The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-07

oaks. There are great many springs and
rough and rocky, hut the scenery Is beau
uful and u Is a very good Farming country
too. u has been very dry here ,his year
but the drouth Is broken ~ last " ls
raining now. the largest rain have secu
Ia long time. I lived tn Hrimes cuuniy
nearly an nay life. We have been ih
AosQue county over wear Ike here
better than Grimes for u is moro health
tul. would be glad to see a letter lrom
my schoolmatcs. With love 10 nll,
saw rood-byc. Luther Dean,
Round Rock. roxas.--Dear Happyhnm.
mers: dust let me In long enough TO cast
my vote for Columbus. think he was
Drawer man than Washington. Washington
had hope OF liberty for himself; his eoun
Try and his fellow couutrymen. IL was ab.
solutely necessary for hlui to he brave,
Columbus had nothing aud was ignorant
compared 70 Washington, nut overcoming
all difficulties he proved 70 the world how
brave he was. The very thought Of such
an undertaking gives me the horrors. Just
one slap from a whale would nave scnt any
one OF their ships 90 the bottom OF the sea.
We'll. now, | must he going, as have cast
my vote. With much lore 70 Mrs, Foster
and Haps. new Hap Edlth Stokes
Round Rock. rexas.-Dear Happyham-
mers; II there Is any room for me VIII
come In Just little while ana tell you why
did So | read the letters from the Hap
pyhammers, and have come 20 the eouclu'
sion that i want to vote In this contest,
Then. another cause u.s. never see nny.
thing from this part of the. country My
vote Is for Columbus ! think the under
gers, hardships and the disapproroi
Of SO many outranks ANYTHING IN history
for bravery. Washington was brave he
You'd doubt. but then he had everything
near and dear ut stake. Washington won
fame md lasting name. Columbus Won pov'
erty and chains, but his name will live for
ever. With best wishes for Mrs Foster
all a. Ia I hR I
have said my little say. Lillian Long.
Runge, Texas Dear Hpps ! see the con
test is. Who was the greater. Columbus or
Washington | cast my vote for Columbus.
Columbus discovered America, and II he
hadn't, where would Washlngtons great
ness come ini And NO one would have
gone through such hardships MS Columbus
did. Well. Haps, maybe yol remember me,
! have written so many tlpes. aud Mrs
Foster never noticed me. There Is co'r
Haps get the story, mind Barbaras Sc
cret"g II SO. please send e te me, and II
you wish Il back again J win return " J
got 20 read about half Of H. and somehow
never finished IL then " got lost We'll, |
must ring on | Joined IN 1891. | think
the page Is more Interesting al the time
Where have all the dreamers gone to-
Come, wake up, Wnodhine, Essie ana n =.
stockdick and tell more dreams win
close. A true Hap. Gertie shlFar'
oakgen, La--Dear Happyhammers Here
come again to have little chat With you.
] am going to school II Is only a month
longer, and I Will be sorry when u Is out
There are only twenty scholars II IS
n little private school. | have no pets, ouy
little brother. His name Is Wallis.
live six miles from Glenmora, and three
from Blanch. ] haven't been TO Blanch IN
long time. live on farm, and can do
anything there Is tn do. but cant pillow,
Have any Of you Haps got howerst I hav"
lots Of flowers and ] think they are very
pretty, Have any Of YOU Hnps got 3 gar
den plowy We have one and II is n nice
thing 10 have II helps so much IN the gar
den. One Of my cousins mas come Out 10
spend awhile with us. Her name is Miss
JefIle Eldred She lives on farm, too
near Millburn, La. Can any Of you Hans
play the organ? We have one, but ! can T.
play very much yet, Have any OF You Haps
got any peaches? We have lots Of apples
and peaches. AS ever Lena Eldred'
Houston, Texas,-Dear Happyhammers;
Dear Mrs. Foster and all the Haps:
have been q silent reader of thu Happy nam
mers' page for a long time. but concluded
10 write as ! am interested in the 'iraw
ings | will vote for George Washington
IN the contest because he was great IN
private life as well as public. He was
a good man aud true greatness consists
in true goodness II II had not been for
him we might he British subjects yet.
am somewhat surprised at so many boys
and girls who consider themselves patr
Father Of His Country. America would
have been discovered by someone else II
Columbus had missed 81, we live inst
above HOLLYWOOD cemetery and ] was there
the other day friend Of mine is buried
there now Annie nenoyelle She woula
have been 16 the 21et OF this month. Brown
Niece come again; also Winnie GOODWIN.
Leroy Din why don't you write again Z
Write long letter next time
Dora Spenlow.
Dubbs, Mississippi. Dear Haps: nm an
orphan girl IL years old. I've with my
and thinks 1t a grand paper | have been
/ thinking Of wiring for some time, and
can't stay away any longer. We live three
miles from the little town Of Dubhs. We
have beautiful lake In front OF the house
called Clear lake. 1t Is nearly one mile
long We can have fish whenever we want
them in the summer. We had hsh FOR an,
ner today I do not like TO 6sh much. I
work out in the field, and don't think 1t S
n disgrace either 20 to school In the
winter whenever It is so ] can. The roads
are so bad then that II Is almost Impossible
TO go anywhere, especially to walk. We
are getting nice rain now, but we need It
sure We'll, Haps, today Is ironing Gay
with me. We have good many rlpe
peaches have one sister. no brother, nut
my uncle has a boy and a girl, who seem
like sister and brother ia me. Well, good
night, Haps. Tell me your dreams A new
Hap, Eal bluBel'
Barksdale. Texas--Dear Bappyhammers
Nv father has been n reader OF The Post
a short time like the Haps' page and
enjoy reading IL SO much. ] am stranger
to you all. but hope not to be SO long.
We live IN Edwards county. our nearest
town is BaTksdale. am Ia years old and
have one brother and Que sister I see the
contest is who was the greater, Washington
or Columbus. think Columbus was much
the greater because he discovered our
country. Probably II Columbus had not
! discovered America Il would have been an
unknown continent till yet Columbus was
n poor man and had TO work hard for q
| living lie learned Latin could write q
| good hand and could draw maps for the
! use OF sailors. The people called the
! Atlantic ocean the Sea OF Darkness" and
! they thought that IN places the water
/ boiled. They believed that great monsters
/ swan IN the ocean that could swallow q
ship whole. The people who heard his
/ plans rdlculed them With good wishes
I 10 the Haps' page, Yours truly.
l. Il. Rutedge
| Yoea, Texas.-Dear Happyhammers So,
! the contest is WHO was the greater man
/ Columbus or Washington There Is NJ
| doubt 10 my mind that there Is no mar
/ In the world now that is as great Al
either one OF them. I viii cast my vot,
| for Washington. HIS army was weary an5
7 small. but his courage was great. know
/ Columbus was brave, but do not thini