIII YOU allow me space for a short mis-
sIve3 ! have thought Of writing 10 The
grand little band OF boys aud girls for
some time, but had not courage enough,
put at last have gained courage to write
a letter This win he the hrst one from
Huntington, ] viii not vote In the present
contest I fer ! might vote for the man
thar don't deserve IT, Brown Eyes asks
what do We think Of our president dining
WIN a negro ! don't believe he did T.
Matte J.. McCumsey LOT rs head what
s 94 nave TO say about the girls Your
iAlk ON the hoyS was quite Interesting.
suppose all the lIaps love lowers do
aud nave some of the sweetest pinks aud
roses immaginable Isn't there lots Of
Haps comic often. would Ike to core T,"
Spond with some Of he Haps between the
ages Of Il and 20 A wouldbe Hap.
City Rose
Big Hill, Texas.--Dear Hapbammcr, Here
come again. think Essie Colleps has
a nice plan 70 help the page out Blue
Bell l would Ike 10 correspond with YOU
u you VIII write nrst. Any letter ad-
dressed Rosebud, Big Him. Texas, WIN
reach mo aii right, Mrs Turner's letter
wos sensible one. Flowers are pre- "
thlnes. are they not? II is so nice TO sit
under some large forest tree and read tae
Children'S Page aud listen 10 the hooking
bird sing and breathe the pure fresh air
peltumed with the lovely wild flowers and
to look On the other side and sec beau i.
full held OF wheat waving welcome to you:
and the cotton is so white and ~ seems
Ia say Come and gather my fleece and
make clothes Of warmth, and tine corn
! viii give YOU bread. Wen that is enough
of this undressing letter. A true Hap,
Rosebud.
Klump. Texas.--Dear Haphammer Here
comes Texas boy Is years old, VIII
yoa admit me into your happy band
for long time. but have never lad codg-
age to write before. / live in Washing
ton county, nearly in the center of tue
Haps would write about music, there are
very few things ! Ike better The con
test now Is, who is or was the greatest
man horn in the Nineteenth century, There
are so many great men it Is hard to de-
eide, but / believe | will cast my vote for
Robert Il. Lee. There Is an order of knight
hood gotten up by the editor OF the ST
Louis Advocate called the New Century
Knights, I belong to H. The members
must be boys or young men who do not
use intoSicants and tobacco in any form
~ IN nj cd 20
themselves to do all the good they can
/ agree with MRS. Foster that the II FPS
Well, as this is my first letter, J will close
for fear that wouldn't be welcome next
time. With hest regards to Mrs Foster
and the Haps, Eugene Alcorn.
De Berry. Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
Mrs. Foster said | forgot 10 sign my true
name in my last letter ! put It on The
back NJ my letter. but | suppose she did
not see It. Blue Eyes made the same mis-
take. Blue Eyes you must not give up:
write another letter we all want TO read
some pretty flowers now; ] would send
Mrs Foster a bouquet, but | know they
would be wtthered before they reached her.
NUNS OF all cblors; they certain.
~ are pretty. Last Friday was my birth
day; I was IA. aud spent the day with one
of my friends and had n nice timn Christ
mas will soon be here and / certainly win
be glad There have been two Hups writ
ing 10 the page, and each one said they
we're going 10 describe evergreen They
would start hut never would dnlsh:
hope they win succeed. I will close. boplng
this letter will not get 10 the waste basket
Write again, W. v. you write such nice
letters and some Of you dreamers wake
IN and tell MS your dreams Well byei
bye! for this time; here Is q nickel.
Ella May Rucks.
Joliet Texas.--Dear Haphammer: went
out hunting the other nlGht. aud what do
you think ] caught? Nv dogs struck 4
trail and all three put In and, oh, met They
made music. thought they had n fox
so ! rode deep down in my saddle and hal.
loaed 10 them. All at once they baved
something and I tried to make them TAKE
bold OF g. They would run In but could
not get hold. Old Scot and Rowster al.
ways make the fur AZ when they get
hold. hut this time the fur did not Az
( They would run in bur they did not get
fur. Yon can imagine nv surprise When
! found n was an armadilo Ii was the
FIRST one I ever saw. An armadillo is about
as big as an opossum, with a shell on
its back, and It's tail is polluted
shell aud not an Irshman, that Is
the reason Scot could not make the
fur Nv. ! am going to school now.
was glad when the cotton was ont do
not Know whether will be glad when