The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

Gieam. TexaS.--Dear Haphammer: WIN
| yoSr h Ss, Smother i5-year-old boy into
neen reading The Post for SIX months
tn ,e On a farm eight miles from the little
ia Iowh w q Mcnade. The contest Is, what
| We'll u nest month In the year, and why
AZ iAps, that is hard question, lu
deed. ! will vote for May. because il Is
sne brightest and peasanteSt month In the
Ing and any ~ Is ripening, flowers are bloom
| In anu the Mother Earth Is wearing her
| Iopes OF green. | will try to do better
next time new Hap,
Barcus Raymer.
| Buffalo Texas.-Dear Haphammer. We'll
aeae ! come again to chat a little with the
us sr oiu Haps. Douglass Richardson. your
All Fl. WAS nn,N very, lf%rSsstng, explaining
ABOUT the helping fund think that
every Hap ought to give IS cents to the
MANY n Seo rnnd ~ would gladden. a good
, woui Inc, not miss 1t at ALL II every one Of
! ~ wy asiups would give - cents year IL
TC whi come come to about S2sss.75, year. Well
cents for the helping fund. With love to
al the Haps and Mrs Foster, a true Hap.
Lee Choat
Taylor, Texas. Haphsmmer! This
| rs my hrst letter to the page and my
papa takes The Post and l enjoy reading
u very much, and | go to school. study
10 years old and have two brothers
and their names are Afro ana Eddie
nave little garden aud IL Is coming mp
! we nave over 100 little chickens. We have
! little neighhor girl that can't walk. Her
| name is Eddie Bell Cehlcr; would he glad
II she could get a chair. Her mother Is
WIDOW l Will close, for this Is my nrst
Fife May Maggoner.
Moran, Texas. Dear Haphammer: WIN
| you please admit another 15-year- old girl
! into your grand circle of boys and girls?
! l nave been silent reader OF the Haps
page for several years, and, think IT. the
enjoy the Haps' letters Sc much they are
| so interesting. Oh, dear Hans, do enjoy
hover hunting so much, and there are
| SO many pretty flowers out In West TeNiH
| see some of the Haps write about their
PETS haven't any pets did have sweet
! little pet rabbit, though the cat caught
! Il and 1t left me without any pet ut all.
| wen, as ! am such poor hand at writing
! | VIII bid YOU adieu, for ! know the old
waste basket is laughing thinking he Will
get this. Hoping TO be enrolled as true
Hap am May Hap. Pearl knowles.
Lockhart. Texas,-Dear Haphammer:
| In to have a short talk with you. In look.
ing over the chldrens page we see good
many nice letters from the llaps 'ad
| the good old Post we think ii one Of the
best papers published and are glad to see
SO many new Ilaps coming in. We have
l
dry spring, 1t has been SO dry that II has
been difficult to get planted seeds to come
up Some two weeks since We had Il very
good rain which was Of great benefit and
! 1t is raining today. IT looks like we
may have good season Of rain. We are
going to School to the college. The session
! will close the first of May, then We will
have vacation four months. With love to
all Hnps Make and Katie Bills
Lake Charlotte, Tcxas.-Dcar Haphammer:
! am a constant reader of your columns
| will give you my vote for May, tho
montn which needs no praise / live on
the north bank Of Lake Charlotte. 1t Is
a round lake two miles across. Sailhoats
land near our door. There are many kinds
buffalo gaspago and eat The fishermen
draw large seines here. have seen 100
marketable fish caught at one haul. some
times they catch a shark. The fishermen
are very kind they always give us fish
Men are now here from PENNSYLVANIA leas-
ing land for oil and ! am afraid they Will
food the beautiful lake with oil, judg-
ing from the progress of Beaumont. We
have beautiful forest, OAK, hickory, pine,
cedar, gum magnolia. ash, cypress, maple
and many other kinds of trees, One mile
and sheep Craze. l will close, wishing
each reader could be with me on a May
haw gathering new Hap.
Carrie Belle Jones.
Muldoon, Texas.-Dear Hanhammer: l
am a little girl IL wears old and wish
e. Join 81 q Mud aps e NJ have 1--we BEEN e gn Ss
10 school all winter hut our school closed
about two weeks ago. My sister Efhe is
going to school In La Grange. but the
| school will close about the last of May;
then she will be nj home again with us.
| Clarice, who is wear and half younger
| than /, who is my little aunt, md we
| live together, and have a fine time md
| lots Of fun, hui we will go to thinning
| corn before long, then it won't he so
| funny, hut we viii try, to make the best
| Of IT, We all intended going out TO the
| Black Jack cemetery today for the pur.
| pose Of decorating the graves My papn
| Is buried there. But IT rained nearly all
I thought we would console ourselves In
Win close with love to Mrs. Foster and
| the Haps. Josie jackson.
come again. suppose you think
come pretty often, but l think ! am wei
come. Our ,Happyhammer club is growing
house of the blocks and set II on The
ground. but did not hurt anyone. | think
our edtrcss Is right about the battlefield
/ It. as II has been delayed n long time. /
! think the State Of Texas ought to have
done that some years ago. but ms II has not
! | guess our 1appyhammer band will have
TO put the fence around II, So, come on
brothers and sisters, and put In our dimes
and nickels. one or two looks very small
! nut Wnen they Hil get IN the DAnK, they
will count. ] have hard time getting
any money, but find ! can divide what !
do get Ny father Is an old soldier.
have heard him tell Of the hard times he
had and it makes me sorry for all the
son.4ers. Enclosed ind 10 cents. Love
10 all the Haps, and Mrs Foster.
G. Dleshler.
Blanco, Texas-Dear Haphammer: Here
| come. ] am new Hap. | am II years
old and ] am In the fifth grade My father
has been taking this paper a long while
and I have been reading the Haps' page
So | will write n short letter. ! have two
puppies they are very pretty: they are
black except one has white feet and
a white breast, and the other one has
brown feet. ] went hunting the other day
had hard time getting him out Of the
tree, hut | finally got him out. The Blanco
high school Is going to have concert May
~ and ] would like to have some of You
H Hopsd Ike II, FOR am going to i be- In I IT,
The school has public debates, generally OF
ten. Well. | think that Texas viii soon
he the greatest oil producing State In the
UnIon III any more gushers shoot 200 feet
In the air Ny mother has seyenty-four
chickens; she took all OF them of this
snring. Well, ! will close Tor this time.
Inciosed Is cents for the helping fund.
A new Hap, Homer Speer.
Pardon. Texas.-DeaT Haphammer; Poor
Jannarv and February were left out In
~ cold and / must say | sympathIze with
ther Nv birthday comes In February,